Gorgeous is a liiiiiiiitle bit of a stretch. While there are absolutely gorgeous areas of the state, 96% of the old growth forests in Minnesota were clear cut in the 1930s, so there are almost no old trees in the state. It's such a tragedy. I grew up 30 miles from Minneapolis, and I love that city and the state, but the geography isn't why people love living there. I moved to the West coast because the hiking in Minnesota is pretty bleak.
Lake season is phenomenal, of course, and there's always people grilling and having a good time at every lake, all summer long. Clips like this make me want to move back to Minneapolis, but it's so hard to give up actual nature to go live among unhealthy secondary forests in the Midwest.
They should've been more careful with the trees in Minnesota. Itasca State Park should've been a national park, and significantly larger.