State Symbols
Main article: Lists of U.S. state insigniaMinnesota's state symbols:
- State bird: Common Loon
- State butterfly: Monarch
- State drink: Milk
- State fish: Walleye
- State flower: Pink and white lady slipper
- State fruit: Honeycrisp apple
- State gemstone: Lake Superior agate
- State grain: Wild rice
- State motto: L'Étoile du Nord ("The Star of the North")
- State muffin: Blueberry
- State mushroom: Morel
- State photograph: Grace
- State song: "Hail! Minnesota"
- State sport: Ice hockey
- State tree: Red Pine also known as Norway Pine
- Nicknames:
- "Land of 10,000 Lakes"
- "North Star State"
- "Gopher State"
- "Land of Sky-Blue Waters"
- "Bread and Butter State" (A reference to the grain and dairy products Minnesota produces)
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