Geography of Minnesota "The Cities"), and "Outstate" or "Greater Minnesota". The Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area comprises eleven Minnesota counties centered around Minneapolis, the state's largest city, and adjoining Saint Paul, the capital; plus two Wisconsin counties. About three out of every five residents of the state live in this conurbation. Greater Minnesota is less urbanized than the Twin Cities. It is also geographically more diverse, with farmlands to the south and west, lake country in central Minnesota, and forests in the northern part of the state. Approximately 40% of Minnesotans live in Greater Minnesota. Its major population centers include Duluth, Rochester, Moorhead, St.
Minnesota State Highway 106 US 10 is and inside the Deer Creek city limits to its southern end at MN 29. Highway 106 crosses the Leaf River in Deer Creek Township. The route is legally defined as Route 184 in the Minnesota Statutes. It is not marked with this number. State Highway 106 was authorized in 1933. The route was paved by 1953. Minnesota State Highway 106 Minnesota State Highway 106 (MN 106) is a highway in west-central Minnesota, which runs from its intersection with State Highway 29 in Deer Creek and continues north to its northern terminus at its intersection with U.S. Highway