Minnesota Saint Paul, in east-central Minnesota along the banks of the Mississippi River, has been Minnesota's capital city since 1849, first as capital of the Territory of Minnesota, and then as the state capital since 1858. Saint Paul is adjacent to Minnesota's most populous city, Minneapolis; they and their suburbs are known collectively as the Twin Cities metropolitan area, the 16th-largest metropolitan area in the United States, and home to about 54 percent of the state's population. The remainder of the state is known as "Greater Minnesota" or pejoratively "Outstate Minnesota". The state has 17 cities with populations above 50,000 (as
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