BY: AMBER CLARK

THE LOON: IS KNOWN FOR ITS EERIE CALLS, WAILS, AND YODELS

WALLEYE: THEIR EYES ARE SENSITIVE TO LIGHT SO THEY SWIM DEEP

MONARCH BUTTERFLY: MONARCH CATERPILLARS ONLY EAT MILKWEED

THE PINK LADY SLIPPER: CAN LIVE UP TO 50 YEARS BUT IS SLOW TO DEVELOP

RED PINE: LIFE SPAN IS 350 TO 400 YEARS

MOREL MUSHROOM: CONSIDERED A DELICACY BY MUSHROOM HUNTERS

BLUEBERRY MUFFIN: WILD BLUEBERRIES ARE NATIVE TO NORTHEASTERN MINNESOTA

WILD RICE: IS AN AQUATIC RICE NOT RELATED TO COMMON RICE

HONEYCRISP APPLE: HAS AN EXCEPTIONALLY CRISP AND JUICY TEXTURE

MILK: MINNESOTA PRODUCES 9.7 BILLION POUNDS OF MILK A YEAR

LAKE SUPERIOR AGATE: CAN WEIGH UP TO 20 POUNDS

"GRACE": WAS BY ERIC ENSTROM

"HAIL! MINNESOTA!": WAS BY TRUMAN E. RICKAR AND ARTHUR E. UPSON

"THE NORTH STAR STATE": SEE MOTTO

"THE STAR OF THE NORTH": INSPIRED THE STATE NICKNAME, BUT DON'T CONFUSE THE TWO

CONTAINS THE STATE MOTTO, "LETOILE DU NORD", OR SEE STATE MOTTO

IS THE 32ND STATE QUARTER TO BE ISSUED IN THE UNITED STATES

THREE DATES ARE WOVEN ON: 1858, 1819, AND 1893. DO YOU KNOW THESE DATES?