| Take a shopping trip to the biggest shopping mall | | | | employs over 12,000 workers and is a great |
| in the United States, Mall of America. This mall is | | | | place to work. |
| located in Minnesota and has over 520 stores all | | | | The Mall of America would fit seven Yankee |
| arranged in three levels of walkways. The mall is | | | | stadiums inside of the Mall. This can give you |
| organized into four different areas each with their | | | | more of a visual as to just how huge this mall is. |
| own unique decorating and style. With a total | | | | It has over 13,300 short tons of steel which is |
| gross area of 4.2 million square feet it is a great | | | | twice the amount of the Eiffel Tower. If you |
| shopping vacation. | | | | spend only ten minutes per store you would need |
| Even though Minnesota has sub-zero | | | | more than 86 hours to completely visit all of Mall |
| temperatures in the winter the mall only heats | | | | of America. There are many attractions to visit |
| the entrances. Heat is allowed through skylights | | | | other than stores. |
| and is also produced by all the lighting fixtures in | | | | Underwater Adventure is a great attraction to |
| the mall. Even during the winter air conditioning | | | | take children to see and is wonderful for parents |
| systems have to be used during peak hours to | | | | too. Can you imagine traveling 14 feet underwater |
| keep the temperatures at a comfortable | | | | with shark, stingrays and giant sea turtles? This is |
| temperature. Two nearly identical seven story | | | | possible by a 300 foot long curved tunnel that has |
| parking ramps on the east and west sides provide | | | | a moving walkway that simulates a complete |
| 12,550 parking spaces. Parking lots on the north | | | | scuba diving adventure. The best part is you don't |
| and south of the building bring the total number of | | | | have to get wet! From there you can go to |
| spaces up to approximately 20,000. | | | | Starfish Beach and go into a virtual submarine ride. |
| The mall opened its doors to the public on August | | | | In this attraction you can see over 4,500 living |
| 11, 1992. It became the second largest shopping | | | | sea creatures. Underwater Adventures is great |
| mall in total area and largest in total store vendors | | | | way to relax in between stores and give the kids |
| that there is in the United States. When it opened, | | | | something to do other than shop. |
| however, it was not the biggest mall in the world | | | | Mall of America is an excellent family vacation. |
| because at the time it opened the West | | | | There is great food, fun and awesome shopping. |
| Edmonton Mall was the biggest mall. Mall of | | | | Take a week and head to Minnesota and see the |
| America is however, the most visited shopping | | | | Mall of America. It is truly a place that the whole |
| mall in the world. There are more than 40 million | | | | family will enjoy. Just make sure you take some |
| visitors annually which is roughly eight times the | | | | really good walking shoes because you have a lot |
| population of the state of Minnesota. The mall | | | | of walking to do when you get there. |