AI visibility report

How AI assistants represent Minnesota

AI assistants present Minnesota through fine dining, outdoor activities, Comfort food, and cultural heritage themes.

For tourism marketers: TakeScout tracks how ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, and Perplexity describe Minnesota, based on 934 AI answers, last checked October 3, 2026. How we measure →

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934

Questions asked

1,506

Places identified

Oct 3, 2026

Last checked

Current score 43/100 Average of model agreement and confirmed-open rate — how this score is calculated

1 tracked destination

across 1 tracked cities in Minnesota

904

Questions asked

919

Places identified

Oct 11, 2026

Last checked

Minneapolis

919 places · 904 questions

AI assistants associate Minneapolis with Fall foliage, food culture, fine dining, and winter activities.

Latest findings

Minneapolis · Concentration
For Best Luxury Hotels, the top three entities—Hotel Ivy, Hewing Hotel, and Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis—capture 56% of mentions across 12 answers, compared to the roughly 19% an even split would produce.

How Minnesota compares, rolled up

Model agreement

Minnesota 17%

Network average 11%

Confirmed-open rate

Minnesota 79%

Network average 76%

Presence rate

Minnesota 13%

Tracked U.S. cities 31%

Minnesota's benchmark numbers averaged across its tracked cities, compared to the network average across all tracked destinations.

Each metric shows two bars: the rolled-up average across Minnesota's tracked destinations and the network average for that metric, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.

Key takeaways

What this check tells you

Closed places

Young Joni, a permanently closed restaurant, is still recommended in 13 answers by three of the four AI assistants, alongside closed picks The Bachelor Farmer and Betty Danger's Country Club.

Official site

Perplexity cited exploreminnesota.com, Minnesota's official site, in 45 of 60 sourced answers (75%) in the October check, up from 65% in August, ranking 5th of 74 tracked U.S. destinations.

Agreement

AI assistants name the same top pick for 8% of comparable questions about Minnesota, below the 13% average for tracked U.S. destinations.

Generated from this check's data Updated Oct 3, 2026

Lead finding

AI recommends Stillwater in 94% of answers to Minnesota's "Best Day Trips" questions.

This level of agreement means that nearly every time this question is asked, the same day-trip destination comes back as the answer. Across the four AI assistants, Stillwater's recommendation in this slot is highly consistent rather than split among several picks.

Based on the check of October 3, 2026

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How AI sees Minnesota

Across the prompts we've tracked, AI most consistently associates Minnesota with:

fine dining
outdoor activities
Comfort food
Cultural Heritage
Outdoor Adventure
historic
Historic Architecture
Indigenous Cuisine
Indigenous History
Indoor Attractions
outdoor adventures
special occasion dining

How Minnesota benchmarks

Model agreement

Minnesota 8%

Tracked U.S. destinations 13%

Confirmed-open rate

Minnesota 78%

Tracked U.S. destinations 82%

Each metric shows two bars: Minnesota's rate and the average it is compared with, so you can see how it compares. See how these scores are calculated.

Where AI might be wrong

Young Joni — Best Restaurants Closed

Flagged closed by 1 source, still recommended by ChatGPT and Claude.
Young Joni’s official website states that it closed on September 12, 2025.
Source

What AI names when travellers ask about Minnesota

The places each assistant names most often, by type of traveller question. Evidence for the findings above, not a travel guide.

Spoon and Stable named in 45 of 50 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Owamni named in 44 of 50 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Hai Hai named in 34 of 50 AI answers

rank #3–#9

Young Joni named in 34 of 50 AI answers

rank #2–#10

New Scenic Cafe named in 22 of 50 AI answers

rank #1–#15

The Saint Paul Hotel named in 34 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Hotel Ivy named in 33 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Grand View Lodge named in 30 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#9

Four Seasons Hotel Minneapolis named in 23 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Madden's on Gull Lake named in 21 of 42 AI answers

rank #4–#10

Mall of America named in 39 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Minnehaha Park and Minnehaha Falls named in 32 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden named in 32 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#15

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness named in 31 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Itasca State Park named in 31 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#15

The Saint Paul Hotel named in 34 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Grand View Lodge named in 31 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Bluefin Bay on Lake Superior named in 22 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Larsmont Cottages On Lake Superior named in 15 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#8

The Hewing Hotel named in 15 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory named in 38 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Minnesota Zoo named in 38 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Mall of America named in 37 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Science Museum of Minnesota named in 36 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#11

Minnesota Children’s Museum named in 32 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Matt's Bar named in 25 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Quang Restaurant named in 22 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Al's Breakfast named in 20 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Afro Deli named in 11 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#7

The Nook named in 11 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#11

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Matt's Bar named in 44 of 68 AI answers

rank #1–#18

Minnesota State Fair named in 40 of 68 AI answers

rank #1–#39

Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness named in 30 of 68 AI answers

rank #1–#19

5-8 Club named in 29 of 68 AI answers

rank #2–#16

First Avenue named in 28 of 68 AI answers

rank #4–#31

Franconia Sculpture Park named in 37 of 59 AI answers

rank #1–#15

Jeffers Petroglyphs named in 37 of 59 AI answers

rank #1–#16

Blue Mounds State Park named in 32 of 59 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Pipestone National Monument named in 28 of 59 AI answers

rank #1–#21

Soudan Underground Mine State Park named in 25 of 59 AI answers

rank #2–#13

Matt's Bar named in 48 of 57 AI answers

rank #1–#8

5-8 Club named in 45 of 57 AI answers

rank #2–#9

Spoon and Stable named in 40 of 57 AI answers

rank #1–#19

Minnesota State Fair named in 36 of 57 AI answers

rank #1–#21

Owamni named in 34 of 57 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Stillwater named in 44 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Red Wing named in 41 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#17

Duluth named in 38 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#14

Interstate State Park named in 24 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#19

New Ulm named in 23 of 47 AI answers

rank #5–#18

Spoon and Stable named in 43 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Demi named in 40 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Owamni named in 40 of 47 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Alma named in 35 of 47 AI answers

rank #2–#10

Meritage named in 28 of 47 AI answers

rank #3–#10

AmericInn named in 21 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#13

Super 8 named in 21 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Days Inn named in 18 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#11

Rochester named in 18 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#15

Motel 6 named in 17 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Meritage named in 32 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Spoon and Stable named in 27 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#6

W.A. Frost & Company named in 25 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Alma named in 18 of 45 AI answers

rank #2–#10

New Scenic Cafe named in 16 of 45 AI answers

rank #1–#13

Fort Snelling named in 41 of 44 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Mill City Museum named in 40 of 44 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park named in 40 of 44 AI answers

rank #1–#11

James J. Hill House named in 37 of 44 AI answers

rank #3–#13

Grand Portage National Monument named in 34 of 44 AI answers

rank #2–#13

Fitger's Inn named in 22 of 43 AI answers

rank #4–#10

Hotel Ivy named in 21 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#6

Hewing Hotel Rooftop Sauna named in 20 of 43 AI answers

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The Hewing Hotel named in 20 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#3

Lora Hotel named in 18 of 43 AI answers

rank #3–#8

Owamni named in 29 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Matt's Bar named in 25 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#11

5-8 Club named in 20 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#12

Hell’s Kitchen named in 19 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Kramarczuk’s named in 16 of 43 AI answers

rank #2–#9

Science Museum of Minnesota named in 39 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#9

Mall of America named in 38 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Minneapolis Institute of Art named in 37 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#12

Walker Art Center & Minneapolis Sculpture Garden named in 30 of 43 AI answers

rank #1–#7

Como Park Zoo & Conservatory named in 22 of 43 AI answers

rank #4–#12

Mall of America named in 34 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Great Wolf Lodge named in 32 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#4

Grand View Lodge named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Arrowwood Resort named in 21 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#8

Cragun's Resort named in 15 of 42 AI answers

rank #4–#12

Palisade Head named in 35 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#5

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park named in 29 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#10

Great River Bluffs State Park named in 24 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#12

Barn Bluff named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#14

Blue Mounds State Park named in 20 of 42 AI answers

rank #4–#17

St. Paul Winter Carnival named in 33 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#28

Ice fishing named in 27 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#11

Dog sledding named in 23 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#17

Ice Castles named in 22 of 42 AI answers

rank #2–#15

Lutsen Mountains named in 17 of 42 AI answers

rank #1–#44

Where Perplexity's answers about Minnesota come from

Perplexity cited exploreminnesota.com, Minnesota's official tourism site, in 45 of 60 answers about Minnesota in the October check (75%), up from 65% in August.

The web domains Perplexity's live search pulled most while answering tracked travel questions about Minnesota (last 90 days). ChatGPT, Claude and Gemini aren't grounded in our tracking yet. See the network-wide ranking.

How AI assistants represent Minnesota

across 1 tracked cities in Minnesota

Minneapolis

Latest findings

How Minnesota compares, rolled up

What this check tells you

AI recommends Stillwater in 94% of answers to Minnesota's "Best Day Trips" questions.

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How AI sees Minnesota

How Minnesota benchmarks

Where AI might be wrong

What AI names when travellers ask about Minnesota

Best Restaurants

Best Luxury Hotels

Must-See Attractions

Best Romantic Hotels

Best Attractions for Families

Best Budget-Friendly Restaurants

Best Local Experiences

Best Hidden Gems

Best Food Experiences

Best Day Trips

Best Fine-Dining Restaurants

Best Budget Hotels

Best Restaurants for Couples

Best Historical Attractions

Best Boutique Hotels

Best Local or Traditional Restaurants

Best Rainy-Day Attractions

Best Family Hotels

Best Viewpoints

Best Winter Experiences

Where Perplexity's answers about Minnesota come from

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