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Excelsior, MN
Excelsior is one of the smallest incorporated cities on Lake Minnetonka, and its walkable downtown along Water Street has preserved a concentration of small, independently owned shops and restaurants that's given the tiny lakefront city an outsized reputation as one of the more charming small towns anywhere in the Twin Cities metro area. The city's history as a 19th-century steamboat resort destination is still visible in its lakefront layout, and the Steamboat Minnehaha, a restored historic vessel, operates seasonally out of Excelsior Commons park, offering public rides on the same lake the boat once served as passenger transportation across generations ago. Excelsior's compact size — under one square mile — has kept its downtown genuinely walkable in a way most of its larger, more car-dependent Twin Cities suburban neighbors aren't, and its lakefront Commons park gives residents and visitors direct public beach and dock access right at the edge of the downtown business district. Excelsior's combination of a preserved 19th-century steamboat-resort history, a genuinely walkable small-town downtown, and direct public Lake Minnetonka access has made it one of the most distinctively charming small lakefront communities anywhere in the greater Minneapolis metropolitan area.
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Wayzata, MN
Wayzata sits on the northern shore of Lake Minnetonka, one of the largest and most developed recreational lakes in the entire Twin Cities region, and its compact downtown along Lake Street has built a genuine small-town lakefront character around boating, sailing, and waterfront dining. The city's history as a lake resort destination dates back to the late 19th century, when wealthy Minneapolis families began building summer estates along Minnetonka's shoreline specifically to escape the city heat, a pattern that established the area's enduring reputation as one of the more exclusive lakefront addresses in the entire state. Wayzata's historic railroad depot, built in 1906 for what was then the Great Northern Railway, has been preserved and repurposed as a public building along the lakefront, giving the small city's walkable downtown a direct architectural link back to its resort-town origins. Wayzata's combination of direct Lake Minnetonka waterfront access, a genuine 19th-century lake-resort history, and a walkable, well-preserved historic downtown has made it one of the most consistently desirable and expensive small lakefront communities anywhere in the greater Minneapolis metropolitan area.
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