AI Shortlist · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Minnesota, USA in AI travel recommendations

US state · overall rank 131 of 233 · rank 37 among US state destinations

AI models put Minnesota, USA in their top 10 recommendations in 0.7% of answers, rank 131 overall. It does best when the question specifies how it's asked as underrated: 9.4%, +8.7 points against its overall score. With web search on, it scores −0.2 points against web search off.

The score is the share of answers that recommend Minnesota, USA in their top 10, averaged model by model and then platform by platform, so each platform counts equally.

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By platform

Platform	Score
Claude	0.7%
ChatGPT	1.2%
Gemini	0.4%
Grok	0.4%

By model

Model	Score
Claude Opus 5	0.0%
Claude Sonnet 5	1.2%
Claude Haiku 4.5	0.8%
GPT-5.6 Terra	0.8%
GPT-5.6 Luna	1.6%
Gemini 3.8 Flash	0.4%
Grok 4.6	0.4%

Web search and effort

Minnesota, USA · Edition 1, 2027 travel year

Unit: Shortlist score, percent of answers

Minnesota, USA with web search on and off, and at each model's lowest and normal effort setting.

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Setting	Search on / normal effort	Search off / lowest effort
Web search on vs off	0.6%	0.8%
Normal vs lowest effort	0.6%	0.8%

The repeated baseline question never put this destination in its top 10, so it has no repeat figure.

By kind of question

How much higher or lower the score is on questions that ask for each option, in percentage points against the overall score. Outlined cells are below the overall score.

How it's asked

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Underrated	Where should I go?
Change	+8.7	−0.1

Transport

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Road trip	At most two connections	Requires a flight
Change	+5.4	−0.3	−0.7

Climate

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Cool Weather	Mild Weather
Change	+0.2	−0.7

Travel style

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Adventure	Relaxation	Cultural
Change	−0.3	−0.3	−0.7

Season

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Summer	Spring
Change	−0.4	−0.4

Travel party

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	Family	Solo
Change	−0.4	−0.4

Trip length

Unit: percentage points versus overall score
	One week	Two weeks	Weekend
Change	−0.5	−0.5	−0.7

How the models wrote the name

Name	Mentions
Duluth	6
Duluth and Minnesota’s North Shore	1
Grand Marais	1
Lake Superior Circle Tour	1
Minneapolis	1
Minneapolis-St. Paul	1
North Shore of Lake Superior	1
North Shore Scenic Drive	1

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