We visited the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.

According to Wikipedia, it is the largest mall in the United States, the largest in the Western Hemisphere, and the twelfth largest shopping mall in the world.

We had dinner at Shake Shack (first time we’ve seen one since we visited New York years ago):

In addition to being a huge mall, the center is filled with an amusement park:

Minnesot-ah!:

It’s an impressive mall… but still just a mall.