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Wayzata station (officially recognized as the Great Northern Railway Depot but commonly referred to as the Wayzata Depot) is a historic train depot in Wayzata, Minnesota, United States. Constructed and operated by the Great Northern Railway, the station was in service from 1906 until 1971. The depot is positioned along Lake Minnetonka in downtown Wayzata with steps leading down to the lakeshore. Although no longer transporting passenger trains, the BNSF Railway line going through Wayzata is still active today. Designed in the English Tudor Revival style by architect Samuel L. Bartlett, the depot was listed in the National Register of Historic Places in 1981. Donated to the city in 1972 by the Burlington Northern Railway, it is currently home to both the Wayzata Historical Society Museum and the Wayzata Area Chamber of Commerce.

Wayzata ( wy-ZET-ə) is a small lakeside city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 4,434 at the 2020 census. It is about 16 miles (26 kilometres) west of Minneapolis on the shores of Lake Minnetonka. Wayzata is known for its small-town character and quaint downtown area along the lake. A line of the BNSF Railway runs through town.

Wayzata Bay Center was an enclosed shopping mall in Wayzata, Minnesota, a suburb of the Twin Cities. Wayzata Bay Center once comprised 127,000 square feet (12,000 m2) of retail space, with approximately 30 stores on one level, but closed in 2011 after the city of Wayzata agreed upon constructing a new facility on the same land. The mall was once owned by Madison Marquette until residents of the city purchased the mall for $16 million in December 2004. Opened in 1967, Wayzata Bay Center was constructed in two phases; the first phase was completed in 1964 while the second phase was completed in 1967. The mall initially featured several regional retailers, along with small businesses, but eventually made way for various national chains, including The Original Pancake House and True Value. After increasing vacancies throughout the center in the 2000s, a Minnesota construction firm purchased the center from United Properties for $16 million in 2009. Following the firm's purchase in 2011, the mall was shut and torn down to make way for a mixed-use retail and residential community center.

Long Lake is a small city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States named after the lake the eastern end of town lies on. A commercial hub for the surrounding communities, Long Lake is home to many local shops and businesses. U.S. Highway 12 runs through the town. The population was 1,768 at the 2010 census.

Hamel is a neighborhood of Medina, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Hamel has its own fire station and post office with ZIP code 55340.The area was platted as a city as early as 1879, but efforts to incorporate failed, in part, because of the complication of the town straddling the borders of both Medina and Plymouth. The post office in Hamel serves both the northern portion of Medina and the southern area of Corcoran.

Woodland is a community in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States, with lake shore property on Lake Minnetonka. The population was 437 at the 2010 census. The first settlers arrived in 1857, when Woodland was part of Minnetonka Township. The land was formally platted in 1882 and developed through the 1890s. Woodland was incorporated as the independent village of Maplewoods in December 1948. It was renamed "Woodland" in 1949.

Wayzata High School is a comprehensive public high school in Plymouth, Minnesota, United States, a suburb of Minneapolis. The high school, operated by Wayzata Public Schools, had about 3711 students in grades 9 to 12 as of 10/1/23, making it Minnesota's largest secondary school by enrollment. It is also Minnesota's largest secondary school by size, with an interior of 658,000 square feet (61,100 m2). The district boundaries include all or part of eight municipalities: Corcoran, Maple Grove, Medicine Lake, Medina, Minnetonka, Orono, Plymouth, and Wayzata. The school finished an expansion project in 2017 with the new capacity of 3,900. It is part of the Lake Conference. Scott Gengler is the principal. In 2015, Newsweek ranked the school 150th on its "List of the 500 Top High Schools in America". U.S. News & World Report ranked the school 432nd among 21,000 schools nationally and 6th in Minnesota in 2021.

The Francis W. Little House II was a Prairie School house in Deephaven, Minnesota, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright for Francis W. and Mary Little. Built in 1912, it was the second house Wright designed for the Littles; the first was built in Peoria, Illinois in 1902. The Littles contacted Wright about the house in 1908, shortly after purchasing a vacation plot overlooking Lake Minnetonka; as Wright was occupied with a European tour and work on his own home, Taliesin, he did not design the Little House until four years later. The two-story house's design was typical of Wright's Prairie School works, featuring a low profile with multiple connected pavilions meant to blend in with the surrounding landscape. Along with Taliesin, it was one of Wright's last Prairie School designs before he began to explore other styles. The house faced demolition after being put up for sale in 1972. Morrison Heckscher of the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City intervened to preserve the house, and the Met purchased and dismantled the building; while much of the house is still in the museum's possession, parts have been sold to other museums. The house's living room is on display in the Met's American Wing. The house's library is exhibited in the Allentown Art Museum, while one of its bedroom hallways is part of an exhibit at the Minneapolis Institute of Art; other elements of the house, such as windows, have been sold to additional museums.

Crystal Bay is an unincorporated community in Orono, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. It is a farming community with many of these hobby farms having been owned by the wealthy of Minneapolis. Crystal Bay has its own post office with ZIP code 55323.

Medina is a city in Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. An outer edge suburb of Minneapolis–Saint Paul, the city has a primarily rural character, with agricultural lands and natural preservation areas. Medina is home to the corporate headquarters of Polaris Inc., an automotive manufacturer that produces items such as all-terrain vehicles and snowmobiles. The population was 6,837 at the 2020 census. It is about 15 miles (24 km) west of downtown Minneapolis.

The Orono School District (ISD #278) is a Minnesota public school district located in the west-metro area of Minneapolis, Minnesota, United States. The school district, organized in 1949, serves part or all of the following areas: Independence, Long Lake, Maple Plain, Medina, Minnetonka Beach, Orono, and Wayzata. The district superintendent is Dr. Kristine Flesher.

Big Island Park (commonly referred to as Big Island Amusement Park) was a popular tourist destination that existed near Minneapolis, Minnesota between 1906 and 1911 on Lake Minnetonka's Big Island. Today the property is a municipal nature park owned by the City of Orono, sometimes referred to as Big Island Nature Park to distinguish it from the former amusement park.