Lake Minnetonka Homes For Sale
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The Lake Minnetonka Homes for Sale Search below is updated hourly with new listings as they are entered into the MLS, with the newest listings appearing first.
Lake Minnetonka is the crown jewel of the Twin Cities and possibly of the entire upper Midwest! With over 120 miles of shoreline and over 14,500 acres of water to navigate, Lake Minnetonka property is sure to please even the most discriminating lake home buyer with some of the finest homes in the state.
The lakes history is amazing with majestic hotels on her shores as early as 1879. The Hotel St Louis in Deephaven offered 150 guest rooms with private verandas. The largest hotel ever built on the lake was the Hotel Lafayette, built in 1882 with 5 stories and over 400 rooms. The Twin City Rapid Transit Company started serving the lake with Street Car service to Excelsior in about 1905 and opened Big Island Park in 1906. Tourists could then ride the street cars from Minneapolis to Excelsior and board a ferry to take them to the island. Big Island Park is now owned by the city of Orono and is open to the public as a nature preserve with public docks, beaches and hiking trails.
The shores of Lake Minnetonka are now host to some of the most sought after homes in the Twin Cities real estate market!
For more information on any of the following lakeshore homes for sale, just click the “Request Info” button located on the detail page of each listing.