DP and I have traveled to many places around the globe, and found wonderful things to like about almost all of them, but I do love my home state of Minnesota the best. DP and I were both orginally from MN when we met in Los Angeles. We took a trip to Alaska one year and came back thinking the same thing - what are we doing here? I do love the ocean and miss that, and our friends, but otherwise ... I love:

Four seasons
Thunderstorms
The Mississippi, over 11,000 lakes, and the North Shore of Lake Superior
Watching the sunset over a glassy lake and hearing a loon call
The Superior Hiking Trail
All our trees
Our prairie restoration project in the front yard which the city encourages
Bike trails galore
Riding along wide-open country roads viewing endless acres of corn, soybeans... and the wonderful green/earthy smell of the countryside
Piercingly brilliant blue skies
Watching the earth come back to life in spring
The smell of autumn and it's beauty
Snowfall (until March/April - then, we are ready for it to be done already!)
Watching the annual migrations of so many different species of birds and waterfowl
Riding down a bike trail and seeing a fox, wild turkey and deer - all within a couple of miles of each other.
I do love it here.