Tonka Bay, Minnesota
Website: https://www.cityoftonkabay.net
Tonka Bay is a city in Hennepin County and 25 minutes from downtown Minneapolis. It’s located on Lake Minnetonka between the upper and lower lakes and the smallest lakeside community at just under one square mile. It gained popularity in the 1880s and 1890s as a summer lake resort for the well-heeled on a global scale and was home to several large-scale hotels. Today it’s home to 587 single family homes. Tonka Bay’s claim to fame came in 1864 when Horticulturist Peter Gideon claimed 160 acres (0.65 km2) in what would become Tonka Bay. Here he propagated the “Wealthy” apple, which can survive the harsh Minnesota winters, named for his wife Wealthy Hull.