# Hannibal - why Minnesota? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [July 13, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244 "2020-07-13T21:37:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2020, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244/1 "2020-07-13T21:37:09Z")
Re-watching Hannibal (the tv series) and I realize they’re going back and forth between Virginia and Minnesota quite often… like from one day to the next. There doesn’t seem to be any indication of the actual traveling which I would think would be flying. Did I miss a plot point that would make the distance between the cities make sense? This is a nitpick really. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 9:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244/2 "2020-07-14T09:31:05Z")
I believe The Shrike was in Minnesota. ---
**Author:** ![saramamalana](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/74df32/32.png) [@saramamalana](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/saramamalana)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2020, 4:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244/3 "2020-07-14T16:51:19Z")
Yes of course they were in Minnesota. My complaint is how they seem to travel back and forth between Virginia and Minnesota from day to day. Those states aren’t neighbors so it was kind of confusing. Also Freddie Lounds seems to show up in both states to follow the stories, so she’s traveling as fast as they are. ---
**Author:** ![kitap](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/b9e5f3/32.png) [@kitap](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kitap)\ **Post date:** [July 23, 2020, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hannibal-why-minnesota/915244/4 "2020-07-23T09:09:08Z")
Maybe they’re using the Impala from **Supernatural.**