MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Sales of vacation homes appear to be on the rise across much of Minnesota, driven by buyers who think land prices have bottomed out and are ready to rebound.

The largest increase was in the Arrowhead region, which includes the North Shore of Lake Superior and hundreds of secluded inland lakes. Sales there rose 8 percent during the first three months of the year, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported (http://strib.mn/Tj9FDd ).