Water in Minnesota

This early 20th-century rural drinking fountain provides water for both horses and humans.

This vintage "streetcar boat" lay at the bottom of Lake Minnetonka until the 1980s.

One of the world's premier laboratories for hydraulic engineering research takes full advantage of the water's power.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This old residential building was once the largest flour mill in the world.

At this Minnesota state park you can easily wade across the source of the mighty Mississippi.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This large midwestern cavern features impressive rock formations and an underground waterfall.

Eight "Guardians of Health" protect this art deco water tower from pollutants and bacteria.

America's silhouette includes 100 square miles of wilderness jutting into Canada thanks to an old mapmaking error.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

Direct, creative challenge to Mother Nature's winter wrath.