This was the first homestead registered after President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act into law.

The childhood home of America’s first winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature.

A chimney and a plaque are all that remains of a logging camp that once cleared out a large swath of Minnesota's old-growth forest.

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

Minnesota's oldest and deepest mine is now an underground physics laboratory.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

This 1960s kinetic artwork has been restored and is once again whirling away in downtown Minneapolis.

Hub of Scandinavian culture in a Minneapolis deli.

A notable example of Prairie School architecture that disregarded Victorian concepts about room divisions and featured a long, narrow floor plan.

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Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of the North," this open-pit mine in Minnesota has a much shorter history.

Where one of America's greatest songwriters lived before he was Bob Dylan.

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

This friendly fellow was built to honor an advancement in mineral processing.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

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

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

This small, but beautiful waterfall has attracted visits from artists, composers, and two United States presidents.

Four ionic columns from the Treasury Department building ended up in a park in Nebraska.

An ornate Art Deco tile mosaic representing Nebraskan life, both modern and prehistoric.

This little gem of a museum is a hidden jewel filled with prehistoric treasures.

A stone face watches over the river.

An amazing collection of sculptures and art.