A memorial to a larger-than-life legend, inside a county that also holds Bunyan's death certificate.

This ambitious attraction was the brain child of a lake resort impresario, and built by the WPA.

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

Dakota legend claims this locally iconic pinnacle was once part of a sacred burial site that was cleaved in two.

Home to a vast collection of The Wizard of Oz memorabilia and the site of an infamous theft.

Terraced flowerbeds and rock sculptures in the midst of the Minnesota wilderness.

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

Journey through the largest remaining peat bogs in the contiguous United States to see the wilderness as it once was.

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

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

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

Elaborate drama imparts an appreciation for 19th century hardships.

A stone face watches over the river.

A riverside park built around the ruins of a massive dam that collapsed in 1909.

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

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

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

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