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This area includes habitation sites and mound groups, believed to date between 3000 BC and 1750 AD, that document Sioux Indian culture and Ojibwe-Sioux relationships. Now a state park, it contains 19 identified archaeological sites, making it one of the most significant archaeological collections in Minnesota.
Name Image Date Location County Ownership Description Ancient River Warren Channel: 1966: Big Stone: mixed- state, private A channel cut by the Ancient River Warren during the Ice Age.
Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMap Download coordinates as: KML GPX (all coordinates) GPX (primary coordinates) GPX (secondary coordinates) This is a list of sites in Minnesota which are included in the National Register of Historic Places. There are more than 1,700 properties and historic districts listed on the NRHP; each of Minnesota's 87 counties has at least 2 listings. Twenty-two ...
Park facilities with 24 contributing properties built 1934–42 with Germanic architectural elements, significant as examples of New Deal federal work relief, early Minnesota state park development, and National Park Service rustic design that uniquely harmonizes with local cultural context. [13] 10: Wanda Gág Childhood Home: Wanda Gág ...
Hennepin County. Father Louis Hennepin was the first European explorer to visit and name Saint Anthony Falls, the tallest waterfall on the Mississippi River, in 1680.While the falls were familiar to the Ojibwe and Sioux Indians who lived in the area, Father Hennepin spread word of the falls when he returned to France in 1683.
Southwest of U.S. Highway 61 and Minnesota State Highway 43: Winona: 500-foot-high (150 m) river bluff with a distinctive pinnacle created by 19th-century quarrying; one of Minnesota's most famous landmarks to travelers and tourists since the 1870s. [36] 29
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Remains of a 1914 open-air theatre unique in Minnesota, a late City Beautiful movement project and a venue for local events up to 1938. A colorful canvas awning system, since removed, was designed by Purcell & Elmslie. [22] 18: Woodbury House: Woodbury House: December 26, 1979 : 1632 S. Ferry St.