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Travel guides, information, photographs, and stories about the American state of Minnesota, with ideas for an urban vacation in Minneapolis, a wilderness escape in one of many state parks https://explorationvacation.net/exploring-usa/minnesota/exploring-minnesota-state-parks/ a jaunt along the North Shore https://explorationvacation.net/exploring-usa/minnesota/exploring-minnesota-lake-superiors-north-shore/ and more throughout the state.

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Hike the Laurentian Divide in northern Minnesota

Posted onSeptember 14, 2020October 30, 2020Leave a comment

A hike along the Laurentian Divide in northern Minnesota offers beautiful forest scenery and uncrowded trails. It’s lovely in any season, but fall brings a burst of brilliant color before winter arrives.

CategoriesMinnesota, USA

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Much more than trees at Linnaeus Arboretum in Saint Peter, Minnesota

Posted onAugust 24, 2020October 16, 20202 Comments

True to its name, Linnaeus Arboretum at Gustavus Adolphus College in Saint Peter, Minnesota, features a large collection of trees and shrubs. But there are also flower gardens, pools and ponds, wetlands, and a restored Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USA

From waterfalls to bison at Minneopa State Park, Minnesota

Posted onJuly 15, 2020December 13, 2020Leave a comment

A fun day trip for all ages, Minneopa State Park near Mankato, Minnesota, features its namesake double waterfall, a herd of buffalo (American bison), camping, and more.

CategoriesMinnesota, USATagsMinnesota state parks, National Register of Historic Places, waterfalls

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The Saint John’s Bible: Illuminating the Word of God in Minnesota

Posted onApril 7, 2020December 14, 2020Leave a comment

The Saint John’s Bible brings the ancient art of handwritten and illuminated manuscripts into the 21st century, as both a religious text and work of art. See it at Saint John’s University in Minnesota, at Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USATagsart, religion and religious architecture

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Experience Minnesota’s seasonal beauty at Rice Lake State Park

Posted onMarch 22, 2020October 16, 2020Leave a comment

Minnesota’s Rice Lake State Park is small in size, but during spring and fall it offers great bird watching and plenty of colorful spring flowers or fall leaves.

CategoriesMinnesota, USATagsMinnesota state parks

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Winter magic for all at Wisconsin’s Hudson Hot Air Affair

Posted onJanuary 26, 2020September 2, 202010 Comments

Every February, the Hudson Hot Air Affair brings a variety of balloons and hardy ballooning enthusiasts to Hudson, Wisconsin, for a weekend hot air balloon festival. While the weather isn’t always suitable for actually taking Read More …

CategoriesMinneapolis / Saint Paul Twin Cities Metro Area, USA, Wisconsin

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Lakeside living at Green Heron, Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Posted onNovember 9, 2019August 31, 20204 Comments

Lovely Green Heron Bed and Breakfast on Lake Pokegama offers all the advantages of having your own place on a northern lake, but without the work. And both breakfast and happy hour are included! In Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USA

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Chase a Union Pacific Big Boy across the USA

Posted onOctober 29, 2019December 14, 20206 Comments

Probably the largest locomotive ever in use, a Union Pacific Big Boy steam engine is a sight to behold. And this year, for the first time in almost six decades, you can see one in Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USA, Wisconsin

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The (Replica) Hopperstad stave church in Moorhead, Minnesota

Posted onSeptember 29, 2019October 16, 2020Leave a comment

At the edge of the prairie where Minnesota and North Dakota meet, Moorhead’s Hopperstad stave church (a replica of the medieval Hopperstad stavkirke in Vik, Norway,) transports visitors to era of the Vikings when Christianity Read More …

CategoriesEurope, Minnesota, Norway, USATagsreligion and religious architecture

Oak tree and prairie in fall with text "Buffalo River State Park"

Seeking fall in Minnesota’s Buffalo River State Park

Posted onSeptember 13, 2019October 16, 20202 Comments

Buffalo River State Park offers hiking trails through native prairie and a hardwood forest along the Buffalo River, camping, and a man-made swimming hole. The park is located just east of Moorhead at the western Read More …

CategoriesMinnesota, USATagsMinnesota state parks

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Tour Egypt Virtually

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I'll be leading a virtual tour of Egypt's highlights via Zoom, complete with travel planning tips, through the Minneapolis Public Schools on Tuesday, February 23 at 6 pm. (It costs $19.) No need to be a Minneapolis resident to register at https://adult.mpls.k12.mn.us

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Exploring Phoenix and the Valley of the Sun

With a wealth of cultural and outdoor activities, a thriving art and food scene, historical sites, and natural areas, Phoenix is more than a snowbird escape. Read More ...

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