Running Aces Casino, Hotel, and Racetrack in Columbus, Minnesota, is a multi-faceted entertainment venue opened in 2008 featuring a 5/8-mile harness racing track and a Las Vegas-style card room with games like blackjack, poker variants, and Pai Gow.
Zero Hour Escape Rooms in Minnesota offers immersive and challenging real-life escape games where small groups solve puzzles and find clues to escape within a time limit.
Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park, in northeastern Minnesota near the south shore of massive Lake Vermilion, combines over 4,000 acres of rugged forests, old-growth pines, exposed rock formations like red jasper and hematite, and Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine, which operated from 1882 until 1962 and reaches 2,341 feet underground.
St. Croix Islands State Recreation Area in Chisago County, Minnesota, protects a collection of small, undeveloped islands and nearby shoreline along the St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, offering primitive day-use access for canoeing, kayaking, fishing, and wildlife viewing.
Inspiration Peak State Wayside Park in Otter Tail County, Minnesota, near Brandon, centers on a striking 310-foot kame—a glacial hill rising to 1,727 feet above sea level, the county's second-highest point amid the Leaf Hills Moraines.
Nerstrand Big Woods State Park, located northeast of Faribault in Rice County, Minnesota, preserves one of the last sizable remnants of the vast Big Woods hardwood forest that once covered much of south-central Minnesota before widespread logging and farming.
Lake Bronson State Park spans 4,375 acres in Kittson County, far northwestern Minnesota near the town of Lake Bronson, surrounded by farm fields as an oasis of aspen-oak forests, prairies, and wetlands.
The Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota, originally built between 1901 and 1905, began as a unique transporter bridge designed by Thomas F. McGilvray.
Itasca State Park in northern Minnesota, established in 1891 as the state's first state park, covers over 32,000 acres and includes more than 100 lakes.
Cascade River State Park lies on Minnesota's North Shore near Lutsen, where the Cascade River plunges 120 feet through a dramatic gorge to Lake Superior, creating a series of stunning cascades and waterfalls accessible via short, scenic trails with overlooks and a footbridge.
FlyOver America in Minnesota, located inside Nickelodeon Universe at the Mall of America in Bloomington, is an immersive flying theater ride that takes guests on a virtual aerial tour of some of the United States' most iconic landscapes and landmarks.
The North American Bear Center in Ely, Minnesota, is a unique nonprofit wildlife park and educational facility dedicated to black bears and their habitats.
Monson Lake State Park in Swift County, Minnesota, near Sunburg, is a small 347-acre preserve originally established in 1937 as a memorial to Swedish-American pioneers killed during the 1862 Dakota War.
Kadunce River State Wayside (also spelled Kodonce) is a 131-acre primitive park on Minnesota's North Shore along Highway 61 near Grand Marais, protecting the final mile of Kadunce Creek's 300-foot gorge as it meets Lake Superior.
