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A
Aamodt’s Hot Air Balloons, 17
Afton Alps, 32, 239, 241
Afton State Park, 239
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge, 191
Albert Lea, 307–10
Albertville, 23, 82
Alexander Faribault House, 307
Alexandria Lakes, 196, 212–215
American Swedish Institute, 44, 45
Amish Tours of Harmony, 266
Amusement Parks, 16, 75, 90, 209, 216
Angel Hill District, 229, 231, 233
Angle Days, 187
Annual Edmund Fitzgerald Memorial Beacon Lighting, 135
antiques, 16–17, 276
Apple Valley, 106
Aquariums, 17, 28, 117, 153, 311
Aquatennial, 71
Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour, 145
Art in the Park, 181
Art-a-Whirl, 70–71
Audubon society, 19
Austin, 20, 272
B
Bakken Museum, 30, 44–45
ballet, 65, 125
ballooning, 17, 240
Barnesville Potato Days, 193
Basilica Block Party, 71
Baudette, 182–88
Bayfront Blues Festival, 126–27
Bde Maka Ska, 17, 32, 38, 47, 71
Bean Hole Days, 224
bears, 146, 147, 191, 207
bed-and-breakfasts, 17–18
Bell Museum of Natural History, 88
Beltrami County History Center, 175
Bemidji, 175–81; beaches, 17; brewery, 180; Forestedge Winery, 36; Lake Bemidji State Park, 217; language camps, 27; Paul Bunyan, 33, 184; Sculpture Walk, 175, 176, 178; shopping, 181; skiing, 32
Betsy-Tacy Society, The, 287
Bibelot GoodThings, 70, 103
bicycling, 18, 105
Big Bog State Recreation Area, 19, 177
Big Kahuna Fun Park, 209
Big Stone Lake State Park, 286, 292
Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge, 19, 292
bird-watching, 19
Black Spruce/Tamarack Bog Habitat, 176
Bloomington, 16, 17, 69, 75, 94
Blue Earth History Center, 287
Blue Mounds State Park, 282, 284, 303
blueberries, 36, 153, 169, 187
Bluff Country Studio Art Tour, 271
Bluffscape Amish Tours, 266
Bo Diddley’s Pub & Deli, 204
boating, 26
Boise Cascade Paper Mill, 154
books, 16; antiquarian books, 16; book binding, 67; discussions, 100; independent, 69–70; Minnesotans, 19–20
Boundary Waters Blues Festival, 30
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, 20–21, 28, 31, 33, 110, 137, 146
Brainerd, 216–24
Brandenburg Gallery, 152, 300, 302
Brave New Workshop, 65
breweries, 14, 53; August Schell, 289; Bemidji, 180; Bent Paddle, 124; Blacklist, 124; Boathouse, 152; Castle Danger, 124; Dangerous Man, 53; Fitger’s, 122, 124, 126; Fulton, 53; Granite City, 82; Gunflint Tavern, 144; Inbound BrewCo, 53; Indeed, 53; Lift Bridge, 240; Maple Island, 240; Northern, 103; Saint Croix, 240; Schmidt, 98; St. Croix Valley Segway Tours, 240; Surly, 53; Turning Waters, 260; Ursa Minor, 124
Bronko Nagurski Museum, 30, 154
Brother Justus Whiskey Company, 56
Brown County Historical Museum, 290
Brown County Historical Society, 291
Bryant-Lake Bowl, 66
Buck Hill, 32
Buena Vista, 32, 177–78
Bunnell House, 261, 264
Bunyan, Paul: grave, 24; Pioneer Village, 216–17; Playhouse, 33, 34, 181; statues, 176, 184
Burns, Ken, 297, 306
Burntside Lake, 30, 148
C
California Building, 67
camping, 21
Cannon Valley Trail, 254
canoeing and kayaking, 22
Canterbury Park, 25, 75
Capitol Mall, 88
Caramel Roll, the, 205
Carl W. Kroening Interpretive Center, 45
Carnegie Steel Bridge, 267
Carpenter St. Croix Valley Nature Center, 250
Casket Arts Building, 67
Catlin, George, 297
Cedar Cultural Center, 66
Center City Historic District, 231
Central Lakes Trail, 201, 213
Chanhassen, 33, 76, 77
Charles A. Lindbergh Historic Site, 200, 201
Chaska, 77
Chester Charles II, 164
Chief Movie Theater, 181
Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, 137, 139
Children’s Discovery Museum, 160, 162
Children’s Theater Company, 33, 64, 64
Chippewa, 117, 164, 288
Chippewa National Forest, 31, 154, 176
Chippewa Triathlon, 181
Chisago, 229, 230, 232
Chisago County History Center, 230
Chisago Lake Evangelical Lutheran Church, 230
church bell, 288
Cinco de Mayo, 99, 104
Circus Juventas, 102
civil war, 306, 307
Cochran, Eddie, 307
Coffee & Tea Ltd., 70
Cokato Museum, 209
Commonweal, 33, 271
Como Park, Zoo, and Conservatory, 90, 106
Comstock House, 188
Concordia Language Villages, 26, 176, 181
Copilot Dog Outfitters, 70
Cosgrove, Carson Nesbit, 287
Coteau des Prairie, 282, 297
Cowles Center for Dance, The, 65
Cowling Arboretum, 278
Cox, Julien, 291
crafts, 22
Crosby Farm Regional Park, 91
cross, 131
Crow Wing County Historical Museum, 216
Crow Wing State Park, 217–18, 218
D
Dakota Bible, 288
Dakota Conflict of 1862, 286, 288, 307; Brown County Historical Museum, 290; Treaty Site History Center, 291
Dakota Indians: Blue Mounds State Park, 303; Faribault, 307; Indian Mounds Park, 90; Lac Qui Parle Mission, 288; Lac Qui Parle State Park, 293; Mendota, 106; Minneapolis, 38; minneopa, 292. See also Dakota Conflict of 1862
Dakota Jazz Club & Restaurant, 63, 65
Darwin Twine Ball Museum, 209
de Varennes, Pierre Gaultier, 183
Defeat of Jesse James Days, 280
Depot Museum, 129
Depot Square, 117, 119
Detroit Lakes, 17, 166, 188, 191–93
Devil’s Kettle waterfall, 139, 157
Digi-Key, 189
Dillinger, John, 25, 84
distilleries, 56
District del Sol, 99, 104
dogsled riding, 110, 126, 129, 149
Dorothy Molter Museum, 146, 147
Dorset, 169, 170, 172
Du Nord Craft Spirits, 56
Duluth, 17, 29, 32, 117–25
Duluth Art Institute, 119
Duluth Children’s Museum, 119
Duluth Dylan Fest, 126
Duluth Entertainment Convention Center, 119, 125, 135
Duluth Trading Company, 126
Dylan, Bob, 25, 126, 159
E
Eagle Bluff Environmental Learning Center, 267, 268
Eat Street, 59, 62, 97
Edge of the Wilderness Scenic Byway, 176
Edina, 73–74; Cinema, 29, 54; Coalition, 78; CRAVE, 52–53; Barrio Tequila Bar, 58
Edmund Fitzgerald, 128, 135
Edna G., 129
Eelpout Festival, 169, 173
Electric Fetus, The, 68, 126
Ellsworth Rock Garden, 155
El Nuevo Rodeo, 66
Ely Winter Festival, 153
Embarrass, 159
Enger Park, 120
e-scooters, 46
E. St. Julien Cox House, 291
Everett & Charlie, 70
Excelsior, 40, 74, 77–79
F
Fargo, 12
Faribault, 292, 307–11
farm stands, 24, 76
farmer’s markets, 24, 69
Father Baraga’s Cross, 131
Festival of Birds, 193
Festival of Nations, 104
Fiesta Days, 296
“fifth season,” 41
Fine Arts Series, 204
Fine Line Music Café, 65
Finland (city), 135
Finland, heritage: Cokato Museum, 209; Concordia Language Villages, 176; Finnish Heritage Homestead Tours, 159; friendsoffinland.org, 135; Laskianen Finnish Sliding Festival, 162; St. Urho’s Day, 135; sauna, 133, 150
Finnish Heritage Homestead Tours, 159
firestorm, 115
Fire tower, 32, 170
First Avenue, 66, 100
First United Methodist Church, 253
Fish House Parade, Aitkin, 224
fishing, 24
Fitzgerald Theater, The, 100
Fitzgerald, F. Scott, 13, 19
Flaten Art Museum, 278
flour, 38
flyover land, 14
Folsom House, 229, 231
food trucks, 59
Forestedge Winery, 36, 169
Forest History Center, 32, 159–60, 169, 170
Forestville/Mystery Cave State Park, 267
Fort Ridgely State Park, 275
Fort St. Charles, 183
Fort Snelling, 90, 91, 104, 249
fossil, 161
Franconia Sculpture Park, 233
Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, 29, 44
Freeborn County Historical Museum, 307
Frontenac State Park, 254, 255
G
Gág, Wanda, 19, 290
gambling, 24
Gammelgården Museum, 231, 232, 232, 237
Garland, Judy, 160, 162
Gavin Heights City Park, 262
Gitchi-Gami State Trail, 128, 130
Glacial Lakes State Trail, 210
glacial potholes, 236
Glensheen, 102, 119, 127
Glockenspiel, 288, 289
Golden Valley, 47
golf, 25
Goodhue County Historical Society, 253
Goodsell Observatory, 278
GoodStyle, 70
Gooseberry Falls State Park, 12, 22, 31, 128, 130, 134
Gophers, The, 66
Grace & Co, 70
Grain Belt Studios, 67
Grand Avenue, 98, 100, 103, 105
Grand Marais: Art Along the Lake Fall Studio Tour, 145; Art Colony, 17, 136, 140; Arts Center, 145; Arts Festival, 145; Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center, 137; Gitchi-Gami State Trail, 130; Gunflint Trail, 139; Harbor, 117, 137; Judge C.R. Magney State Park, 139; Moose Madness, 145; North House Folk School, 22, 136; parks and parkways, 139; Pincushion Trails, 140; Playhouse, 33, 144; shopping, 144
Grandma’s Marathon, 126
Grand Old Day, 103, 105
Grand Portage, 136, 138, 145
Grand Portage National Monument and Heritage Center, 35, 138
Grand Portage State Park, 139
Grand Rapids, 160, 162, 176
Grand Rapids Trail, 169
Grand Rounds National Scenic Byway, 38
Granite City, 200, 205, 224
Grasshopper Chapel, 200
grasshoppers, 135, 200, 292
Great Lakes Aquarium, 17, 117
Great Lakes Floating Maritime Museum, 119;
Great Northern Railway Depot, 175
Great River Bluffs State Park, 15
Great River Road National Scenic Byway, 254
Great River Shakespeare Festival, 34, 264
Green Giant, 286, 287
Green Hornet Ice Fishing Pole, 260
Greyhound Bus Museum, 159
Grumpy Old Men, 258, 260
Gunflint Trail, 112, 137, 139–41, 144, 148
Guthrie Theater, 33, 38, 50, 53, 64
H
Harkin Store, 290
Harriet Island, 91, 105
Harvest Moon Festival, 153
Hastings, 32, 36, 239, 249, 249–52
Hay Lake School and Erickson Log Home, 232
Headwaters Science Center, 175–76
Heartfelt, 70
Heartland Trail, 169, 170, 172
Heart of Tibet & Sky Door, 70
Hennepin, Louis, 38
Hennepin Theatre District, The, 65
Heritage Center and Wind Power Learning Center, 298
Heritage Days Festival, 194, 311
Heritage House, 273
Heritage Village, 188, 194
Hermann Monument, 290
Highland Summer Theatre, 296
hiking, 25
Hill, James J., 175
Hill Annex Mine State Park, 161
Hill Museum and Manuscript Library, 202
Hinckley, 115–16
Hinckley Fire Museum, 30, 115
Hinkly House, 300
Historic Chippewa City, 288
Historic Fort Snelling, 90, 91, 104, 249
Historic Knute and Nicolina Nelson Museum, 212
Historic Mayowood Mansion, 273
Historic Palace Theatre, 306
Historic Sites and Points of Interest Tour, 278
Historical Riverwalk, 189
history, 25
History Theatre, 102
Hjemkomst Center, 189, 190, 193
Hmong American New Year, 105
Holidazzle, 72
Holm, Bill, 297
Homer, 261, 265
Hooper-Bowler-Hillstrom House, 286, 287
“Horizontal Grandeur” (Holm), 297
Hormel Historic Home, 272
hot-air ballooning, 17, 240, 276
houseboats, 158, 261; Rainy Lake/Rainy River, 154; Timber Bay Lodge & Houseboats, 150; Voyageurs National Park, 155; Winona, 13, 261
Hubbard House, 287
Humphrey, Hubert, 25
hunting, 26, 184, 186, 207
I
Ibsen Festival, 34
Icebox Days, 158
ice sculptures, 87, 90
independent bookstores, 19, 69
Indian Mounds Park, 90, 105
Ingalls Dugout Site, 297, 299
International Wolf Center, The, 147, 151
internet, 26
Interstate State Park, 228, 236, 239
Irish Fair, 91, 105
Iron Range, 159–62
Itasca State Park, 16, 175–78; bird watching, 19; cemetery, 166; tour boat, 164, 164
J
James, Jesse, 13, 25, 277, 280
James & Mary Laurie Booksellers, 16
James J. Hill House, 89
Jasper’s Jubilee Theater, 173
Jeffers Petroglyphs, 282, 305
Jimmy Wilson Gallery, 70
John A. Latsch State Park, 25, 262
John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon, 126
John Lind House, 290
Johnson, Francis, 209
José Artigas Statue, 288
Joyce, David, 177
Judge C.R. Magney State Park, 139
Judy Garland Festival, 162
Judy Garland Museum, 160, 162
Jungle Theater, 33, 63, 65
K
Karl Oskar Days, 230, 237
Kathio State Park, 207
King Turkey Day, 306
Kinsington Runestone, 212–13
Kolacky Days Czech Festival, 296
Koochiching County Historical Museum, 154
L
Lac Qui Parle Mission, 288
Lac Qui Parle State Park, 19, 293
Lake Bemidji State Park, 177
Lake Benton, 298, 303–6
Lake Benton Opera House, 306
Lake Harriet, 17, 32, 45, 47
Lake Kabetogama, 14, 22, 156–58, 167
Lake Mille Lacs, 197
Lake Minnetonka, 32, 77–80
Lake of the Isles, 38, 45, 47
Lake of the Woods, 154, 166, 184–86; bird watching, 19; canoeing and kayaking, 22, 184; County Museum, 182. See also Zippel Bay
Lake Park, 262
Lake Pepin Paddleboat, 259
Lake Superior Railroad Museum, 117, 119
Lake Vermilion State Park, 149
Lake Winona, 23, 262
Lake Wobegone Trail, 213
Landing, The, 46, 75
Landmark Center, 95, 101
Land of the Loon Festival, 162
Lanesboro, 17, 34, 266–71
language villages, 26–27, 176, 181
Laskianen Finnish Sliding Festival, 162
Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Highway, 282, 298, 305
Laura Ingalls Wilder Museum, 298–99
Laura Ingalls Wilder Pageant, 306
Le Sueur, 286
LeDuc House, 249
Leech Lake, 31, 169, 171, 174
lefse, 27, 51, 173, 193
Leif Ericson Park, 120
Lewis, Sinclair, 13, 19, 212–13, 215
Lightfoot, Gordon, 135
lighthouses: Lighthouse Bed & Breakfast, 17, 132; Split Rock, 31, 128, 130, 135; Two Harbors, 129
Lind, John, 290
Linden Hills shopping, 70
Lindstrom, 229–33, 236–37
Little Log House Pioneer village and Antique Power Show, 252
Little River General Store, 267
Little Sweden, 226, 229
Live From Here, 12
Longfellow, Henry Wadsworth, 297
Long Lake Theater, 173
Loring Park, 47, 71–72, 72
Lost 40 Scientific and Natural Area, The, 177
Lower St. Croix, 238–44
Lumberjack Days, 244
lutefisk, 27, 51,
Lutsen, 32, 113, 130–33, 135, 145
Luverne, 297, 300, 302–3, 306
Lynx, 40, 66
M
Madden’s, 120, 196, 219, 221, 222
Magers & Quinn, 16, 69
Mahkato Traditional Pow Wow, 296
Mall of America, 28, 75
Mankato, 32, 287, 292–96
Maple Grove, 82, 108
marathons, 72, 104, 126, 135
Marine, 229, 231–32, 234, 244
Marjorie McNeely Conservatory, 90
Marvin Windows Visitor Center, The, 183
Mary Tyler Moore Show, 12
Master’s Bluegrass Festival, 135
Mayo Clinic, 273–74
Mayo house, 286
Medtronic Twin Cities Marathon, 72
Mendota, 103, 106
Metris Uptown Art, The, 71
Midsommar Dag celebration, 232, 237
Midtown Global Market, 60, 61, 97
mill, 292
Mill City Museum, 30, 41, 44
Mille Lacs, 17, 206–8
Mille Lacs Indian Museum, 206–7
Mille Lacs Wildlife Management Area, 207
Minneapolis: bookstores, 69; Farmers’ Markets, 69–70; Linden Hills shopping, 70; live performances, 63–66; northeast Minneapolis arts district, 67; outdoor eating, 58; Pride Festival, 47; shopping, 67–68; sporting events, 66
Minneapolis Institute of Art, 29, 38, 42, 43, 64
Minneapolis-St. Paul International Film Festival, 69
Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 43, 47
Minnehaha Park, 45, 47, 58
Minneopa State Park, 19, 285, 292
Minnesota Bluegrass & Old-Time Music Festival, 30
Minnesota Children’s Museum, 30, 90
Minnesota Department of Natural Resources, 31, 184
Minnesota Discovery Center, 159
Minnesota Fringe Festival, 71
Minnesota Historical Society, 104
Minnesota History Center, 13, 30, 88
Minnesota Lakes Maritime Museum, 212
Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 74, 77
Minnesota Marine Art Museum, 29, 261
Minnesota Museum of American Art, 88
Minnesota Opera, 100–1
Minnesota Renaissance Festival, 71
Minnesota RollerGirls, 102
Minnesota State Fair, 72, 104
Minnesota Streetcar Museum, 78
Minnesota United, 102
Minnesota Vikings, 40, 66, 96
Minnesota Wild, 95, 96, 102
Minnesota Zoo, 106
Minnetonka Center for the Arts, 79
Mississippi Headwaters, 110, 175, 177
Mississippi River Bluff Country, 246–48
Moberg, Wilhelm, 230, 234, 237
Molter, Dorothy, 20, 146, 147
Montevideo, 288, 292–96
Moondance Jam, 30, 173–74
Moore, Mary Tyler, 12
Moore Block, 301
Moose Madness, 145
Mt. Kato, 32
movies, 29
Munsinger and Clemens Gardens, 201
Murray, Bill, 102
Museum of Russian Art, 29, 44
music, 30
Myre-Big Island State Park, 308
Mystery Cave State Park, 31, 267
N
Nagurski, Bronko, 25, 30, 154
National Eagle Center, 258, 259
Native Americans: Beltrami County History Center, 175; Birchbark Books, 69; Blue Earth History Center, 287; Blue Mounds State Park, 303; Brown County Historical Museum, 290; cemetery, 177; Crow Wing County Historical Museum, 216; Dakota Conflict of 1862, 288; Duluth, 90, 117; Grand Portage National Monument and Heritage Center, 138; Grand Portage State Park, 139; Hinckley Fire Museum, 115; Indian Mounds Park, 90; Indigo, 68; Itasca State Park, 177; Jeffers petroglyphs, 305; Koochiching County Historical Museum, 154; Lac Qui Parle State Park, 293; Mahkato Traditional Pow Wow, 296; Mille Lacs Indian Museum, 206–7; Myre-Big Island State Park, 308; New Ulm, 286; North House Folk School, 136; Pipestone, 297–98, 302; Rourke Art Museum, 188; Saint Benedict’s Monastery Haehn Museum, 200; Sivertson Gallery, 144; Southern Minnesota, 282; Treaty Site History Center, 291. See also tribe by name
nature preserves, 30
Nelson, Knute, 212
New Ulm, 284–96
Nickelodeon Universe, 16, 75
Nicollet Mall, 12, 49, 50, 58
Nisswa Pioneer Village, 217
Nisswa Square Shopping, 223
Nisswa-Stämman Festival, 224
Nisswa Turtle Races, 217
Norseman Distillery, 56
North American Bear Center, 146, 147
North Star Roller Derby, 66
northeast Minneapolis arts district, 67
Northern Light Opera Company, 173
Northern Lights Casino and Hotel, 169
Northfield, 277–80, 311
Northfield Arts Guild Gallery, 277
Northfield Arts Guild Theater, 279
Northfield Historical Society Museum, 277, 278, 280
North House Folk School, 22, 136, 140
Northland Arboretum, 217
Northrop Auditorium, 65
Northrup King Building, 67
North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum, 129
North Shore Inline Marathon/Half-Marathon, 135
O
Ojibwe, 110, 131, 138, 139, 188
Oktoberfest, 296
Old Gribben Mill, 268, 269
Olmsted County History Center, 273
Open Book, 19, 69
opera, 100–1, 173, 306
Oracle, 302
Ordway Center for the Performing Arts, 85, 100, 101
Orpheum Theatre, 43, 48, 65
Ortonville, 288, 292
outhouse, 286
outlets, 23
Owatonna, 307–11
P
Paisley Park, 76
Palisade Head, 127, 130
Pantages, 65
Paramount Center for the Arts, 204
Park Rapids, 169, 172, 173, 177
Part Wolf, 66
Paul Bunyan State Trail, 217
Paulucci Space Theatre, 159
Peder Engelstad Pioneer Village, 188
Penumbra Theatre, 101
Pequot Lakes Fire Tower, 217
petroglyphs, Jeffers, 282, 305
Pickwick Mill, 262, 263
Pig’s Eye Landing, 84
Pioneer Cemetery, 166
Pioneer Kids Play House, The, 75
Pioneer Villages: The Landing, 75;Little Log House Pioneer Village and Antique Power Show (Hastings), 252; Nisswa, 217; Paul Bunyan, 216; Peder Engelstad, 188; Roseau, 182, 187; Runestone Museum, 212; Worthington, 301
Pipestone, 297–98, 300–1
Pipestone Civil War Days, 306
Pipestone County Museum, 301
Pipestone National Monument, 282, 302
Pipestone Performing Arts Center, 306
Pirate’s Cove Mini-Golf and Billy Bones Raceway, 216
Plummer House of the Arts, 273
Polaris Experience Center, The, 182, 187
Polish Cultural Institute, 261
Polka Capital of the Nation, 286
Pottery Museum of Red Wing, 253
Prairie Home Companion, 12, 19, 25
Pride Festival and Parade, 47, 71
Prince, 12, 25, 66, 76
Prior Lake, 76
Purple Rain, 12, 66
Q
Quarry Hill Park and Nature Center, 274
Quarry Park and Nature Preserve, 202
R
rafting, 120
rail museums, 47, 117
Ranier, 157–58
Red River State Recreation Area, 191
Red River Valley, 164–66, 188, 190
Red Wing, 253–57, 254
Red Wing Fall Festival of Arts, 257
Red Wing Shoe Museum, 253
Renville, Joseph, 293
Restaurant Alma, 51, 54
Restaurant Capital of the World, 172
Rice Lake State Park, 308
Rice Park, 87, 90–95, 100
Richard J. Doner Memorial Hardwood Forest, 31
RiverCentre, 85
Rivertown Fall Art Festival, 244
Rochester, 273–76
Rock County Courthouse, 300
Rock County History Center, 300
Rock the Garden, 71
Rollag Western Minnesota Steam Threshers Reunion, 194
root beer, 53, 161, 240, 264, 289
Root Beer Lady, 20, 146
Root River and Harmony-Preston Valley Trails, 267
Roseau, 182–88
Ross, Marion, 307
Rourke Art Museum, 188
Rulon-Miller Books, 16
Runestone controversy, 102, 212
Runestone Museum, 212–13
Rune Stone Park, 213
S
sailing, 32, 46, 47, 169, 174
Saint Benedict’s Monastery Haehn Museum, 200, 203
St. Cloud, 200–5
St. Croix National Scenic Riverway, 232
St. Croix State Park, 235
St. Croix Valley: ballooning, 240; bird watching, 19; canoeing and kayaking, 22; gondolas, 240; Lumberjack Days, 244; Marine, 229; Rivertown Fall Art Festival, 244; Segways, 240; “Wine Trail,” 36
Saint John’s Bible, 202
Saint John’s University, 202, 203–5
St. Olaf Christmas Festival, 280
St. Olaf College, 278, 280
St. Paul: Art Crawl, 104; Asian food, 97; bed and breakfasts, 93; Bike Classic Bike Tour, 105; books, 102–3; Chamber Orchestra, 101; District del Sol dining, 99; Grand Avenue, 103; green space, 90; Minnesota Wild, 95, 96, 102; museums, 88; Saints, 102; United, 102; Winter Carnival, 84, 90
St. Peter, 291
Saints (baseball), 102
St. Urho’s Day, 135
Sakatah Singing Hills State Trail, 292
Sanborn Sod House, 298, 299
Sauerkraut Days, 296
Sauk Centre, 212, 215
Scandia, 229, 232, 237
Scandinavian Festival, 187, 217
Scandinavian Hjemkomst & Midwest Viking Festival, 193
Schoolcraft, Henry, 164
Schroeder, 130–33
Schwanke’s Museum, 209
Science Museum of Minnesota, 85, 89–90
sculpture gardens: Bemidji Sculpture Walk, 175, 176; Franconia, 17, 233; Historic Mayowood Mansion, 273; Minneapolis Sculpture Garden, 43; Minnesota Landscape Arboretum, 77; Walker Art Center, 71
sculptures: Cherry fountain, 47; golden horses, 88; ice, 87, 90; Mary Tyler Moore, 12; Princes Wenonah, 262; Spoonbridge, 47; straw, 76
Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium, 17
Seltz, Al, 212
Seppmann Mill, 292
Sever’s Fall Festival, 76
Shakopee, 16, 25, 71, 74–76
Sheldon Theatre, 257
Sibley House Historic Site, 106
Sibley State Park, 210
Silver Lake Park, 274
Sioux: Duluth, 117; Fort St. Charles, 183; Shakopee Mdewakanton Sioux Community, 76; Traverse des Sioux Treaty, 291
Sioux quartzite, 297, 300–1, 303, 306
skiing, 32
Skyline Parkway, 120
snowmobiling, 33
Sod House on the Prairie, 299
“Song of Hiawatha” (Longfellow), 297
Sonshine Festival, 30
Soudan Underground Mine, 147, 149
South Central Minnesota Studio Art Tour, 311
Southern Minnesota, 282–85
SPAM Museum, 13–14, 272
Spelmansstamma Music Festival, 237
Spirit Mountain, 32, 120
Split Rock Lighthouse, 31, 128, 130, 135
S.S. William A. Irvin, 119, 125
State Capitol, 88, 104
State School Orphanage Museum, 307
State Theatre, 52, 65
Stave Church, 189, 190
steakhouses, 55
steamboat Minnehaha, The, 78
Stearns History Museum, 200
Stillwater, 14, 17, 103, 238–44
Stillwater Balloons, 17, 240
Stillwater Lift Bridge, 226, 238
Stone House Museum, 231
straw sculptures, 76
streetcar, 77–78
Superior Hiking Trail, 130
Superior National Forest, 20–21, 31, 110, 148
Swensson Farm Museum, 288
Syndicate Block, 301
T
taco, 181
Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge, 191
Target Center, 65, 66
Tattersall Distilling, 56
Taylors Falls, 229, 231–37
Ted the Bear, 146
Temperance River State Park, 130
Tettegouche State Park, 128, 130
theater, 33
Theatre L’Homme Dieu, 213, 215
Theodore Wirth Parkway, 47
Thief River Falls, 188–92
Thile, Chris, 12, 204
Thoreau, 136
Timberwolves, 40, 65, 66
Touch the Sky Prairie, 302
Tour of Lakes Bicycle Ride, 224
Tour of Saints, 205
Traverse des Sioux Treaty, 291
treasure hunt, 104, 145, 244
Treaty Site History Center, 291
trolley, 77, 117, 159, 201, 239
Trout Lake–Joyce Estate Hiking Trail, 177
turkey, 306
turtle races, 198
Tweed Museum, 29, 117
Twins, 7, 40, 55, 66
Twin Spirits Distillery, 56
Two Harbors, 129
U
Uffda Taco, 181
Upper St. Croix, 229–37
Uruguay, 286, 288, 296
US Bank Stadium, 66
US Hockey Hall of Fame, 159
V
Valleyfair, 16, 74–75
Van Buren Building, 67
Varsity Theater, The, 66
Ventura, Jesse, 25, 85
Vermillion Falls Park, 250
Veterans Memorial, 300
Victoria Crossings, 103
Village of Yesteryear, 307
Voyageurs National Park, 17, 31, 154–55, 157
W
Wabasha Street Caves, 89
Wabasha, 258–60
Walker, 169–74
Walker Art Center, 29, 40, 43, 47
Walnut Grove, 282, 298–99, 304, 306
Wanda Gág House, 290
War, The (Burns), 297, 306
Warden’s House Museum, 239
Warehouse District, 40, 54
Warroad, 182, 185, 187–88
water ski show, 71
Watermark Art Center, 176
Waters of the Dancing Sky, 155
Wayzata, 79–81
WE Fest, 30, 166, 174, 193
Wegmann’s Cabin, 177
Weisman Art Museum, 29, 44
Welch Village, 32, 254
Wellstone Memorial and Historic Site, 160
Wheels Across the Prairie Museum, 299
Whinnery, Lewis, 212
White Bear Lake, 103, 106–8
Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 19, 25, 259, 282, 298–99, 306
Wild Mountain & Taylors Falls Recreation, 235
Wild River State Park, 234, 235
Wild Rumpus, 70
Wilderness Sanctuary, 177
Wilfahrt, Whoppee John, 286
William O’Brien State Park, 234
Williams, Garth, 299
Willie Walleye, 183, 187, 187
Willmar, 17, 196, 209–11, 216
wineries, 35; Alexis Bailly Vineyard, 36, 249; Carlos Creek Winery, 213; Forestedge Winery, 36, 169; Millner Heritage Vineyard & Winery, 201; Morgan Creek Vineyard, 291; Saint Croix Vineyard, 240; Two Fools Vineyard, 189; Winehaven Winery and Vineyard, 232; “Wine Trail,” 36
Winnewissa Falls, 302
Winona, 261–65
Wm. S. Marvin Training and Visitor Center, 183
wolves, 139, 147, 148
Women’s Flat Track Derby Association, 102
Woodbury, 103, 108
Woodcarver’s Festival, 181
Woodenfrog Refectory, 167
Woodtick Musical Theater, 173
Worthington, 301, 303, 306
W.W. Mayo House, 286
X
Xcel Energy Center, 84, 85, 102
Y
Yankovic, Weird Al, 209
yarn, 22; BE at Lakeside, 79; Knit & Bolt, 67; Playing with Yarn, 134; St. Paul, 103
Z
Zippel Bay State Park, 18, 31, 184, 186, 186