Sights in Minnesota
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Ironworld Discovery Center
Chisholm has Ironworld Discovery Center, a theme park featuring open-pit mine tours and area ethnic displays.
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Children's Theatre Company
The local Children's Theatre Company is so good it won a Tony award for 'outstanding regional theater.'
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James J Hill House
Tour the palatial stone mansion of railroad magnate Hill. It's a Gilded Age beauty, with five floors and 22 fireplaces.
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Enger Park
For a spectacular view of the city and harbor, climb the rock tower in Enger Park, located a couple miles southwest by the golf course.
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Viewpoint
The viewpoint, north of town overlooks the 3-mile Hull-Rust Mahoning Mine.
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underground mine
The underground mine, which is available for touring; wear warm clothes.
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Visitors Center
The visitors center displays Paul's toothbrush.
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Nicollet Mall
Nicollet Mall is the pedestrian-friendly portion of Nicollet Ave in the heart of downtown, dense with stores, bars and restaurants. It's perhaps most famous as the spot where Mary Tyler Moore threw her hat into the air during the show's opening sequence. A cheesy MTM statue depicts our girl doing just that. A farmers market takes over the mall on Thursdays from May to November.
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MTM Statue
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Mississippi River Visitors Center
The National Park Service visitor center occupies an alcove in the science museum's lobby. Definitely stop by to pick up trail maps and see what sort of free ranger-guided walks and bike rides are going on. Most take place at 10am on Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday in summer. In winter, the center hosts ice-fishing and snowshoeing jaunts.
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Maritime Visitors Center
Check the computer screens inside to learn what time the big ships will be sailing through port. The first-rate center also has exhibits on Great Lakes shipping and shipwrecks.
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Landmark Center
Downtown's turreted 1902 Landmark Center used to be the federal courthouse, where gangsters such as Alvin 'Creepy' Karpis were tried; plaques by the various rooms show who was brought to justice here. In addition to the city's visitor center, the building also contains a couple of small museums. On the 2nd floor the Schubert Club Museum has a brilliant collection of old pianos and harpsichords – some tickled by Mozart, Beethoven and the like – as well as old manuscripts and letters from famous composers. The club plays free chamber music concerts Thursdays at noon from October to April. A free wood-turning museum (it's a decorative form of woodworking) is also on the 2nd…
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Farmers Market
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Dylan's Birthplace
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Bob Dylan Way
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