Picture of the Day: Swirls
Picture taken from a bluff near Lynxville, Wisconsin (July 2009). See more Pictures of the Day here. From Larsen Bluff (Wisconsin)
Picture of the Day: Hannibal, MO
A view of Hannibal, Missouri from Lover's Leap (picture taken November 2012). See more Pictures of the Day here. Hannibal, MO from Lover's Leap
The Best of the Upper Mississippi: The Great Outdoors
The best places to get up close and personal with the Upper Mississippi River.
Picture of the Day: Fountain Bluff overlook
The view from Fountain Bluff, north of Grand Tower, Illinois. Photo taken October 2012. Fountain Bluff overlook
Destination of the Day: Trail of Tears State Park
View of Mississippi River from Trail of Tears State Park (Missouri) In 1838-39, thousands of Cherokees and other Indian nations on the east coast were forced to leave their homelands and relocate to lands west of the Mississippi River. En route, hundreds died of starvation, disease, and exposure. Many of the Cherokee crossed
Sauk Rapids
Population (2010) 12,773 Introduction Sauk Rapids is located along what was once known as “Third Rapids”, because, well, they were the third set of rapids upriver from St. Anthony Falls. Those rapids are now obscured by a dam, and those two small towns have in recent years developed into