Saint Paul (abbreviated St. Paul) is the capital of the U.S. state of Minnesota and the county seat of Ramsey County. Situated on high bluffs overlooking a bend in the Mississippi River, Saint Paul is a regional business hub and the center of Minnesota's government. The Minnesota State Capitol and the state government offices all sit on a hill close to the city's downtown district.

Saint Anthony Falls, or the Falls of Saint Anthony (Dakota: Owámniyomni, lit. 'whirlpool') located at the northeastern edge of downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota, is the only natural major waterfall on the Mississippi River.Throughout the mid-to-late 1800’s, various dams were built atop the east and west faces of the falls to support the milling industry that spurred the growth of the city of ...

The Martin Luther King Jr. National Historical Park covers about 35 acres (0.14 km 2) and includes several sites in Atlanta, Georgia related to the life and work of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. Within the park is his boyhood home, and Ebenezer Baptist Church — the church where King was baptized and both he and his father, Martin Luther King Sr., were pastors — …

Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium AD, during the later part of the Woodland period of pre-Columbian North America. Numerous effigy mounds are shaped like animals, including bears and birds.. The monument is located primarily in Allamakee County, …

Pipestone National Monument is located in southwestern Minnesota, just north of the city of Pipestone, Minnesota.It is located along the highways of U.S. Route 75, Minnesota State Highway 23 and Minnesota State Highway 30.The quarries are sacred to many tribal nations of North America, including the Dakota, Lakota, and other tribes of Native Americans, and were …

The national park idea has been credited to the artist George Catlin.In 1832 he traveled the northern Great Plains of the United States, where he became concerned about the destruction of the Indian civilization, wildlife, and wilderness as eastern settlements spread westward. He wrote, "by some great protecting policy of government... in a magnificent park... a nation's park, …

Voyageurs National Park: Minnesota: 1975 2) White Sands National Park: New Mexico: 2019 2) Wind Cave National Park: South Dakota: ... Knife River Indian Villages National Historic Site: North Dakota: 2) Lincoln Home National Historic Site: ... Saint Paul's Church National Historic Site: New York: 6.13 acres (0.0248 km 2)

Indian Mounds Regional Park: Saint Paul, Minnesota: 1 to 500 CE Hopewell and Dakota cultures ... High Cliff State Park Effigy Mounds: Calumet County, Wisconsin: 1000 to 1500 CE Dakota cultures ... Shiloh Indian Mounds, Hardin County, Tennessee: 1000-1450 CE

Minnesota (/ ˌ m ɪ n ɪ ˈ s oʊ t ə / ()) is a state in the upper midwestern region of the United States. It is the 12th largest U.S. state in area and the 22nd most populous, with over 5.75 million residents.Minnesota is home to western prairies, now given over to intensive agriculture; deciduous forests in the southeast, now partially cleared, farmed, and settled; and the less …

American Indian and Alaska Native (2020 Census Bureau) One race: ... Construction of the mounds went on for 500 years until the site was abandoned about 2800 BCE, probably due to changing environmental conditions. ... Paul Kane, W. Langdon Kihn, Charles Bird King, Joseph Henry Sharp, and John Mix Stanley. Eagle Dance of the Sac and Fox Indians ...