Minnesota National Parks, National Monuments and More in Minnesota

National Park Service

Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Portage National Monument includes the archeological remains with several reconstructed fur trade era buildings inside a stockade of the supply depot on Lake Superior, the site of Fort Charlotte on the Pigeon River and the Grand Portage footpath connecting the two posts. Grand Portage continues to be home place for the Grand Portage Band of Lake Superior Chippewa, of tribal and family history and cultural persistence.

Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
The Mississippi River and its watershed is a major contributor to the ecology, culture, politics and economy of the North American continent.

Pipestone National Monument
The story of this stone and the pipes made from it spans four centuries of Plains Indian life. The pipestone here is quarried by anyone of Indian ancestry. An age-old tradition continues in the modern world.

Voyageurs National Park
The park represents some of the oldest exposed rock formations in the world. The topography of the park is rugged and varied; rolling hills are interspersed between bogs, beaver ponds, swamps, islands, small lakes and four large lakes. Voyageurs is a water based park.