Great River Road

The great river road(founded in 1938) as the national parkway of the Mississippi river which cover its 2,552 mile journey to the sea starting from Minnesota's Itasca State Park.

The Pilot wheel road marks its route through ten states for about 3000 miles covering historic streets and fabulous river vistas. You can see the maps, itinerary and images on their website www.greatriverbluffs.com. You can plan a day trip with your family as a picnic or a long weekend for getting relaxed. You can also shop here for woolens, antiques, pottery and more.

Mississippi Queen and Julia Bell Swain steamboats are the most attractive adventures of Great river road. You can also enjoy fishing, boating, biking, hiking, wildlife and various kinds of birds in the same region.

Forest History Center

Forset History center is situated in Grand Rapids MN. Here you can enjoy logging camp, camp blacksmith, clerk, cook, saw filer, lumberjacks, wanigan(floating cook shack) and more. There is also a 1930s Minnesota Forest Service patrolman's cabin where you can sit and lookout the tower.

You can also enjoy self guided walk along the forst trails viewing exhibits multimedia theater shows, history of the forest and the forst fires show. You can also organize your meetings, family picnics, events etc on rent at the Forest History Center. The visiting hours are from wednesday to Saturday from 10 am to 5 pm; and on Sunday noon to 5 p.m. You can contact them at 218-327-4482 and email at foresthistory at mnhs.org

You can also visit their website for getting more details about the FHC. The entry fees may vary for different age groups and free of cost for under age 6 and also vary for various events.

Blue Mounds State Park

BMSP(Blue Mounds State Park) is most widely known for its rock climbing, hiking, Buffalo Herd, wildlife etc which is full of nature surprises. There is a swimming, camping and picnic area located on the shore of Mound Lake. The rockstarted with Sioux quartzite cliff and rise upto 100feet from the plains.

Also 3 campground loopa are situated near wildlife viewing pond. 13 miles of hiking trails and 20 miles of snowmobile trail are the major attractions within 10 miles of the park in winter with some other campsites. The park is also well known for its bird watchers who likes to see the nesting of blue grosbeaks and various other birds. Prickly pear cactus are widely seen in the month of June and July in the park. The online booking for the group camps at the Blue Mounda State park can be done by calling at toll free number 1-866-85PARKS or simply reserve at www.stayatmnparks.com.

The visiting hours of the park are from now through Labor Day and Sunday to Saturday at 8am to 4:30pm. During Fall: 9:00 - 4:30 from Sunday to Saturday and in Winters: 9:00 - 4:30 from Sunday to Saturday

Visitors Timings and Notes: The park will remain closed from October 12, 2009 till November 6, 2009 due to prescribed burn in the park area. For more info contact: (507) 283-1307.

Banning State Park

Banning State Park is just a few minutes away from Sandstone and Askov. It is about 2hrs way in the north of twin cities area. The park is connected to the Willard Munger State Trail and is along the Kettle River.

The park features camping, cross country skiing, biking and hiking like adventurous outdoor sports along with the study of nature history of the park. Blueberry Slide, Dragon's Tooth, Mother's Delight, Hell's Gate are common attractions of the park in spring season. During summer hiking along kettle river is the best adventure of the park. Wolf Creek Falls, Log Creek Arches, Robinson's Ice Cave are other attractions of the BSP.

You can stay at new camper cabin which is best suited for five people including bunk beds, tables and benches for the visitors. The visiting hours of the park are 9 a.m. - 4 p.m during fall and spring from Sat to Mon and 10 a.m. - 3 p.m in winter from Friday to Mon and in summer 9 a.m.-4 p.m daily.

Boundary Waters Minnesota

Boundary Waters Minnesota is the best place for outdoor adventures including camping, canoeing and up close nature experiences with solitude and challenge. It is located in 1926 covered in 1.3 million acres of land in the Superior National Forset in Minnesota(northeastern).

This park is bordered with Canada's Quetico Provincial Park and Voyageurs National Park(on west). There are about 1200 miles of canoe routes, 16 hiking trails and approx 2000 campsites for attractions for the tourists. While planning for a trip there you need a Boundary Waters map, camping permit system, and some other things will be available to you at the campsite. The closest airport to the BWCA is in Duluth(MN). For more details and getting outfits you can visit the website www.boundarywaters.com.

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Minnesota Tourist Places

Bloomington - Mall of America

The mall of America is located in Bloomington and is at 15minuts way from downtown Minneapolis and St. Paul. This mall is the world's most attracted tourist spot having acres of shopping malls, Nickleodeon Amusement Park(first nick theme park), Legoland, theaters at the mall, American girl and Underwater Adventure Aquarium and many more.

The mall offers free parking space, pickup and drop up facility for motors, city bus service, rail transport, and transit services to and from MSP international airport. The mall opens from Monday to Saturday from 10am to 9:30pm and on Sundays 11am to 7pm. Many events are also organized at the mall at Christmas Eve, Thanks giving day and New Year. For getting more details about Mall of America visit the webpage:

www.mallofamerica.com

Public savings bank

Public savings bank offers flexible and easy to access business banking services to their customers. The main goal of the bank is to be the part of success of thier customers. They also provide personal banking services, premium financing, loans, credit cards, platinum money market, CD and IRA, debit cards etc.

You can also benefit the banking services online like applying for credit cards, make payments or pay bills online by simply login to your account. The internet banking pin number and the login id will be sent to you through mailing services by post. You can contact at toll free number 1-888-878-2542 for getting customer care service benefits and ask your quieries related to bank or your account.

All the information will be kept private and confidential in all terms.You can visit their website www.publicsavings.com for getting detailed information about the bank and its all services. You can easily get a secured visa card also through this bank with no annual charges and zero percent APR for the first 6mnths while purchasings.

You can also be able to know about the current rates and updates for the banking services and their news and events on the right side of the website. For knowing about more details and sending your comments you can simply mail to BlackCard at PublicSavings.com

Blue Lagoon Iceland

Blue lagoon iceland is famous Geo Thermal Spa which is naturally heated from Lava formation (Ground).Its near city of Reykjaví and very close to Keflavík International Airport.

Blue lagoon accommodations:You can find a nice room in Blue Lagoon resort itself,Rates for Double room are between EURo 130 To 250 depending upon session.

Entrance Fees:EUR 23 and EUR 7 for childs
Towels rent etc... also cost around 3 EUR (High?)

Blue Lagoon Spa is open all 365 Days.
Northern Light Inn is another Blue Lagoon Hotel nearby.

Website:Please visit www.bluelagoon.com For more information