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Minnesota, United States
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The Northeastern region of Minnesota is marked by countless rivers, lakes, and the shore of one Great Lake. It includes Aitkin, Carlton, Cook, Isanti, Itasca, Kanabec, Koochiching, Lake, Mille Lacs, Pine, and St. Louis counties.
Flights are available into Duluth International Airport and Hibbing Municipal Airport via Delta Air Lines. Greyhound Bus Lines serve Duluth.
Read in the guideMost regional highways are well-maintained if aged. Summer brings road construction, winter brings snow, and spring may bring road weight limits as the ground thaws.
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Aitkin is a town in Northeastern Minnesota. It is approximately 120 miles north of the Twin Cities metro area and approximately 90 miles west from Duluth.
Cloquet (pronounced kloh-KAY) is a town in Northeastern Minnesota.
Duluth is a city of about 86,000 people (2018) in northern Minnesota. It is one of the most scenic cities in the Midwest.
Ely is a town of 3,400 people (2019) in Northeastern Minnesota. Ely is best known as a popular entry point for the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, the International Wolf Center, and the North American Bear Center.
Not to be confused with Grand Rapids, Michigan. Grand Rapids is a small city in northern Minnesota and county seat of Itasca County.
Hermantown is a prosperous residential suburb of Duluth. The US-53 (Miller Trunk Highway) corridor, which continues seamlessly from Duluth, is quite built-up with strip malls, motels, restaurants, light industrial businesses, trailer parks, and surrounding housing developments; the rest, especially the western part of town, retains a rural feel.
The Iron Range is a rural area in Northeastern Minnesota where iron ore (and taconite) has been mined for generations. This area has some cultural aspects more similar to the U.P. of Michigan than the surrounding area of Minnesota.
Hinckley is a city in Pine County, Northeastern Minnesota.
International Falls is a city in Minnesota. The city is nicknamed "Frostbite Falls" or "Icebox of the Nation".
Meadowlands is a "ghost town" of about 134 people in northern Minnesota. It is a mere shadow of its former self.
Moose Lake is a city of 2,800 people (2019) in Northeastern Minnesota.
Pine City is a city in east central Minnesota with the tagline "North. Nice and close." The Pine City zip code (55063), which is a more accurate reflection of the size of the town, has a population of approximately 10,000 people and even more native pine trees.
Princeton is a city in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota with a population of 4,700 people (2019).
Sandstone is a town in Northeastern Minnesota.
Two Harbors is a town along Lake Superior in Minnesota, about 27 miles north of Duluth.
Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness is a vast wilderness area in Northeastern Minnesota, adjoining with Ontario's Quetico Provincial Park, famous for its array of over a thousand small-to-medium-sized lakes, and the wildlife they provide a home for. It is a well-known camping and canoeing destination.
Mille Lacs is an area in Northeastern Minnesota surrounding Mille Lacs Lake.
Voyageurs National Park is a national park near International Falls, Minnesota.
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