Jul. 11—LAKE ITASCA, Minn. — The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that as of Tuesday, July 11, the Lake Itasca Public Water Access in Itasca State Park is closed through the 2023 ...

PARK RAPIDS, Minn. (WCCO) --The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources will partner with Friends of Itasca to host a dedication event Saturday for Itasca State Park's new amphitheater. The event ...

Itasca State Park in Northern Minnesota is one of those destinations that every Minnesota needs to visit once in their lifetime. And in some, multiple times. The park is one of the oldest in the ...

pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

Built in 1923, this timbered lodge is perched on the shores of northern Minnesota’s Lake Itasca, where the mighty Mississippi River begins its 3,734-kilometer journey south to the Gulf of Mexico.

NEW ORLEANS (WVUE) - A steady stream of cool, lake water pours over rocks at a state park in Northern Minnesota, the source of America’s greatest river. Lake Itasca, at the headwaters of the ...

Gerald and Deline White told area students and adults about the tools and traditions of gathering manoomin, or wild rice Gerald White carved this cedar paddle and built the model canoe at his side. He ...

Electric refrigeration was not commonly used in Itasca State Park and its neighboring areas until the early 1950s. The use of ice boxes was far more common. In order to preserve food such as meat and ...

ITASCA STATE PARK, Minn. - Steve Holewa went to see the headwaters of the Mississippi River on Monday night. Who knew it would be a story of a lifetime. Holewa and a companion were halfway back to ...

If you start eavesdropping at the Mississippi River's headwaters during the summer, you can hear the surprise in visitors' voices as they reach the humble beginning of the world's fourth-greatest ...