20 Reasons We Love Minnesota
Feed your need for arts and culture in the Twin Cities, or connect with the great outdoors along one of many wooded lakes.
Voyageurs National Park
How do you get around a 218,000-acre national park that doesn't have any roads? The answer is the main reason people visit this park on the Canadian border: boats.
To explore Voyageurs' 30-some lakes (Rainy and Namekan are the biggest) and find the solitude this park is famous for, you need something that floats. Some folks spend a day on a guided walleye fishing trip and stay at a resort in one of the shore towns of International Falls (population 5,900) or tiny Ranier (population 200). Others motor around on houseboats, watching for moose by day and anchoring at a different island each night for sunset and a campfire.
Pictured: Rainy Lake's numerous bays and islands provide plenty of private berths for houseboats and campers.
Rainy Lake, International Falls and Ranier Convention and Visitors Bureau
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