Fort Snelling State Park

Pros: Interesting historical attraction. Views of Mississippi River. Heavily wooded park with many trails.
Cons: Airplane noise. Sometimes crowded. Occasional flooding. 2 separate entrances. Mosquitoes.

On a small bluff at the meeting point of two rivers, in 1819, Colonel Josiah Snelling and his army chose to establish a fort in the Northwest Territory. Today Fort Snelling is surrounding by the bustling metropolitan area of Minneapolis and St Paul, and ...

Pros: lots to do, beautiful scenery, great history
Cons: can get very crowded

I have been to Fort Snelling and the surrounding park many times throughout my childhood here in Minnesota, and I still think that there are very few places that can match it. There is so much to do there that you will never get to see it all, well...