Research Catalog

Title

Backroads of Minnesota : your guide to Minnesota's most scenic backroad adventures / text by Shawn Perich ; photography by Gary Alan Nelson.

Author

Perich, Shawn

Publication

Stillwater, MN : Voyageur Press, c2002.

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Details

Additional Authors

Nelson, Gary Alan, 1959-

Description

160 p. : col. ill., maps; 28 cm.

Summary

Presents photos, maps, and descriptions of several scenic drives in Minnesota, arranged by region, which showcase the state's natural beauty and also feature historic sites.

Series Statement

A pictorial discovery guide

Uniform Title

Pictorial discovery guide.

Subjects

• Guides touristiques
• Guidebooks
• Tours
• travel guidebooks
• Automobile travel > Minnesota > Guidebooks
• Scenic byways > Minnesota > Guidebooks
• Minnesota > Tours

Genre/Form

• travel guidebooks.
• Guidebooks
• Tours
• Guides touristiques.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (p. 156) and index.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

pt. 1. Land of the voyageurs : the northeast -- The North Shore Drive : Highway 61 -- Looking down on the city : Duluth's Skyline Parkway -- Where the river roars : Highway 210 through Jay Cooke State Park -- At the tip of the Arrowhead : the Gunflint and Arrowhead Trails -- An echo of the wilderness : Echo Trail to Crane Lake and Voyageurs National Park -- Renaissance in the woods : Ely, via Highway 1 and Fernberg Road -- Home on the range : from Hibbing to Tower on Highway 169 -- pt. 2. Tall pines and clear waters : north-central lake country -- At the edge of the wilderness: Highway 38 and beyond -- Winsome Winnibigoshish : Lake Winnibigoshish and Cass Lake -- At the source : Walker, Lake Itasca, Bemidji, and Leech Lake -- The Great River Road : Grand Rapids to Aitken -- Adventures in vacationland : the Brainerd lakes area -- Around the Lake : Mille Lacs circle -- pt. 3. Parklands and glacial lakes : the northwest -- Up on the border : following the Rainy River from International Falls to Warroad -- North by Northwest : Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge and Lake Bronson -- Where the tall grass grows : Detroit Lakes, Bluestem Prairie, and Rollag -- Pearls on the prairie : Otter Tail country -- A message from the past? : Alexandria, Lake Christina, and Seven Sisters Prairie Preserve -- pt. 4. Where rivers meet : around the metro and south-central regions -- Wild and scenic : the St. Croix River Valley -- Little Sweden : Lindstrom and the Olinda Trail -- City parkways : Theodore Wirth, Cedar Lake, and Minnehaha -- Down by the river : Belle Plaine to Mankato -- pt. 5. Prairie pathways a: the southwest -- The Glacial Ridge Trail : Willmar to Glenwood -- Wildlife on the western prairie : Wheaton, Montevideo, and the upper Minnesota River Valley -- The battle ground : Granite Falls, New Ulm, and the lower Minnesota River Valley -- Big skies and bison : Pipestone National Monument and Blue Mounds State Park -- pt. 6. Bluffs and valleys : the southeast -- Trout streams and apple blossoms : La Crescent, Lanesboro, and historic Forestville -- Adrift in the driftless region : Houston and Fillmore counties -- Rollin' down the river : Red Wing to the Iowa border -- Along the Zumbro : Zumbrota to Wabasha -- Down in the valley : the Whitewater River Valley.

ISBN

0896585085 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2001057363

OCLC

• 48494705
• SCSB-12312933

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library