Niagara Cave Stairway

Niagara Cave

Niagara Cave, Harmony, Minnesota, ca. 1934.

Niagara Cave

Niagara Cave

Niagara Cave, Harmony, Minnesota, ca. 1934.

Niagara Cave Halls

Halls of Niagara Cave

Niagara Cave, Harmony, Minnesota, ca. 2010s. Used with the permission of Niagara Cave.

Niagara Cave

Since its opening as a tourist attraction in 1934, Niagara Cave near Harmony has welcomed thousands of visitors from around the world into its inspiring environment. The unique underground space is filled with distinctive rock architecture and naturally carved pathways created by freshwater underground streams.

Photograph of St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College campus windmill

St. Olaf College’s windmill. Photograph by David Gonnerman, 2007

Lake Superior and its border lakes

Map of Lake Superior and its border lakes

Detail of a map of Lake Superior and its border lakes showing the location of Grand Portage. From Bruce White’s “Grand Portage as a Trading Post: Patterns of Trade at ‘The Great Carrying Place,’” a report prepared for the National Park Service (2005).

Manito gizhigans (spirit little cedar tree)

Manito gizhigans (spirit little cedar tree)

A white cedar tree sacred to the Ojibwe and known as manito gizhigans (spirit little cedar tree) on Grand Portage Bay, ca. 1965.

Dedication of Grand Portage National Historic Site

Dedication of Grand Portage National Historic Site

Assistant Secretary of the Interior Dale Doty, Mrs. Dale Doty, Ed Wilson, R. F. Lee, and Mike Flatte (seated) at Grand Portage’s national historic site dedication. Photograph by Abbie Rowe, August 9, 1951.

Grand Portage Bay

Grand Portage Bay

Grand Portage Bay, ca. 1920. Photograph by Gallagher Studio.

Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay

Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay

Bird’s-eye view of the reconstructed Grand Lodge on Grand Portage Bay, ca. 2010s. Photograph by the National Park Service.

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