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Apple Blossom

This rolling farmland and blufftop route travels high above the Mississippi River, offering dazzling views of the river valley below.

Avenue of Pines

This 46-mile northwoods route, which also cuts through Chippewa National Forest, features low-rolling hills covered in pine forests.

Edge of the Wilderness

This route was once used by voyageurs and loggers through the Chippewa National Forest, over rolling hills, and past bogs and fishing lakes.

Glacial Ridge Trail

Numerous lakes are sprinkled among hills and ridges carved by glaciers long ago.

Grand Rounds

The Grand Rounds Scenic drive offers a little bit of everything: great scenery, historic sites, modern and contemporary art, outdoor recreation, and great shopping and dining, all ...

Great River Road - Northern MN

The Great River Road is longest designated scenic drive in Minnesota. Established in 1938 as the national parkway of the Mississippi River, the Great River Road travels nearly 3,00...

Great River Road - Southern MN

The Great River Road is longest designated scenic drive in Minnesota. Established in 1938 as the national parkway of the Mississippi River, the Great River Road travels nearly 3,00...

Gunflint Trail

Beginning in a harbor town on Lake Superior, this paved road heads inland through the rolling hills of Superior National Forest. There are no towns along the route, but side roads ...

Historic Bluff Country

Follow the lush Root River Valley and wind your way through what feels like a landscape painting of woodsy hills and dramatic dolomite bluffs, marked with the tranquil silhouette o...

King of Trails

This historic route originally was an Indian trail. The Pipestone National Monument preserves the area where, for centuries, Indians have quarried a red rock used in peacepipes. Ot...

Ladyslipper

This 28-mile drive runs through the Chippewa National Forest. Formerly known as "Scenic Highway," the highway was renamed in honor of the state flower. Visitors can hike, bike, fis...

Lake Country

The headwaters of the Mississippi River in Itasca State Park are a Minnesota Mecca, but this lake-splashed area has loads of other worthy attractions, from lodges and resorts with ...

Minnesota River Valley

Life still moves at an unhurried pace, neighbors wave at passing cars, and visitors are embraced with old-fashioned hospitality along this nationally designated route. The Minnesot...

North Shore Scenic Drive

The spectacular scenery of the North Shore of Superior, including seven state parks, has earned this scenic route a national designation as an "All-American Road." Small shoreline ...

Otter Trail

This serene drive in pastoral Otter Tail county visits the forests and lakes of Maplewood State Park and Glendalough State Park, a scenic overlook at Inspiration Peak, and the 1889...

Paul Bunyan

This resort region is rich in history and beauty. This thoroughfare and bike trail are named for the legendary lumberjack whose giant footprints produced the area's abundant lakes,...

Rushing Rapids Parkway

The short but spectacular Rushing Rapids Parkway cuts a path through the beautiful hardwood forests and walls of slate that make up the landscape of Jay Cooke State Park. Spring wi...

Shooting Star

Experience rural Minnesota, rooted in the small farm towns and quiet country roads along this route, named for a prairie flower that blooms here. The four little towns along the by...

Skyline Parkway

Overlooking Lake Superior and the harbor city of Duluth is Skyline Parkway. The 36-mile route follows a series of roads along a ridgeline that passes by wooded parks and residentia...

St. Croix

The St. Croix Scenic drive rambles along the alternately wild and pastoral St. Croix River, a National Scenic Riverway, from just south of Afton State Park to Banning State Park no...

Superior National Forest

The Superior National Forest drive takes travelers on a relaxing wooded drive from the North Shore to the communities of the Iron Range. Fall color buffs will delight in the specta...

Veterans Evergreen Memorial

This section of Highway 23 has been known as the "scenic route to Duluth" for decades. Near the beginning of the route is Banning State Park, with camping, hiking, river fishing, c...

Waters of the Dancing Sky

Minnesota's northernmost scenic drive travels from Voyageurs National Park along the Canadian border. Ideal for anglers, boaters, birders and wildflower lovers, the route runs alon...