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Vermillion Falls, Hastings: It's right in the town in Hastings, just off Highway 61 next to an old mill site. From a parking area, there is a paved trail right to the edge of the 50-foot falls. Limestone walls make up the gorge that the water flows into before making its way to the Mississippi.

Ramsey Falls, Redwood Falls: A 45-ft tall waterfal cascades down a granite ravine in a heavily wooded bluff area. Get to Ramsey Park, the largest municipal park in the state You can drive right up to this site in the Minnesota River Valley and take a quick little hike to the observation area.

Illgen Falls, Silver Bay: The beauty of Illgen Falls is a gorgeous little waterfall in Tettegouche State Park. In fact, you can even rent a cabin located less than 100 feet from it. The Illgen Falls Cabin is the only one of its kind; a fully-furnished A-frame.

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Wolf Creek Falls, Banning: Small but secluded in Banning State Park. You'll find it after a bit of a hike through deep hardwood forests and rock outcrops. It’s a magical place where you will rarely see others and the tranquility of this serene wonderland will make you never want to leave.

Minneopa Falls, Mankato: First, a small waterfall, followed by a 25-foot drop into a river gorge with an arch bridge as the backdrop. Easily found on the edge of the town, this state park also features hikes overlooking the bluffs and an old windmill from the 1800′s.

Devil’s Kettle, Grand Marais: A real geological anomoly that has stumped just about everyone who has ever researched the thing. The Brule River, while making its way to Lake Superior, splits into two streams. On the right the waterfall drops fifty feet into a pool and makes its way out to the big lake. On the left it drops into a sinkhole and disappears to God knows where. Geologists have even dropped brightly colored dyes and other objects into this and still have no idea where they end up.

High Falls of the Pigeon River, Grand Portage: The highest waterfall in the state is in Grand Portage State Park and is remarkable. The Pigeon River thunders down a shale rock cliff 120 feet into a shallow pool and out to Superior. An easy 1-mile hike leads to an observation platform of the falls, which is also the International Border of the US and Canada.

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• In 1878, when Frank was 26, he borrowed $300 from his boss to open Woolworth’s Great Five Cent Store in Utica, New York. Within months, the store had failed. Refusing to give up, Woolworth tried Lancaster, Pennsylvania, for another store, using the same sign he’d used in Utica. He expanded his inventory to include items up to 10 cents, such as gravy strainers, scoops, purses, biscuit cutters, soap writing books, pie plates, handkerchiefs, and hundreds of other novelties. In 1880, Woolworth’s added manufactured Christmas tree ornaments with resounding success.

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• In 1919, when there were 1,000 stores, tragedy struck. Frank Woolworth, who had had a lifelong fear of dentists, ignored symptoms of infection, and died from septic poisoning as a result of an abscessed tooth. The company was handed over to his brother Charles, and within 10 years, another 1,250 stores were added. During the mid-1920s, a store was opened every 17 days.

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