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style="border: 0;">75 Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard, <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul, Minnesota</a>, 55155</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Coordinates</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Minnesota_State_Capitol&params=44_57_19_N_93_6_8_W_type:landmark_region:US-MN"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">44°57′19″N</span> <span class="longitude">93°6′8″W</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">44.95528°N 93.10222°W</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">44.95528; -93.10222</span></span></span></a></span></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Built</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1896–1905</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architect</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Cass_Gilbert" title="Cass Gilbert">Cass Gilbert</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a href="/wiki/Renaissance_architecture" title="Renaissance architecture">Italian Renaissance</a>, <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">NRHP reference <abbr title="number">No.</abbr></th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/NRIS/72000681">72000681</a> <sup id="cite_ref-nris_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-nris-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="color: #202122;background: #A8EDEF">Significant dates</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Added to NRHP</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">February 23, 1972</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="font-weight:bold; border: 0;">Designated STATE REGISTER</th><td class="infobox-data" style="border: 0;">1971</td></tr></tbody></table> <p>The <b>Minnesota State Capitol</b> is the seat of government for the <a href="/wiki/U.S._state" title="U.S. state">U.S. state</a> of <a href="/wiki/Minnesota" title="Minnesota">Minnesota</a>, in its <a href="/wiki/Capital_(political)" class="mw-redirect" title="Capital (political)">capital city</a> of <a href="/wiki/Saint_Paul,_Minnesota" title="Saint Paul, Minnesota">Saint Paul</a>. It houses the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Senate" title="Minnesota Senate">Minnesota Senate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_House_of_Representatives" title="Minnesota House of Representatives">Minnesota House of Representatives</a>, the office of the <a href="/wiki/Attorney_General_of_Minnesota" title="Attorney General of Minnesota">Attorney General</a> and the office of the <a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor</a>. The building also includes a chamber for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Supreme_Court" title="Minnesota Supreme Court">Minnesota Supreme Court</a>, although court activities usually take place in the neighboring <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Judicial_Center" title="Minnesota Judicial Center">Minnesota Judicial Center</a>. </p><p>There have been three State Capitol buildings. The present building was designed by architect <a href="/wiki/Cass_Gilbert" title="Cass Gilbert">Cass Gilbert</a> and completed in 1905. Its <a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a>/<a href="/wiki/American_Renaissance" title="American Renaissance">American Renaissance</a> design was influenced by the <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">1893 World's Columbian Exposition</a> in <a href="/wiki/Chicago" title="Chicago">Chicago</a>, and by <a href="/wiki/McKim,_Mead_%26_White" title="McKim, Mead & White">McKim, Mead & White's</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">Rhode Island State House</a>. From 2013 to 2017 the building underwent an extensive restoration. This included replacing existing infrastructure; adding new mechanical systems; replacing or repairing tens of thousands of pieces of marble on the exterior; cleaning historic paintings, murals, and sculptures; and adding safety and accessibility features. </p><p>The building is set in a landscaped campus with the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Capitol_Mall" title="Minnesota State Capitol Mall">Capitol Mall</a> on its south front, Leif Erikson Park on its west, and Judicial Plaza to its east. Various monuments and memorials are located in these green spaces. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="First_Minnesota_State_Capitol">First Minnesota State Capitol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: First Minnesota State Capitol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="First_Minnesota_State_Capitol"></span> </p> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/First_Minnesota_State_Capitol" title="First Minnesota State Capitol">First Minnesota State Capitol</a></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti">.mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner{display:flex;flex-direction:column}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{display:flex;flex-direction:row;clear:left;flex-wrap:wrap;width:100%;box-sizing:border-box}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{margin:1px;float:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .theader{clear:both;font-weight:bold;text-align:center;align-self:center;background-color:transparent;width:100%}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbcaption{background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-left{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-right{text-align:right}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .text-align-center{text-align:center}@media all and (max-width:720px){.mw-parser-output .tmulti .thumbinner{width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;max-width:none!important;align-items:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow{justify-content:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle{float:none!important;max-width:100%!important;box-sizing:border-box;text-align:center}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .tsingle .thumbcaption{text-align:left}.mw-parser-output .tmulti .trow>.thumbcaption{text-align:center}}@media screen{html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .tmulti .multiimageinner img{background-color:white}}</style><div class="thumb tmulti tleft"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:392px;max-width:392px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:229px;max-width:229px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:147px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg/227px-1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg" decoding="async" width="227" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg/341px-1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f4/1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg/454px-1stMNstatecapitol-1860.jpg 2x" data-file-width="496" data-file-height="323" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:159px;max-width:159px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:147px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:First_Minnesota_Capitol_building,_ca._1873.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of building" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg/157px-First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg" decoding="async" width="157" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg/236px-First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/94/First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg/314px-First_Minnesota_Capitol_building%2C_ca._1873.jpg 2x" data-file-width="477" data-file-height="448" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left: Minnesota's first Capitol in 1860; Right: Expanded and remodeled, ca. 1873</div></div></div></div> <p>The current State Capitol building is the third building to serve this purpose. The territorial legislature first met in a temporary headquarters in the Central House Hotel. In 1851, work began to oversee finances and the hiring of contractors to build the Capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Its architect, N. C. Prentiss drew up specifications for the new Capitol. Exterior details included brick work, cut stone floors and steps for the porches, a wood pediment, wood Ionic-style columns, and a well-framed roof covered with fireproof material. Interior work called for Norway pine flooring and staircases of oak and ash with oak handrails and turned balusters. The legislature moved into the new Capitol in time for the 5th territorial legislative session on January 4, 1854.<sup id="cite_ref-Cameron_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cameron-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The population boomed after Minnesota became a state on May 11, 1858, and the Capitol building was expanded with a new wing on the Exchange Street side of the building in 1873 and a second wing facing Wabasha Street in 1878.<sup id="cite_ref-Cameron_3-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Cameron-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Despite efforts to make the Capitol fire-resistant, it was destroyed by fire on March 1, 1881. While legislators met in the evening, fire broke out in the dome of the Capitol and quickly spread. There were no deaths, but efforts to save the building failed.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was replaced on the same site in 1883 by the second Capitol building. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Second_Minnesota_State_Capitol">Second Minnesota State Capitol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Second Minnesota State Capitol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Second_Minnesota_State_Capitol"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Second_Minnesota_State_Capitol" title="Second Minnesota State Capitol">Second Minnesota State Capitol</a></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:392px;max-width:392px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:207px;max-width:207px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:138px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of building." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg/205px-1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg" decoding="async" width="205" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg/308px-1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/68/1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg/410px-1893imageMinnesotaStateCapitolStPaul.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1286" data-file-height="872" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:181px;max-width:181px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:138px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Senate_Chamber,_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="image of MN Senate chamber with Senate in session" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg/179px-Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg" decoding="async" width="179" height="139" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg/269px-Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7a/Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg/358px-Senate_Chamber%2C_second_state_capitol-FM6.121_m1.jpg 2x" data-file-width="615" data-file-height="477" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left: Second Capitol, 1893; Right: Senate Chamber, 1900</div></div></div></div> <p>After fire destroyed Minnesota's first Capitol building, the second Capitol, a three-story, Romanesque, masonry building designed by <a href="/wiki/LeRoy_Buffington" title="LeRoy Buffington">Leroy Buffington</a>, was completed in 1883 on the site of the first Capitol. Buffington designed the new building in the shape of a Greek cross. It featured a foundation of cut stone and walls of red brick with Dresbach sandstone trim. Each wing measured 150 feet in length. The main entrance on the southwest from Wabasha Street opened onto the first floor, where the governor, attorney general, auditor, treasurer, and secretary of state had offices. The Assembly (House of Representatives) chamber in the southeast wing featured a twenty-five-foot ceiling with a large stained glass skylight. The Senate chamber in the southwest wing was finished in yellow birch and birdseye maple. The Supreme Court chamber in the southeast wing featured woodwork of cherry and Hungarian ash.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Shortly after it opened, deficiencies of the new building were becoming clear. Overcrowding due to a lack of space, a lack of adequate fireproofing, and the discovery of dry rot made the building increasing unacceptable. Additionally, poor ventilation led in the push for a new Capitol building in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-caapb1_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caapb1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had served as the seat of Minnesota state government for just 10 years before state officials began planning a grander, more efficient Capitol. After the completion of the third State Capitol in 1905, the state used the old Capitol for meeting space, storage, and parking until its demolition in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The site for the first and second Capitol buildings eventually became home to the former Arts and Science Building and McNally Smith Music Academy.<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Third_Minnesota_State_Capitol">Third Minnesota State Capitol</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Third Minnesota State Capitol"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">See also: <a href="/wiki/Construction_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol" title="Construction of the Minnesota State Capitol">Construction of the Minnesota State Capitol</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg/220px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg/330px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f5/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg/440px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_02.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3996" data-file-height="2820" /></a><figcaption>Present Capitol</figcaption></figure> <p>The present state Capitol was designed by <a href="/wiki/Cass_Gilbert" title="Cass Gilbert">Cass Gilbert</a>, whose design was selected by the Board of State Capitol Commissioners over 41 other submissions. Butler-Ryan Construction was selected as the contractor. Work began on the capitol in 1896, its corner-stone laid July 27, 1898, and construction was completed in 1905. The construction cost <a href="/wiki/United_States_dollar" title="United States dollar">US$</a>4.5 million.<sup id="cite_ref-caapb1_9-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caapb1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It opened its doors to the public for the first time on January 2, 1905. In 1893 Governor <a href="/wiki/Knute_Nelson" title="Knute Nelson">Knute Nelson</a> appointed the seven-member Board of State Capitol Commissioners to oversee the construction of a new Capitol following the recommendation of the state legislature. The board oversaw every aspect of the work. This included supervising the expenditures, acquiring property, setting building specifications, selecting the architect and general contractor, and giving final approval for the type of stone to use on the exterior, as well as the art and artists.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/200px-Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="199" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/300px-Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e6/Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/400px-Cass_Gilbert_standing_before_partially_completed_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="638" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Cass_Gilbert" title="Cass Gilbert">Cass Gilbert</a> during construction of the <a href="/wiki/Tholobate" title="Tholobate">drum</a> in 1901, upon which the dome was built</figcaption></figure> <p>The site selected by the commission was "Wabasha Hill", bounded by Park Avenue, University Avenue, Cedar and Wabasha Streets, and Central Avenue. While this was the costliest of the four sites considered for the Capitol, it was the largest, and the Commission concluded that it was the best location for the building.<sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Dozens of companies and hundreds of workers worked to complete the statehouse. Six workers were killed in accidents between 1898 and 1903 as a result of unsafe working conditions.<sup id="cite_ref-croce_14-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-croce-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/220px-Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="155" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/330px-Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/88/Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg/440px-Workers_building_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_dome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4270" data-file-height="3004" /></a><figcaption>Workers building the Capitol dome</figcaption></figure> <p>Upon completion, the building drew praise from the architecture community,<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> leading to requests for Gilbert to design Capitol buildings for other states, such as West Virginia and Arkansas, and other notable structures.<sup id="cite_ref-Schooley_Caldwell_Associates_Inc_2014_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schooley_Caldwell_Associates_Inc_2014-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Originally, the Capitol housed all the executive offices and the three branches of state government, state agencies and commissions, and the Minnesota Historical Society. Expansion of offices and meeting rooms, reconstruction of chambers, and subdivision of corridors occurred as early as the 1930s. As needs expanded, the state agencies and commissions, and over half of the executive offices, moved out of the Capitol to other buildings.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> One of the first to leave was the Minnesota Historical Society, which relocated to its own building (now the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Judicial_Center" title="Minnesota Judicial Center">Minnesota Judicial Center</a>) next to the Capitol in 1915.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Most recently, the offices of the Senate moved to the newly constructed Minnesota Senate Building in January 2016.<sup id="cite_ref-after_19-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-after-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The structure was added to the <a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="National Register of Historic Places">National Register of Historic Places</a> in 1972.<sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Architecture">Architecture</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Architecture"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol,_Cass_Gilbert.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg/220px-2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg/330px-2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2f/2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg/440px-2nd_Floor_Plan-Minnesota_State_Capitol%2C_Cass_Gilbert.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3851" data-file-height="2349" /></a><figcaption>Second floor plan, ca. 1896</figcaption></figure><p>The Minnesota Capitol is usually described as "<a href="/wiki/Beaux-Arts_architecture" title="Beaux-Arts architecture">Beaux-Arts</a>", a modern term not in use when the Capitol was built, but a style made popular in part by the architecture at the Chicago <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">World's Columbian Exposition</a> in 1893.<sup id="cite_ref-Schooley_Caldwell_Associates_Inc_2014_16-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Schooley_Caldwell_Associates_Inc_2014-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In addition to being influenced by his time at the World's Columbian Exposition, the State Capitol's architect Cass Gilbert was inspired by <a href="/wiki/McKim,_Mead_%26_White" title="McKim, Mead & White">McKim, Mead & White's</a> <a href="/wiki/Rhode_Island_State_House" title="Rhode Island State House">Rhode Island State House</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Gilbert wrote a note in the margins on a 1912 article on his work stating that his plan of the Minnesota capitol had been greatly influenced by the one in Rhode Island.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The building's structure consists of a <a href="/wiki/Steel_frame" title="Steel frame">steel and cast iron frame</a> on rough limestone foundation walls resting on concrete footings. Guastavino tile vaulting forms the ceilings on both the ground and first floor. The structural elements of a building primarily consist of load-bearing brick and stone masonry walls and piers supporting steel-framed floor and roof systems. Care given in the construction of the original structure was so great that even far removed mechanical spaces not intended to be seen by the public were designed and built with a high standard of finish and design.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Building Dimensions</dt></dl> <p>East to west, the Capitol is more than 430 ft (130 m) long. From ground level to the top of the dome's lantern measures 220 ft (67 m). Inside, the building has more than 300,000 square feet (28,000 m<sup>2</sup>) of floor space, or about 5,000,000 cubic feet (140,000 m<sup>3</sup>) of space.<sup id="cite_ref-mnhs1_24-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mnhs1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png/150px-MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png" decoding="async" width="150" height="148" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png/225px-MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/de/MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png/300px-MN_State_Capitol_-Three_domes.png 2x" data-file-width="1939" data-file-height="1919" /></a><figcaption>1. Outer marble dome<br />2. Middle brick and steel dome<br /> 3. Inner plaster dome.</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Dome</dt></dl> <p>The Minnesota State Capitol dome is the second largest self-supported marble dome in the world, behind <a href="/wiki/Saint_Peter%27s_Basilica" class="mw-redirect" title="Saint Peter's Basilica">Saint Peter's Basilica</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Vatican_City" title="Vatican City">Vatican</a>, on which Gilbert based his design. The dome itself is actually made up of three domes or layers. The outer layer is a self-supporting dome made of <a href="/wiki/Georgia_(U.S._state)" title="Georgia (U.S. state)">Georgia</a> marble blocks resting upon their own weight. Hidden inside is a brick and steel cone that supports the lantern and golden sphere at the top of the dome and provides an internal water drainage system, which helps avoid the heaving problem created by the freezing and thawing of Minnesota winters. Below that is the decorative masonry dome that can be seen from the inside, looking up from the rotunda.<sup id="cite_ref-caapb1_9-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caapb1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mnhs1_24-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mnhs1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At the dome's base are 12 marble eagles paired with the columns surrounding the drum of the dome. At the dome's top is a columned stone lantern which is then topped by a finial globe covered in gold leaf.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg/220px-Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="205" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg/330px-Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg/440px-Cartoon-a_dangerous_place_for_public_servants_to_work.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3176" data-file-height="2962" /></a><figcaption>Cartoon from the <i>Minneapolis Journal</i>, ca. 1900</figcaption></figure> <dl><dt>Stone</dt></dl> <p>Because it was just over 30 years after the <a href="/wiki/American_Civil_War" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a> when the building was designed, Gilbert drew ire for choosing marble from Georgia rather than native Minnesota granite for the exterior. Gilbert insisted on using Georgia white marble, saying that the use of a darker color would make it look "glooming and forbidding." A compromise was made with native granite for the steps and the base and interior walls of <a href="/wiki/Kasota_limestone" title="Kasota limestone">Kasota limestone</a>, while using the Georgia white marble for the vast majority of the buildings’ exterior.<sup id="cite_ref-caapb1_9-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-caapb1-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-mnhs1_24-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-mnhs1-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The steps of the two grand staircases in the east and west wings of the Capitol are made of Hauteville limestone, which resembles the Kasota limestone used through the walls of the Capitol but can take more wear. The 36 variegated columns surrounding the grand staircases are made from <a href="/wiki/Breccia" title="Breccia">Breche Violette marble</a> from Italy. </p><p>In the rotunda, the giant columns in the four open spaces are made from Minnesota granite. The deep bronze columns on the north and south were quarried near Ortonville, Minnesota and the purplish gray columns on the east and west were quarried near Rockville, Minnesota. </p><p>Dividing the statuary niches and the Kasota stone walls in the rotunda from the "Civilization of the Northwest" murals above them is a line of Sioux Quartzite from a quarry in Jasper, Minnesota. Previously it was thought to be Catlinite/Pipestone, which is prized by Native Americans, primarily those of the <a href="/wiki/Plains_Indians" title="Plains Indians">Plains nations</a> for use in making ceremonial pipes.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_2005_84_26-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_2005_84-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> During the 2013-2017 renovation, the stone was tested and found not to be Catlinite.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Artwork">Artwork</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Artwork"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Minnesota_State_Capitol_artwork"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Capitol_artwork" title="Minnesota State Capitol artwork">Minnesota State Capitol artwork</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg/220px-Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="164" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg/330px-Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg/440px-Quadriga_-_The_Progress_of_the_State-looking_west.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2615" data-file-height="1944" /></a><figcaption><i>Progress of the State,</i> looking west</figcaption></figure> <p>The State Capitol opened in 1905 with roughly 60 artworks that totaled $300,000, or 7% of the $4.5-million project budget. Over the years, more art has been added to the Capitol, totaling nearly 150 pieces in 2017.<sup id="cite_ref-gardner_29-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardner-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Gilbert sought out many of the finest artists of the period, such as <a href="/wiki/Kenyon_Cox" title="Kenyon Cox">Kenyon Cox</a>, Elmer Garnsey, <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Blashfield" title="Edwin Blashfield">Edwin Howland Blashfield</a>, <a href="/wiki/Henry_Oliver_Walker" title="Henry Oliver Walker">Henry Oliver Walker</a>, <a href="/wiki/Edward_Simmons_(painter)" title="Edward Simmons (painter)">Edward Emerson Simmons</a>, <a href="/wiki/John_La_Farge" title="John La Farge">John La Farge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Douglas_Volk" title="Douglas Volk">Douglas Volk</a>, <a href="/wiki/Francis_Davis_Millet" title="Francis Davis Millet">Francis D. Millet</a>, <a href="/wiki/Howard_Pyle" title="Howard Pyle">Howard Pyle</a>, and <a href="/wiki/Rufus_Fairchild_Zogbaum" title="Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum">Rufus Fairchild Zogbaum</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-gardner_29-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-gardner-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Much of the original art is <a href="/wiki/Allegory" title="Allegory">allegorical</a>. Gilbert's trips to Europe encouraged his ideas, but he was more directly influenced by the 1893 <a href="/wiki/World%27s_Columbian_Exposition" title="World's Columbian Exposition">World's Columbian Exposition</a> in Chicago.<sup id="cite_ref-Overview_of_the_Fine_Art_31-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Overview_of_the_Fine_Art-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-32" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In particular, the inspiration for the Minnesota quadriga, a group of figures entitled <i><a href="/wiki/Progress_of_the_State" title="Progress of the State">Progress of the State</a></i>, was the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Columbus_Quadriga-World%27s_Columbian_Exposition,_Chicago.jpg" class="extiw" title="c:File:Columbus Quadriga-World's Columbian Exposition, Chicago.jpg">Columbus Quadriga</a>, a statue depicting Christopher Columbus standing in a four horse chariot guided by two maidens carrying staffs of victory, that Daniel Chester French and Edward Clark Potter had modeled for the World's Columbian Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Gilbert saw this quadriga group at the Exposition and made plans to have artists adapt it for Minnesota.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson1_34-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson1-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-35" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As work continued on the interior, multiple groups, notably American Civil War veterans, the Minnesota Historical Society, and some politicians, demanded that the artwork in the Capitol illustrate historic events of Minnesota's past. The current ornate look of the Governors Reception Room was partly a response to Minnesotans' suggestions for pictures from their own history which gave Gilbert the opportunity to upscale his plans for the room and to include six large paintings that span 200 years of the area's history. </p><p>In 1944, the custom of displaying governors' portraits in the public corridors was initiated. In 1971, the Capitol Area Architectural Planning Board and the Minnesota Historical Society were entrusted to approve design, structural composition and location of all works of art.<sup id="cite_ref-northstar1_36-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-northstar1-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Interior">Interior</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Interior"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <dl><dt>Governors Reception Room</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg/220px-Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg/330px-Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5e/Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg/440px-Governor%27s_Reception_Room-01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6000" data-file-height="4000" /></a><figcaption>Governor's Reception Room with commissioned artwork</figcaption></figure> <p>The Governors Reception Room, arguably the most elaborately decorated in the building, is a ceremonial room, designed for state receptions, proclamations, and press conferences. </p><p>Gilbert designed the elaborately decorated room, which was inspired by his earlier vacation in Europe, on the lines of a Venetian Council Chamber, with stained white oak woodwork and heavy molding gilded with gold leaf framing historical paintings. </p><p>The room's ornate look was partly a response to Minnesotans' suggestions for pictures from their own history. Originally Gilbert had planned for the room to be much more modest. "The executive rooms should be finished in perfectly plain color without elaborate decoration of any kind," Gilbert wrote in a 1903 letter to the Board.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Responding to popular demand, the Board of State Capitol Commissioners authorized six paintings by four nationally known artists. Gilbert prepared plans for a more ornate room to accommodate paintings of historical subject matter, which were originally considered for the lunettes over the grand stair halls.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1968 the red drapes and leather furnishings were replaced with gold velvet curtains and modern armchairs covered in mustard yellow upholstery. With a space shortage in the Capitol, Governor LeVander decided the room should be converted to office use and closed off to the public. There was strong public objection to this temporary solution. Legislators and civic leaders worked to dissuade LeVander, and kept the Reception Room open to visitors. This controversy helped facilitate the recognition for the historic preservation and restoration of many Capitol spaces in the 1970s.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 1978, when farmers converged on the Capitol to <a href="/wiki/CU_project_controversy" title="CU project controversy">protest powerline construction on their farms</a>, the message "we want a moratorium on powerlines" was carved into one of the antique tables after several hundred protesters crowded into the Reception Room.<sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <dl><dt>Decorations and symbols</dt></dl> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1237032888/mw-parser-output/.tmulti"><div class="thumb tmulti tright"><div class="thumbinner multiimageinner" style="width:472px;max-width:472px"><div class="trow"><div class="tsingle" style="width:173px;max-width:173px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Exterior of building." src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg/171px-Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg" decoding="async" width="171" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg/257px-Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d4/Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg/342px-Gophers_cast_as_part_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol_ironwork_design.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4032" data-file-height="3024" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:195px;max-width:195px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Rotunda floor showing 8-pointed star" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg/193px-Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg" decoding="async" width="193" height="129" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg/290px-Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg/386px-Rotunda_floor_of_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol_showing_8-pointed_star.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1872" data-file-height="1248" /></a></span></div></div><div class="tsingle" style="width:98px;max-width:98px"><div class="thumbimage" style="height:128px;overflow:hidden"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Lady Slipper as part of column's corinthian capital" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg/96px-Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg" decoding="async" width="96" height="128" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg/144px-Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/36/Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg/192px-Lady_Slipper_on_Column.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3024" data-file-height="4032" /></a></span></div></div></div><div class="trow" style="display:flex"><div class="thumbcaption">Left to right: Gophers cast in ironwork; Eight-pointed star symbolizing Minnesota's motto, "<a href="/wiki/L%27%C3%89toile_du_Nord" title="L'Étoile du Nord">L'Étoile du Nord</a>" (The Star of the North); Lady Slipper on column</div></div></div></div><p>One of several signature features of the Capitol is the brass and translucent glass eight-pointed star symbolizing Minnesota's motto, "<a href="/wiki/L%27%C3%89toile_du_Nord" title="L'Étoile du Nord">L'Étoile du Nord</a>" (The Star of the North), which is set in a circle on the floor of the rotunda below the central dome. The star motif is then repeated in the marble floor of the rotunda with the points of the star using red Numidian marble from the <a href="/wiki/Nile" title="Nile">Nile River</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The star's glass floor provides natural light to a State Capitol hearing room below. The motto can be seen in other areas of the Capitol stenciled on the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-Thompson_2005_84_26-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Thompson_2005_84-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Additional state symbols appear as details in unexpected settings. In a homage to Minnesota's nickname, the "Gopher State", life-sized cast iron gophers rear up on balustrades in the rotunda. The <a href="/wiki/Cypripedioideae" title="Cypripedioideae">Lady Slipper</a> was adopted as the state flower in 1902, during the Capitol's construction. Gilbert had many of the Corinthian capitals adjusted to feature larger-than-life renditions of the wild orchid found in Minnesota's northern forests.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The dome <a href="/wiki/Electrolier" title="Electrolier">electrolier</a> (chandelier) is lit every Statehood Day on May 11, commemorating when Minnesota became the 32nd state in the union on May 11, 1858. </p> <dl><dt>American Civil War themes</dt></dl> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg/220px-Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="169" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg/330px-Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/46/Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg/440px-Removal_of_the_battle_flags_from_the_Old_to_the_New_Minnesota_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="640" data-file-height="491" /></a><figcaption>Removal of the battle flags from the old to the new Capitol, June 14, 1905</figcaption></figure> <p>Gilbert had originally planned that art decorating the capitol interior would be mainly allegorical in nature. However, the Board of State Capitol Commissioners was approached by American Civil War veterans and Minnesota legislators who felt the artwork in the Capitol should depict real events in the states past rather than allegorical imagery. In particular they wanted recognition of Minnesota's military units. Additional funds were lacking to build a desired immense obelisk outside the Capitol that was to be the memorial to veterans. These issues convinced Gilbert to amend his vision and include Civil War homages inside the Capitol building.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner43_45-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner43-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Four of the six paintings originally installed in the Governor's Reception Room included Civil war themes, as did the two paintings in the Governor's Anteroom. Gilbert originally seemed to want any statues in the second floor rotunda niches to be Minnesota Senators or U.S. Presidents; however, the statues finally installed between 1909 and 1914 were of Civil War veterans. Years after the construction was done, more plaques and benches memorializing Minnesotans who served in the Civil War were added between the 1920s and 1930s as the result of lobbying done by veterans groups and legislators.<sup id="cite_ref-Gardner43_45-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Gardner43-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> While there is no official designation, quality and volume of American Civil War art and historic artifacts in the capitol building gives the semblance the Capitol being a memorial to Civil War veterans.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Capitol_Mall">Capitol Mall</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Capitol Mall"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><span class="anchor" id="Minnesota_State_Capitol_Mall"></span> </p> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951"><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_State_Capitol_Mall" title="Minnesota State Capitol Mall">Minnesota State Capitol Mall</a></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg/220px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="124" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg/330px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/cb/Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg/440px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_Aerial.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="2250" /></a><figcaption>Capitol with mall in foreground</figcaption></figure> <p>On the Capitol's south front is the State Capitol Mall, which includes eighteen acres of green space. Over the years, monuments and memorials have been added to the mall. The mall and the Capitol building itself are overseen by the Capitol Area Architectural and Planning Board (CAAPB), a small state agency consisting of twelve members.<sup id="cite_ref-48" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Cass Gilbert envisioned his State Capitol building in a setting of plazas and axial and radial avenues, but his commission was initially limited to the building only due to lack of funds.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>As time went on, the aging neighborhood surrounding the Capitol increasingly deteriorated. Work to transform the area and to develop at least partially Gilbert's vision of landscaped grand boulevards providing key approaches to the capitol began after World War II. The work was largely complete by 1955, leaving the State Capitol Mall with the overall form that still provides the setting for the Minnesota State Capitol.<sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><br /> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="2013_to_2017_Renovation">2013 to 2017 Renovation</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: 2013 to 2017 Renovation"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img alt="Dome scaffolding around the electrolier in the rotunda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg/220px-Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg/330px-Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7b/Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg/440px-Dome_electrolier1-2013_-_50747323398.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4000" data-file-height="3000" /></a><figcaption>Dome scaffolding around the electrolier in the rotunda</figcaption></figure> <p>The Minnesota State Capitol underwent a comprehensive restoration project from 2013 to 2017, the first major renovation since the building first opened.<sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Work began in 2013, with the project estimated at that time to cost $241 million, funded via a series of appropriations made by the Minnesota legislature.<sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project repaired and modernized deteriorating building systems, restored the building to <a href="/wiki/Cass_Gilbert" title="Cass Gilbert">Cass Gilbert</a>'s original architectural vision, increased public meeting space (including a new classroom for the <a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Historical_Society" title="Minnesota Historical Society">Minnesota Historical Society</a> to host school groups and provide information about the building), updated life safety systems, and improved accessibility for people with disabilities.<sup id="cite_ref-Woltman_53-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woltman-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>3-D modeling was used to incorporate details about materials and other characteristics of particular parts of the structure. It was used to help with aspects of planning which included the positioning of new HVAC units that required the doubling of ductwork in order to meet modern code requirements but not be noticed or mar the historic character of the building. The laser scanning done to confirm the accuracy of the digital model also showed that Gilbert's original architectural drawings proved to be very accurate to what was built.<sup id="cite_ref-HGA_54-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HGA-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The original Georgia marble stone on the exterior had badly deteriorated from weathering, and underwent comprehensive restoration that included 20,000 repairs with 6,000 pieces replaced. The stone was obtained from the same quarry as the original marble.<sup id="cite_ref-Woltman_53-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woltman-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Some historic details removed during previous renovations, were restored or recreated such as the Capitol's public elevators on the south side of the building which were outfitted with leaded-glass fronts reminiscent of the originals which had been discarded and replaced by stainless steel doors in the late 1960s.<sup id="cite_ref-HGA_54-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HGA-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The amount of public space in the building was doubled to nearly 40,000 square feet, with a number of new public spaces opened to the public for reservation and use year round. Mechanical systems in the Capitol's basement were buried under the floor to help create new public spaces including the ’Etoile du Nord Vault event space directly under the rotunda.<sup id="cite_ref-Woltman_53-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Woltman-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-HGA_54-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-HGA-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg/150px-5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg" decoding="async" width="150" height="224" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg/225px-5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg/300px-5_Civilization_of_the_Northwest_removal.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2592" data-file-height="3872" /></a><figcaption>Mural removal for restoration</figcaption></figure><p>The project also included a restoration of the capitol's many works of fine art, which prompted discussions over some paintings in the building that feature controversial depictions of American Indians. A series of public input meetings were held around the state to gather feedback and consider options for new policies regarding art in the renovated building.<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> When the building reopened, two of these paintings, <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Father_Hennepin_at_the_Falls_of_St._Anthony.jpg" class="extiw" title="c:File:Father Hennepin at the Falls of St. Anthony.jpg">Father Hennepin Discovering the Falls of St. Anthony</a>, and the <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Treaty_of_Traverse_des_Sioux.jpg" class="extiw" title="c:File:Treaty of Traverse des Sioux.jpg">Treaty of Traverse des Sioux</a> were relocated while others remained in place.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The renovation forced the House and Senate to hold a <a href="/wiki/Special_session" title="Special session">special session</a> in the nearby State Office Building in 2015. During the regular 2016 session, the Senate met in the newly completed Senate Office Building, with the capitol open for only limited access to the House chamber during the session.<sup id="cite_ref-after_19-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-after-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>By the time of its completion in 2017, the total cost of the renovation project reached about $310 million.<sup id="cite_ref-La_Crosse_57-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-La_Crosse-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The bulk of construction was completed by the start of the 2017 legislative session in January.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The project was officially completed in August 2017, at which point all of the building's newly renovated spaces opened to the public.<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Public_access">Public access</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Public access"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>After its current restoration, the removal of office spaces on the third floor and mechanical and storage spaces in the basement opened up new public gathering spaces, meeting rooms, and exhibit areas, many of which can be reserved for use by members of the public. The Minnesota Historical Society operates the Capitol Information and Tour Center. The building is open to the public most days of the week, and guided tours are available. Tours on special topics surrounding the Capitol occur throughout the year. The Minnesota State Capitol Third Floor Gallery features rotating non-permanent exhibits featuring Minnesota art, culture, and history.<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-61" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-61"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>61<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Gallery">Gallery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Minnesota_State_Capitol&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Gallery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 202px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 200px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="South side of the Capitol"><img alt="South side of the Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg/300px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg/450px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg/600px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_2017.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2783" data-file-height="1672" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">South side of the Capitol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="North side of the Capitol"><img alt="North side of the Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg/270px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg/405px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0b/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg/540px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_01.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5184" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">North side of the Capitol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 184.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 182.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:St._Paul,_Minnesota,_State_Capitol_in_foreground_(Cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Aerial view of the Capitol campus"><img alt="Aerial view of the Capitol campus" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg/274px-St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="183" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg/411px-St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e2/St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg/548px-St._Paul%2C_Minnesota%2C_State_Capitol_in_foreground_%28Cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1477" data-file-height="971" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Aerial view of the Capitol campus</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 189.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 187.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_(34635705816).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Western steps to the Capitol"><img alt="Western steps to the Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg/281px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="188" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg/421px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6e/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg/561px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2834635705816%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5549" data-file-height="3563" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Western steps to the Capitol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Eastern steps to the Capitol"><img alt="Eastern steps to the Capitol" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg/270px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg/405px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/64/State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg/540px-State_Capitol_with_new_Minnesota_State_Flag_16.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4699" data-file-height="3133" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Eastern steps to the Capitol</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 208px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 206px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Capitol at night"><img alt="Capitol at night" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg/309px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg" decoding="async" width="206" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg/464px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3c/Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg/618px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_night.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2776" data-file-height="1617" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Capitol at night</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 94px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 92px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Marble dome"><img alt="Marble dome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg/138px-Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg" decoding="async" width="92" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg/207px-Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg/277px-Minnesota_Capitol_dome.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1504" data-file-height="1956" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Marble dome</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="The Progress of the State (Quadriga)"><img alt="The Progress of the State (Quadriga)" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG/240px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG/360px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/20/Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG/480px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_golden_quadriga.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3264" data-file-height="2448" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">The Progress of the State (Quadriga)</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Inside the dome"><img alt="Inside the dome" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/270px-The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/405px-The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3b/The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/540px-The_Dome_of_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="6016" data-file-height="4016" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Inside the dome</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_(15809474802).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Rotunda"><img alt="Rotunda" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg/270px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg/405px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/48/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg/540px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815809474802%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3351" data-file-height="2234" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Rotunda</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_(34662699535).jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Interior hallway"><img alt="Interior hallway" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg/270px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg/405px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/12/Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg/540px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_-_Interior_Renovations_%2834662699535%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5760" data-file-height="3840" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Interior hallway</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 162px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 160px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:HistoricMNsupreme.JPG" class="mw-file-description" title="Supreme Court chamber"><img alt="Supreme Court chamber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/HistoricMNsupreme.JPG/240px-HistoricMNsupreme.JPG" decoding="async" width="160" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/HistoricMNsupreme.JPG/360px-HistoricMNsupreme.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5f/HistoricMNsupreme.JPG/480px-HistoricMNsupreme.JPG 2x" data-file-width="3072" data-file-height="2304" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Supreme Court chamber </div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:House_Chamber,_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="House of Representatives chamber"><img alt="House of Representatives chamber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/270px-House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/405px-House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/04/House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg/540px-House_Chamber%2C_Minnesota_State_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3054" data-file-height="2036" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">House of Representatives chamber</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 182px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 180px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_State_Senate.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="State Senate chamber"><img alt="State Senate chamber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Minnesota_State_Senate.jpg/270px-Minnesota_State_Senate.jpg" decoding="async" width="180" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e4/Minnesota_State_Senate.jpg/405px-Minnesota_State_Senate.jpg 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//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7d/Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815187935344%29.jpg/240px-Minnesota_State_Capitol_%2815187935344%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2304" data-file-height="3456" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">West Wing leading to the Senate chamber</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 82px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 80px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_Supreme_Court_Entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="East Wing leading to the Supreme Court Chamber"><img alt="East Wing leading to the Supreme Court Chamber" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Minnesota_Supreme_Court_Entrance.jpg/120px-Minnesota_Supreme_Court_Entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="80" height="120" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Minnesota_Supreme_Court_Entrance.jpg/180px-Minnesota_Supreme_Court_Entrance.jpg 1.5x, 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srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/3-story%2C_cantilevered_oval_staircase_in_the_MN_State_Capitol.jpg/216px-3-story%2C_cantilevered_oval_staircase_in_the_MN_State_Capitol.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/3-story%2C_cantilevered_oval_staircase_in_the_MN_State_Capitol.jpg/288px-3-story%2C_cantilevered_oval_staircase_in_the_MN_State_Capitol.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1638" data-file-height="2048" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext">Cantilevered oval staircase</div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 214.66666666667px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 212.66666666667px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Minnesota_Flag_Flying_Outside_State_Capitol.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Minnesota flag flying on the eastern flagpole"><img alt="Minnesota flag flying on the eastern flagpole" 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class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_inscriptions_in_the_Minnesota_State_Capitol" title="List of inscriptions in the Minnesota State Capitol">List of inscriptions in the Minnesota State Capitol</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Governor%27s_Residence" title="Minnesota Governor's Residence">Minnesota Governor's Residence</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/List_of_state_and_territorial_capitols_in_the_United_States" title="List of state and territorial capitols in the United States">List of state and territorial capitols in the United States</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Legislature" title="Minnesota Legislature">Minnesota Legislature</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_legislatures" title="List of Minnesota state legislatures">List of Minnesota state legislatures</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Governor_of_Minnesota" title="Governor of Minnesota">Governor of Minnesota</a></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading 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Minnesota">Aitkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Anoka_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Anoka County, Minnesota">Anoka</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Becker_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Becker County, Minnesota">Becker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Beltrami_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Beltrami County, Minnesota">Beltrami</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Benton_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Benton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Big_Stone_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Big Stone County, Minnesota">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Blue_Earth_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Blue Earth County, Minnesota">Blue Earth</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Brown_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Brown County, Minnesota">Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carlton_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Carlton County, Minnesota">Carlton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Carver_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Carver County, Minnesota">Carver</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cass_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cass County, Minnesota">Cass</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Chippewa_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Chippewa County, Minnesota">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Chisago_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Chisago County, Minnesota">Chisago</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Clay_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Clay County, Minnesota">Clay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Clearwater_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Clearwater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Cook_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Cook County, Minnesota">Cook</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Cottonwood_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Cottonwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Crow_Wing_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Crow Wing County, Minnesota">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Dakota_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Dakota County, Minnesota">Dakota</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Dodge_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Dodge County, Minnesota">Dodge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Douglas_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Douglas County, Minnesota">Douglas</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Faribault_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Faribault County, Minnesota">Faribault</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Fillmore_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Fillmore County, Minnesota">Fillmore</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Freeborn_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Freeborn</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Goodhue_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Goodhue County, Minnesota">Goodhue</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Grant_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Grant</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Hennepin_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Hennepin County, Minnesota">Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Houston_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Houston County, Minnesota">Houston</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Hubbard_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Hubbard</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Isanti_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Isanti County, Minnesota">Isanti</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Itasca_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Itasca County, Minnesota">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Jackson_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Jackson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Kanabec_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Kanabec</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Kandiyohi_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Kandiyohi County, Minnesota">Kandiyohi</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Kittson_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Kittson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Koochiching_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Koochiching County, Minnesota">Koochiching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lac_qui_Parle_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lac qui Parle County, Minnesota">Lac qui Parle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lake_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lake County, Minnesota">Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Lake_of_the_Woods_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Lake of the Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Le_Sueur_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Le Sueur County, Minnesota">Le Sueur</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Lincoln_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Lincoln</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Lyon_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Lyon County, Minnesota">Lyon</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Mahnomen_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Mahnomen</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Marshall_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Marshall</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Martin_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Martin County, Minnesota">Martin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#McLeod_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">McLeod</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Meeker_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Meeker County, Minnesota">Meeker</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mille_Lacs_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota">Mille Lacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Morrison_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Morrison County, Minnesota">Morrison</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Mower_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Mower County, Minnesota">Mower</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Murray_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Murray County, Minnesota">Murray</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nicollet_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nicollet County, Minnesota">Nicollet</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Nobles_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Nobles County, Minnesota">Nobles</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Norman_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Norman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Olmsted_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Olmsted County, Minnesota">Olmsted</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Otter_Tail_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Otter Tail County, Minnesota">Otter Tail</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Pennington_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Pennington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pine_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pine County, Minnesota">Pine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pipestone_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pipestone County, Minnesota">Pipestone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Polk_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Polk</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Pope_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Pope County, Minnesota">Pope</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Ramsey_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Ramsey County, Minnesota">Ramsey</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Red_Lake_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Red Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Redwood_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Redwood County, Minnesota">Redwood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Renville_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Renville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rice_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rice County, Minnesota">Rice</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Rock_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Rock County, Minnesota">Rock</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Roseau_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Roseau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_St._Louis_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in St. Louis County, Minnesota">St. Louis</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Scott_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Scott County, Minnesota">Scott</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Sherburne_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Sherburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Sibley_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Sibley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Stearns_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Stearns County, Minnesota">Stearns</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Steele_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Steele County, Minnesota">Steele</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Stevens_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Stevens</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Swift_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Swift County, Minnesota">Swift</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Todd_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Todd County, Minnesota">Todd</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Traverse_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Traverse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wabasha_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Wabasha County, Minnesota">Wabasha</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Wadena_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Wadena</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Waseca_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Waseca County, Minnesota">Waseca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Washington_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Washington County, Minnesota">Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Watonwan_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Watonwan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Wilkin_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Wilkin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Winona_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Winona County, Minnesota">Winona</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Wright_County,_Minnesota" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Wright County, Minnesota">Wright</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_listings_in_Minnesota#Yellow_Medicine_County" title="National Register of Historic Places listings in Minnesota">Yellow Medicine</a></li></ul> </div></td><td class="noviewer navbox-image" rowspan="2" 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Register of Historic Places listings in Voyageurs National Park">Voyageurs National Park</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><td class="navbox-abovebelow hlist" colspan="3" style="background-color:#A8EDEF;color:black"><div> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Keeper_of_the_Register" title="Keeper of the Register">Keeper of the Register</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/History_of_the_National_Register_of_Historic_Places" title="History of the National Register of Historic Places">History of the National Register of Historic Places</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/National_Register_of_Historic_Places_property_types" title="National Register of Historic Places property types">Property types</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Historic_districts_in_the_United_States" title="Historic districts in the United States">Historic district</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Contributing_property" title="Contributing property">Contributing property</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table></div> <div class="navbox-styles"><link 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Park_Service#National_Park_System" title="National Park Service">Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Voyageurs_National_Park" title="Voyageurs National Park">Voyageurs</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_monument_(United_States)" title="National monument (United States)">Monuments</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Portage_National_Monument" title="Grand Portage National Monument">Grand Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pipestone_National_Monument" title="Pipestone National Monument">Pipestone</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System#National_rivers" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">Rivers</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_National_River_and_Recreation_Area" title="Mississippi National River and Recreation Area">Mississippi National River and Recreation Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_National_Scenic_Riverway" title="Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway">Saint Croix National Scenic Riverway</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_areas_in_the_United_States_National_Park_System#National_historic_and_scenic_trails" title="List of areas in the United States National Park System">Scenic Trails</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/North_Country_Trail" title="North Country Trail">North Country Trail</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="National Wildlife Refuge">Wildlife<br />Refuges</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agassiz_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge">Agassiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Big Stone National Wildlife Refuge">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crane_Meadows_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Crane Meadows National Wildlife Refuge">Crane Meadows</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Ridge_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Glacial Ridge National Wildlife Refuge">Glacial Ridge</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hamden_Slough_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Hamden Slough National Wildlife Refuge">Hamden Slough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Mille Lacs National Wildlife Refuge">Mille Lacs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Minnesota Valley National Wildlife Refuge">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northern_Tallgrass_Prairie_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Northern Tallgrass Prairie National Wildlife Refuge">Northern Tallgrass Prairie</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Lake_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rice Lake National Wildlife Refuge">Rice Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rydell_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Rydell National Wildlife Refuge">Rydell</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sherburne_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Sherburne National Wildlife Refuge">Sherburne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarac_National_Wildlife_Refuge" title="Tamarac National Wildlife Refuge">Tamarac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Mississippi_River_National_Wildlife_and_Fish_Refuge" title="Upper Mississippi River National Wildlife and Fish Refuge">Upper Mississippi River</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;">Wetland<br />Management<br />Districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_Wetland_Management_District" title="Big Stone Wetland Management District">Big Stone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Detroit_Lakes_Wetland_Management_District" title="Detroit Lakes Wetland Management District">Detroit Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fergus_Falls_Wetland_Management_District" title="Fergus Falls Wetland Management District">Fergus Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Litchfield_Wetland_Management_District" title="Litchfield Wetland Management District">Litchfield</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_Wetland_Management_District" title="Minnesota Valley Wetland Management District">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Morris_Wetland_Management_District" title="Morris Wetland Management District">Morris</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Windom_Wetland_Management_District" title="Windom Wetland Management District">Windom</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_forest_(United_States)" title="National forest (United States)">Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Chippewa_National_Forest" title="Chippewa National Forest">Chippewa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Superior_National_Forest" title="Superior National Forest">Superior</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_National_Natural_Landmarks" class="mw-redirect" title="List of National Natural Landmarks">Natural<br />Landmarks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Traverse_Gap" title="Traverse Gap">Ancient River Warren Channel</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cedar_Creek_Ecosystem_Science_Reserve" title="Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve">Cedar Creek Ecosystem Science Reserve</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_State_Park" title="Itasca State Park">Itasca Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Keeley_Creek_Natural_Area" title="Keeley Creek Natural Area">Keeley Creek Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_la_Croix_Research_Natural_Area" title="Lac la Croix Research Natural Area">Lac la Croix Research Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Agassiz_Peatlands_Natural_Area" title="Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area">Lake Agassiz Peatlands Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Point_Research_Natural_Area" title="Pine Point Research Natural Area">Pine Point Research Natural Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bog_State_Recreation_Area" title="Big Bog State Recreation Area">Upper Red Lake Peatland</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/National_Wilderness_Preservation_System" title="National Wilderness Preservation System">Wilderness</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Agassiz_Wilderness" class="mw-redirect" title="Agassiz Wilderness">Agassiz</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Boundary_Waters_Canoe_Area_Wilderness" title="Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness">Boundary Waters Canoe Area</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tamarac_Wilderness" title="Tamarac Wilderness">Tamarac</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr></tbody></table><div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="background:#bbeb85;;width:1%"><a href="/wiki/Minnesota#Law_and_government" title="Minnesota">State</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"></div><table class="nowraplinks navbox-subgroup" style="border-spacing:0"><tbody><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks" title="List of Minnesota state parks">Parks</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Afton_State_Park" title="Afton State Park">Afton</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Banning_State_Park" title="Banning State Park">Banning</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Head_Lake_State_Park" title="Bear Head Lake State Park">Bear Head Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beaver_Creek_Valley_State_Park" title="Beaver Creek Valley State Park">Beaver Creek Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Stone_Lake_State_Park" title="Big Stone Lake State Park">Big Stone Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blue_Mounds_State_Park" title="Blue Mounds State Park">Blue Mounds</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buffalo_River_State_Park_(Minnesota)" title="Buffalo River State Park (Minnesota)">Buffalo River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Camden_State_Park" title="Camden State Park">Camden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Carley_State_Park" title="Carley State Park">Carley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cascade_River_State_Park" title="Cascade River State Park">Cascade River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Charles_A._Lindbergh_State_Park" title="Charles A. Lindbergh State Park">Charles A. Lindbergh</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_State_Park" title="Crow Wing State Park">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Father_Hennepin_State_Park" title="Father Hennepin State Park">Father Hennepin</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Flandrau_State_Park" title="Flandrau State Park">Flandrau</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Forestville_Mystery_Cave_State_Park" title="Forestville Mystery Cave State Park">Forestville Mystery Cave</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Ridgely_State_Park" title="Fort Ridgely State Park">Fort Ridgely</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fort_Snelling_State_Park" title="Fort Snelling State Park">Fort Snelling</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Franz_Jevne_State_Park" title="Franz Jevne State Park">Franz Jevne</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Frontenac_State_Park" title="Frontenac State Park">Frontenac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_H._Crosby_Manitou_State_Park" title="George H. Crosby Manitou State Park">George H. Crosby Manitou</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glacial_Lakes_State_Park" title="Glacial Lakes State Park">Glacial Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Glendalough_State_Park" title="Glendalough State Park">Glendalough</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gooseberry_Falls_State_Park" title="Gooseberry Falls State Park">Gooseberry Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Portage_State_Park" title="Grand Portage State Park">Grand Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Great_River_Bluffs_State_Park" title="Great River Bluffs State Park">Great River Bluffs</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hayes_Lake_State_Park" title="Hayes Lake State Park">Hayes Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill-Annex_Mine_State_Park" title="Hill-Annex Mine State Park">Hill-Annex Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Interstate_Park" title="Interstate Park">Interstate</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Itasca_State_Park" title="Itasca State Park">Itasca</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jay_Cooke_State_Park" title="Jay Cooke State Park">Jay Cooke</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/John_A._Latsch_State_Park" title="John A. Latsch State Park">John A. Latsch</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Judge_C._R._Magney_State_Park" title="Judge C. R. Magney State Park">Judge C. R. Magney</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kilen_Woods_State_Park" title="Kilen Woods State Park">Kilen Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lac_qui_Parle_State_Park" title="Lac qui Parle State Park">Lac qui Parle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bemidji_State_Park" title="Lake Bemidji State Park">Lake Bemidji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Bronson_State_Park" title="Lake Bronson State Park">Lake Bronson</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Carlos_State_Park" title="Lake Carlos State Park">Lake Carlos</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Louise_State_Park" title="Lake Louise State Park">Lake Louise</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Maria_State_Park" title="Lake Maria State Park">Lake Maria</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Shetek_State_Park" title="Lake Shetek State Park">Lake Shetek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Vermilion-Soudan_Underground_Mine_State_Park" title="Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park">Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Maplewood_State_Park" title="Maplewood State Park">Maplewood</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/McCarthy_Beach_State_Park" title="McCarthy Beach State Park">McCarthy Beach</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mille_Lacs_Kathio_State_Park" title="Mille Lacs Kathio State Park">Mille Lacs Kathio</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minneopa_State_Park" title="Minneopa State Park">Minneopa</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Monson_Lake_State_Park" title="Monson Lake State Park">Monson Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Moose_Lake_State_Park" title="Moose Lake State Park">Moose Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Myre-Big_Island_State_Park" title="Myre-Big Island State Park">Myre-Big Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nerstrand-Big_Woods_State_Park" title="Nerstrand-Big Woods State Park">Nerstrand-Big Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Old_Mill_State_Park" title="Old Mill State Park">Old Mill</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rice_Lake_State_Park" title="Rice Lake State Park">Rice Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Saint_Croix_State_Park" title="Saint Croix State Park">Saint Croix</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sakatah_Lake_State_Park" title="Sakatah Lake State Park">Sakatah Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Savanna_Portage_State_Park" title="Savanna Portage State Park">Savanna Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Scenic_State_Park" title="Scenic State Park">Scenic</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Schoolcraft_State_Park" title="Schoolcraft State Park">Schoolcraft</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sibley_State_Park" title="Sibley State Park">Sibley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_Rock_Creek_State_Park" title="Split Rock Creek State Park">Split Rock Creek</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Split_Rock_Lighthouse_State_Park" title="Split Rock Lighthouse State Park">Split Rock Lighthouse</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Temperance_River_State_Park" title="Temperance River State Park">Temperance River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tettegouche_State_Park" title="Tettegouche State Park">Tettegouche</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Upper_Sioux_Agency" title="Upper Sioux Agency">Upper Sioux Agency</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Whitewater_State_Park" title="Whitewater State Park">Whitewater</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Wild_River_State_Park" title="Wild River State Park">Wild River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/William_O%27Brien_State_Park" title="William O'Brien State Park">William O'Brien</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Zippel_Bay_State_Park" title="Zippel Bay State Park">Zippel Bay</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;">Recreation<br />Areas</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Big_Bog_State_Recreation_Area" title="Big Bog State Recreation Area">Big Bog</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cuyuna_Country_State_Recreation_Area" title="Cuyuna Country State Recreation Area">Cuyuna Country</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Garden_Island_State_Recreation_Area" title="Garden Island State Recreation Area">Garden Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Greenleaf_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="Greenleaf Lake State Recreation Area">Greenleaf Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Iron_Range_Off-Highway_Vehicle_State_Recreation_Area" title="Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle State Recreation Area">Iron Range Off-Highway Vehicle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/La_Salle_Lake_State_Recreation_Area" title="La Salle Lake State Recreation Area">La Salle Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Minnesota_Valley_State_Recreation_Area" title="Minnesota Valley State Recreation Area">Minnesota Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_River_State_Recreation_Area" title="Red River State Recreation Area">Red River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_Boom_Site" title="St. Croix Boom Site">Saint Croix Islands</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_parks#State_waysides" title="List of Minnesota state parks">Waysides</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Caribou_River_(Minnesota)" title="Caribou River (Minnesota)">Caribou Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Devils_Track_Falls_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Devils Track Falls State Wayside (page does not exist)">Devils Track Falls</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Flood_Bay_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Flood Bay State Wayside (page does not exist)">Flood Bay</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Inspiration_Peak" title="Inspiration Peak">Inspiration Peak</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Joseph_Brown_House_Ruins" title="Joseph Brown House Ruins">Joseph R. Brown</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Kodonce_River_State_Wayside&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Kodonce River State Wayside (page does not exist)">Kodonce River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Ray_Berglund_State_Wayside" class="mw-redirect" title="Ray Berglund State Wayside">Ray Berglund</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/St._Croix_Boom_Site" title="St. Croix Boom Site">St. Croix Boom Site</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sam_Brown_Memorial_State_Wayside" title="Sam Brown Memorial State Wayside">Sam Brown Memorial</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%;background:#c3f38d;"><a href="/wiki/List_of_Minnesota_state_forests" title="List of Minnesota state forests">Forests</a></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Badoura_State_Forest" title="Badoura State Forest">Badoura</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battleground_State_Forest" title="Battleground State Forest">Battleground</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bear_Island_State_Forest" title="Bear Island State Forest">Bear Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Beltrami_Island_State_Forest" title="Beltrami Island State Forest">Beltrami Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Big_Fork_State_Forest" title="Big Fork State Forest">Big Fork</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Birch_Lakes_State_Forest" title="Birch Lakes State Forest">Birch Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Blackduck_State_Forest" title="Blackduck State Forest">Blackduck</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Bowstring_State_Forest" title="Bowstring State Forest">Bowstring</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Buena_Vista_State_Forest" title="Buena Vista State Forest">Buena Vista</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Burntside_State_Forest" title="Burntside State Forest">Burntside</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Centennial_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Centennial State Forest (page does not exist)">Centennial</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Chengwatana_State_Forest" title="Chengwatana State Forest">Chengwatana</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Cloquet_Valley_State_Forest" title="Cloquet Valley State Forest">Cloquet Valley</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Crow_Wing_State_Forest" title="Crow Wing State Forest">Crow Wing</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/D.A.R._State_Forest_(Minnesota)" title="D.A.R. State Forest (Minnesota)">D.A.R.</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Emily_State_Forest" title="Emily State Forest">Emily</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Finland_State_Forest" title="Finland State Forest">Finland</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Fond_du_Lac_State_Forest" title="Fond du Lac State Forest">Fond du Lac</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Foot_Hills_State_Forest" title="Foot Hills State Forest">Foot Hills</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/General_C._C._Andrews_State_Forest" title="General C. C. Andrews State Forest">General C. C. Andrews</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/George_Washington_State_Forest" title="George Washington State Forest">George Washington</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Golden_Anniversary_State_Forest" title="Golden Anniversary State Forest">Golden Anniversary</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Grand_Portage_State_Forest" title="Grand Portage State Forest">Grand Portage</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Hill_River_State_Forest" title="Hill River State Forest">Hill River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Huntersville_State_Forest" title="Huntersville State Forest">Huntersville</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Insula_Lake_State_Forest" title="Insula Lake State Forest">Insula Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Jeanette_State_Forest" title="Jeanette State Forest">Jeanette</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kabetogama_State_Forest" title="Kabetogama State Forest">Kabetogama</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Koochiching_State_Forest" title="Koochiching State Forest">Koochiching</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_Isabella_State_Forest" title="Lake Isabella State Forest">Lake Isabella</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lake_of_the_Woods_State_Forest" title="Lake of the Woods State Forest">Lake of the Woods</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Land_o%27_Lakes_State_Forest" title="Land o' Lakes State Forest">Land o'Lakes</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lost_River_State_Forest" title="Lost River State Forest">Lost River</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Lyons_State_Forest" title="Lyons State Forest">Lyons</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Mississippi_Headwaters_State_Forest" title="Mississippi Headwaters State Forest">Mississippi Headwaters</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Nemadji_State_Forest" title="Nemadji State Forest">Nemadji</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Northwest_Angle_State_Forest" title="Northwest Angle State Forest">Northwest Angle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pat_Bayle_State_Forest" title="Pat Bayle State Forest">Pat Bayle</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Paul_Bunyan_State_Forest" title="Paul Bunyan State Forest">Paul Bunyan</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pillsbury_State_Forest" title="Pillsbury State Forest">Pillsbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Pine_Island_State_Forest" title="Pine Island State Forest">Pine Island</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Red_Lake_State_Forest" title="Red Lake State Forest">Red Lake</a></li> <li><a href="/w/index.php?title=Remer_State_Forest&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Remer State Forest (page does not exist)">Remer</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Richard_J._Dorer_Memorial_Hardwood_State_Forest" title="Richard J. Dorer Memorial Hardwood State Forest">Richard J. 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