pull off their shoes and wade across the trickling river as it begins its 2,552-mile journey to the Gulf of Mexico. A selfie at the headwaters post is a must. The park's south entrance is a 22-mile ...

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Ever wonder where the Mississippi River begins? You can see for yourself in Itasca State Park in the heart of northern Minnesota, where a quiet stream trickling from Lake Itasca eventually ends up in ...

Seven-year-old twin sisters Finley and Ollis Thimmesch-Gill posed in front of a historic building at Itasca State Park for a photo — holding their noses. “They thought it was stinky and also weird ...