Middle West, Midwest - the north central region of the United States (sometimes called the heartland or the breadbasket of America)

Voyageurs National Park - a national park in Minnesota having ancient rock outcroppings and evergreen forests

American state - one of the 50 states of the United States

Bemidji - a town in northern Minnesota

Duluth - a city in northeast Minnesota on Lake Superior

Hibbing - a town in northeastern Minnesota in the Mesabi Range

Mankato - a town in southern Minnesota

Minneapolis - largest city in Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river; noted for flour mills; one of the Twin Cities

Rochester - a town in southeast Minnesota

Saint Cloud, St. Cloud - a town in central Minnesota on the Mississippi River; granite quarries

capital of Minnesota, St. Paul, Saint Paul - capital of the state of Minnesota; located in southeastern Minnesota on the Mississippi river adjacent to Minneapolis; one of the Twin Cities

Virginia - a town in northeastern Minnesota in the heart of the Mesabi Range

Little Sioux River - a river that rises in southwestern Minnesota and flows southwestward to the Missouri River in western Iowa

Mesabi Range - a range of hills in northeastern Minnesota where rich iron ore deposits were discovered in 1887