The Mississippi River runs from Lake Itasca in Minnesota all the way south to the Gulf of Mexico. It's an important economic and transportation route — but it's also a great spot to unwind and ...

Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters and cross the river on foot ...

The Best Things to do at Itasca State Park. Visitors can take part in a wide variety of outdoor recreational activities ...

A Mississippi canoe trip requires throwing whatever you’ve been told out the window   By Mathias Baden    When a Chanhassen father and his adult son took a 45-day, 2,320-mile river trek from ...