Welcome to Out Here, a recurring feature that looks ahead to the coming week of outdoor activities in Minnesota. Tours of a ...

SOUDAN - Imagine walking three-quarters of a mile through a mine tunnel in complete darkness to find iron ore, park interpreter James Juip tells the tour group. The lights click off to help people ...

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO)-- Last week, WCCO's John Lauritsen took us thousands of feet above ground in a hot air balloon. In this week's Finding Minnesota, he takes us thousands of feet below ground in St.

SOUDAN, Minn. — The Soudan Mine reopened last month for public tours on a regular schedule for the first time since the state park attraction closed at the onset of the pandemic in 2020. After closing ...

SOUDAN, Minn. - Imagine walking three-quarters of a mile through a mine tunnel in complete darkness to find iron ore, park interpreter James Juip tells the tour group. The lights click off to help ...

SOUDAN, Minn.—Deep beneath the surface of northern Minnesota, in the lowest levels of the abandoned Soudan mine, mysterious microscopic creatures abound. The organisms are in ancient water held by ...

SOUDAN, MINN. — It’s always 51 degrees, with a quality of darkness rarely experienced, at the bottom-most point of Minnesota’s oldest, deepest and richest mine. And after $9.3 million in upgrades, the ...

Tour reveals 80 years of mining history, 2.7 billion years of geologic history. In the early days, about 20 languages were spoken in Soudan. Soudan Underground Mine State Park tours run through the ...

The Lake Vermilion–Soudan Underground Mine State Park occupies over four thousand acres in the far northeast corner of Minnesota. The site contains a historic underground iron mine as well as the ...