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Lights over Boulder Lake. Photo: Jonathan Dyess
Minnesota is quite literally jam-packed with beautiful lakes and wild places to explore. In addition to the state’s abundance of lakes (which total 11,842), it’s geographically diverse, home to sweeping grasslands with rolling hills in the southwest, dense forests speckled with granite outcroppings in the north, and craggy cliffs in the southeast along the Mississippi. Though, as you might expect, the lakes steal the show.
This summer, pack up your car and check out these ten beautiful and less-travelled lakes, representing the wide range of outdoor experiences Minnesota has to offer.