The Lake Vermilion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is a Minnesota state park at the site of the Soudan Underground Mine, on the south shore of Lake Vermilion, in the Vermilion Range (Minnesota). The mine is known as Minnesota's oldest, deepest, and richest iron mine.

Minnesota, often referred to as the Land of 10,000 Lakes, is a state located in the Upper Midwest region of the United States. It is bordered by Canada to the north, Lake Superior and Wisconsin to the east, Iowa to the south, and North Dakota and South Dakota to the west. Its population was 5,737,915 in 2023.

The Kabetogama State Forest is a state forest located in Koochiching and Saint Louis counties, Minnesota, United States. Kabetogama State Forest is the gateway into Voyageurs National Park and the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness.