I like exploring. I like going to places that I haven't been and learn about them. Sometimes, I just want to visit what I've read about.
Exploring places come in 3 categories:
Being from Minnesota, I noticed that my state has an unusually shaped notch in its North Central part that makes it the northernmost reaching state in the 48 Continental states. It's the Northwest Angle, where Manitoba, Ontario and Minnesota share their common point. For someone coming from the southern 99% of the state, there are two choices for gaining entrance to this secluded peninsula, by boat from the Long Point area, or by land through Manitoba, and back into Minnesota. That is the route I plan to take Labor Day weekend.
It also has a notch in its midwestern edge. That is where the North-South Continental Divide is. The sign on the left is along I-29 by mile marker ### in South Dakota. The sign on the right is on the South Dakota/Minnesota border (taken from the Minnesota side, looking west), along County Road ##.
The northeasternmost corner of the state is Pigeon Point, (Topozone does not show the point at a resolution below 1:100,000), a narrow strip of land that eventually fades into Lake Superior, at a point about 300 meters from Minnesota's water border with Michigan, and about 1200 meters from the Minnesota-Michigan-Ontario point.
43° 30' 41"N, 91° 13' 01"W (Easternmost
point in Minnesota along Mississippi River (Houston county)
One of the most famous odd place, is the four corners point, where Colorado, Utah, New Mexico and Arizona meet.
The easternmost point in the United States is West Quoddy Head, Maine. Purists view the farthest west point of Alaska as the easternmost point, however.
There are other pages, too, that specialize in these things.
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