Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near Albany
Near Albany: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library and other places to visit
A day out from Albany leads to Kensington Runestone, 43 mi away. All of it lies outside: 2 places within 40 miles, none inside Albany. There are a museum and a garden to choose from.
Attractions nearby
9
within 60 miles
The big one
43 mi
Kensington Runestone
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 43 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
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The map
Around Albany, mapped
The map ends at Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens, 21 mi out.
Orange: Albany. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
Everything nearby
Each place in turn
All of it lies within 60 miles: 9 places.
3Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Service area in the United States.
4Hill Museum & Manuscript Library
HMML is a museum and manuscript library located in Collegeville, Minnesota that holds one of the world’s largest archives of manuscript photographs in both microfilm and digital format.
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8Northland Arboretum
Non-profit arboretum and nature reserve in Brainerd, Minnesota.
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Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: NPS/Gordon Dietzman, Public domain · Hill Museum & Manuscript Library: Hill Museum & Manuscript Library, CC BY 3.0 · Runestone Museum: Myotus, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Munsinger Gardens and Clemens Gardens: Kirs10, Public domain · Kenney Lake Overlook: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
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