Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
Attractions near Cold Spring
Kensington Runestone & 8 more attractions near Cold Spring
9 notable places within 60 miles of Cold Spring: 1 national park unit, and the sights travelers look up most.
Attractions nearby
9
within 60 miles
The big one
55 mi
Kensington Runestone
National park units
1
parks & monuments
Landmark · 55 mi northwest
Kensington Runestone
Rune-covered stone slab unearthed in 1898 in Kensington, Minnesota.
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What’s around Cold Spring
Orange: Cold Spring. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below.
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Everything nearby
Best known first
Ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places lead and the local favorites follow.
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3Mississippi National River and Recreation Area
National Park Service area in the United States.
4University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum
1,137-acre (4.60 km2) horticultural garden and arboretum.
5Hill 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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8Parks and trails in Cold Spring → · Cold Spring’s history →
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Photo credits
Kensington Runestone: Book author: George T. Flom, Public domain · Lake Minnetonka: Dan, CC BY 2.0 · Mississippi National River and Recreation Area: NPS/Gordon Dietzman, Public domain · University of Minnesota Landscape Arboretum: SEWilco, CC BY-SA 3.0 · 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 · Mille Lacs Indian Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0
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