Hill Annex Mine State Park

Best interpretive site of Minnesota iron mining histoty.

The tour guide gives an excellent account of the geology, chemistry and processing of iron. Compact but very well done informative center with a good replica of a geology laboratory. This really tie...

Very interesting bus tour

We did the 1 1/2 hour bus tour.It was a hot day, but the bus was considerable cooler than outside. The driver was a former miner himself, and he was extremely knowledgeable, had many personal stories...

Educational history tour of open pit iron ore mining in Minnesota.

If you ever used anything made of iron - it probably came from Minnesota! This is a guided educational bus tour of iron ore mining. Minnesota is to be congratulated for preserving this historical si...

The tour guide makes this a memorable day.

We took our three kids here as we continue on our quest to visit every state park in Minnesota. It appears that the state of Minnesota has completely abandoned this site. The only staff on site are ...

Tour is great. Fossil Hunting was a bust

The area is beautiful. The tour guide was very friendly, knowledgeable. He worked at the mine when it was open, and had interesting stories. We had come for the fossils though. They were disappoin...