Mineview in the Sky

Field review by the editors.

Virginia, Minnesota

This romantically-titled attraction is in fact a viewing platform on a hill that overlooks a part of the abandoned Rouchleau open pit iron mine. At 450 feet deep and three miles long, the pit is a kind of mini-Grand Canyon, and signs explain that your vantage point was once enjoyed only by the privileged pit foremen.

Our Chamber of Commerce contact was especially enthusiastic about the "nicely graded road" that leads up to this attraction -- and, indeed, you don't want a terrifying series of switchbacks to spoil your mood. But we were most impressed with Mineview in the Sky's gift shop, which had an excellent assortment of bleak open pit postcards.

Also here, as a photo op, is a giant ore truck named "King of the Lode."

Mineview in the Sky

Address:
US Highway 53, Virginia, MN
Directions:
South of town on US 53.

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