Mining the magic: MN Industry leftovers reinvented by influx of silent sports

How do you take a once scarredĀ landscape filled abandoned ore mines and turn it into something positive? One method: by embracing silent sports like mountain biking, hiking, trout fishing, and kayaking. A two-hour drive from the twin cities, you’ll find the Cayuna State Recreation Area, home to a then-radical idea hatched 30-years ago that is paying big dividends for a once economically strickenĀ area.

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Matt McKinney, Star Tribune

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