In one area of Minnesota you can step across the might Mississippi at its headwaters....in Crane Lake, Minnesota you can step into another country.

Seeing an international boundary is exciting to many people. Many of these small forged markers can by found in locations along the waterway known as the Voyager's Highway. The markers "lack of stature" is as much a wonder as is the fact that one step on either side puts you in another country. 

Minnesota's border with Canada does not have the fences found between other nations in the world.

One special border area in the Crane Lake locale is the Kettle Falls Hotel between Namakan and Rainy Lakes. The hotel was originally built to provide shelter for loggers, miners and travelers. The Kettle Falls Hotel has a colorful history and is purported to be the ONLY place in the continental United States where you can look "SOUTH" into Canada.

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