Before descending the steps to the bottom of the Falls, take in the historic plaques highlighting Minnehaha’s history. From either the parking lot or Light Rail Metro stop, you are only a short walk to the main viewing area above the waterfalls. Getting to Minnehaha Falls is really easy as it is right in the middle of a large urban park near the Minneapolis Airport. Other attractions at the park such as the John Stevens and Longfellow Houses close their doors for the winter but can be admired from the outside.
Today a bronze statue of Hiawatha sits in the park not very far from Minnehaha Falls and it worth a visit. In the poem, Minnehaha was used as the fictional name for the lover of Hiawatha, a legendary Native American leader and co-founder of the Iroquois Confederacy. The woman in this photo was probably inspired to visit by the 1855 publication Longfellow’s epic poem The Song of Hiawatha that instantly turned Minnehaha Falls into a desired tourist destination.
SCALE FROZEN WATERFALL TOURS FULL
If you live in or are visiting the Twin Cities you need to make sure to get behind Minnehaha Falls this Winter.Īs the photo to the left shows, you really have no excuse not to make it behind the waterfalls as even women in the full formal dress were doing it in the late 1800s. The bright blue glowing ice feels grotto behind the waterfalls and quickly turns into a multi-colored sheet of rainbowed ice as the light shines through. The beautiful cave formed by the frozen 53-foot-high urban waterfall is easily accessible by foot with just a short hike.
Going behind Minnehaha Falls is tons of fun year-round, but during the Winter it freezes into an ice cave that makes it is out of this world. Literally meaning Waterfall in the Dakota language, Minnehaha Falls needs to be on your must-do list in the Twin Cities.
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