Take a look at these facts and make yourself a river expert in no time. The Mississippi begins at Minnesota’s Lake Itasca. Visitors there can see the headwaters and cross the river on foot ...

Back in 1805, Zebulon Montgomery Pike set forth with an exploring party to discover the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was an expedition that spanned 2,000 miles, carrying Pike and his fellow ...

Itasca State Park is a Minnesota state park that is home to Lake Itasca and the headwaters of the Mississippi River. It was established in 1891 and is the state’s first state park. The Itasca ...

The Mille Lacs Band, in its concern about the proposed Tamarack nickel mine, is standing with all Minnesotans who understand ...

A first-of-its-kind study from researchers at the University of Minnesota Twin Cities shows how remote sensing can help ...

VILLA GOBERNADOR GALVEZ, Argentina (AP) — From its headwaters in Brazil ... In a sense, it is the Mississippi River for the nations of South America’s southern cone. Given the nature of ...