No larger or more varied combination of the elements of natural beauty can anywhere be found in the near neighborhood of a great city than are- here grouped together. Nature has bestowed with lavish hand upon the environments of Minneapolis all her most picturesque forms of scenery with the sole exception of great mountains. Rocks and streams, the cataract and the river, hills, and lakes, and woods, and a rich minor vegetation lend their attractions to her surroundings, and are destined to aid in forming the pleasure-grounds of her people.
-Handbook of Minneapolis.
Published by the the American Association for the Advancement of Science
1883