Sep 25, 2006 8:06 am US/Central
Finding Minnesota: Palisade Head
by Ben Tracy
(WCCO)
When you think of the North Shore, most people think about Gooseberry Falls and a certain lighthouse on the top of Split Rock.
Just up Highway 61 is Palisade Head, which most people have never heard of.
"It's just unique," one person said. "There isn't any place like it in Minnesota."
Palisade Head is a place where the sky meets water and the water meets the land. It is not the most popular place along Lake Superior and there are no T-shirts or postcards to be found.
There is a feeling of being alone and standing at the very edge of Minnesota.
Nanette Moloney has been coming to Lake Superior for 18 years, but she just discovered Palisade Head this year.
"I grew up in Ireland and they have some pretty spectacular coastline there and this is about as close as I've come," she explained.
Palisade Head was formed by molten lava billions of years ago. Weathering and major battles with glaciers formed a fine line some dare to walk.
The cliffs rise 300 feet from the water and on a clear day, people can see to the Apostle Islands about 30 miles away.
What people don't see is someone standing next to them.
"I don't think that many come up here," one man said. "We've never seen the thing really crowded around here."
While it is a place with definite boundaries, it is also a place to escape, where you can literally put everything behind you.
"It's sorta like you're at the end of the world and it's just timeless," Moloney said.
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