Over 12,000 years ago, the area was bypassed by glaciers during the Ice Age, resulting in a beautiful landscape of waterfalls, bluffs, caves, rare geology, and wildlife.

ROCHESTER — A proposal to turn a portion of Minnesota’s Driftless area into a National Park has been walked back by its designer. Some residents in the Driftless say they’re still spooked ...

Schmidt says water quality challenges associated with the Driftless Area go beyond state lines. “The facts of the Minnesota case are extremely similar to Iowa because it’s the same geologic ...

Jul. 15—ROCHESTER — Although the idea of centering a Driftless national park in Minnesota has been set aside, it has sparked conversation about the future of the area and its identity.

Learn about the basic geology, water quality issues, and ongoing research projects in Wisconsin's Driftless Area at the Valley Stewardship Network's "Conservation on Tap" series. Stay informed ...

The Driftless Area Scenic Byway takes travelers on a 144-mile adventure along the towering bluffs and deep river valleys of Allamakee and Winneshiek counties. Let's take a look at today's itinerary.

The Driftless Area is made up of parts of four states -- northeast Iowa, southeast Minnesota, southwest Wisconsin, and northwest Illinois. It's about 24,000 square miles total.

Fort McCoy’s artifact collection contains more than 600,000 artifacts ranging in age from Native American artifacts that are more than 12,000 years old to World War II-era military artifacts ...

The name comes from the geological distinction that glacial drift — debris, dirt and silt in the ice — never filled the million-year-old valleys, steep hills and ridges in the area.