Pipestone Minnesota is located in extreme Southwest MN- it has a vast history plus is a leader in wind technology.  Nearly 800 wind generator towers capable of producing fantastic amounts of electricity from one of the area's top recourses wind are located near Pipestone. 

Many North American Plains and Woodland Indian tribes-Ojibwa, Dakota, Oto, Pawnee, Sac Fox, Lakota traveled to this site to quarry the sacred red stone known as pipestone or catlinite for making pipes and effigies. Today you can walk the 3/4-mile self-guided trail beginning at the Pipestone National Monument Visitor's Center.  It loops through the active quarries, passing sites of historic and scenic interest.  The Cultural Center provides demonstrations of pipe making by American Indian craft workers using stone from the quarries. 

The Song of Hiawatha Pageant spins out Henry Longfellow's vision of the Native American Indian, and has played in Pipestone for nearly 60 years.  The pageant is held at a small quarry lake on a natural amphitheater with a cast of 200 principals, chieftains, warriors, and dancers in their colorful costumes.  A must for your summer's entertainment!

Pipestone's Downtown Historic District is twenty buildings constructed primarily in the 1880-1900 time period from the very beautiful and richly hued Sioux Quartzite.  All are on the National Register for Historic Places.  The Pipestone County Museum preserves the area's history in a range of interpretive exhibits including Minnesota Civil War Soldiers and Pipestone's Civil War Days festival.

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