In 1969, the Minnesota Legislature declared the Lake Superior agate to be the state's official gemstone. Moose Lake has dubbed itself the "agate capital of the world" and Agate Days are celebrated ...

Craig Prudhomme is a former naturalist and has been involved in planning Moose Lake’s Agate Days weekend for 18 years. Moose Lake is home to the largest agate on record. It weighs 108 pounds. “In 1969 ...

DULUTH — About 1.1 billion years ago here, fissures opened in the surface of the earth, depositing lakes of molten rock near what would eventually be the Twin Ports and Lake Superior. This is ...

GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — Among the many pastimes popular in Minnesota is agate hunting -- scanning the shores of Lake Superior for the official state gemstone. Relatively easy to find in the summer when ...

A bill to create a new Minnesota license plate celebrating the North Shore and the Lake Superior Agate passed the state senate on Tuesday. The bill, authored by Senator Grant Hauschild, has already ...

MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — On a cold, blustery day in April, Bel and I headed to the North Shore to meet up with a rock star named Taylor, or as he’s known on social media, “Agate Dad.” Taylor is famous in ...

Sisters Jessica Sander and Jen Majkrzak look for agates in a Carlton County gravel pit. Their dad was an avid agate collector whose home is filled with vases, and even a lamp, of agates. He took ...

I think I have always been enthralled with rocks, having the rock hammer my mother bought for me more than 60 years ago hanging on the "birdroom" wall of my backwater cabin. And, even though one would ...

The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) at the Minnesota State Fair aims to get kids outdoors to enjoy all the state has to offer. On Monday, 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS anchor Kevin Doran stopped ...