Hannepin Avenue Bridge over the Mississipi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

I live by the sea, but the body of water I have the most feeling about is the Mississippi River, where I used to row and skate, ride on the ferry in childhood, watch the logs or just dream.

Susan Glaspell

Third Avenue Bridge across the Mississipi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

"The Mississippi River will always have its own way; no engineering skill can persuade it to do otherwise"

Mark Twain

Hannepin Avenue Bridge spanning the Mississipi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

The people lined the banks of the Mississipi
To watch Father Hennepin go over the edge
The people there that day, they all swear they say
Father Hennepin was laughing as he fell to his death.

The Hannepin Avenue Bridge

Song by Brian Setzer

Third Avenue Bridge over the Mississipi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota (United States)

“Unquestionably the discovery of the Mississippi is a datable fact which considerably mellows and modifies the shiny newness of our country, and gives her a most respectable outside-aspect of rustiness and antiquity.” 

In Life on the Mississipi

Mark Twain