7 U.S. Cities Where the Riverfront Is the Place to Be

By Iona Brannon, AFAR

“South on the Mississippi River, at St. Anthony Falls, a multiyear Dakota Nation–led project broke ground in the spring, helmed by cultural and environmental advocacy nonprofit Owámniyomni Okhódayapi. The 5.2 acres of sacred land will be revived with native plant species grown from Indigenous-sourced seed and soil, replenishing a shoreline once obstructed for decades by concrete.”