. That reading also set a record low for the entire state. Data from WorldClimate.com shows this to have been an anomaly, with the average low being around 1F (-17C) in December and the high being around 78F (25.5C) in July. Chilly temperatures and a remote location mean that the former mining town is sparsely populated, with just over 400 residents calling it home. Lying on the shore of Lake Vermillion, the Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is one of the biggest attractions in the area. For all the latest on news, politics, sports, and showbiz from the USA, go to The Mirror US It boasts a network of picturesque hiking trails as well as the iron mine - which opened in 1884 and closed in 1962. The mine was actually used as an underground physics laboratory after a physicist from the University of Minnesota took a tour and saw the potential of the cavernous space. The lab was the "leading deep underground science and engineering laboratory in the US for decades", according to its website. With "scientists around the world" working at the site for 35 years "trying to answer basic questions about the universe in which we live". Nowadays, the lab, which lies 2,341 feet below the surface, is in the process of being decommissioned as existing experiments finish and new projects go into "new, deeper facilities". Sadly, this means lab tours are no longer being offered. One of the most unique features of the lab is a giant mural on one wal){kind=link}
Tower lies in the northernmost part of Minnesota, on the edge of Lake Vermillion, and has recorded bone-chilling temperatures of -50C with highs of just 25C on average in the summer time
Tucked away in northeastern Minnesota lies one of the coolest cities in the US. Not because of its style or scene, but for its bone-chilling temperatures.
The city of Tower has recorded some impressively low temperatures in past years. Its lowest recorded temperature was on February 2, 1996, where thermometers read minus 60 Fahrenheit (-51C).
That reading also set a record low for the entire state. Data from WorldClimate.com shows this to have been an anomaly, with the average low being around 1F (-17C) in December and the high being around 78F (25.5C) in July.
Chilly temperatures and a remote location mean that the former mining town is sparsely populated, with just over 400 residents calling it home. Lying on the shore of Lake Vermillion, the Lake Vermillion-Soudan Underground Mine State Park is one of the biggest attractions in the area.