Minnesota's early history is revealed through state-of-the-art animations and graphics. Prominent members of Minnesota's Native American community describe their long relationship with the land. Europeans arrive with a new way of looking at the land: the land survey, which carves the natural world into squares that can be bought and sold. The fur trade era and early lumbering are brought to life with historic reenactments and photographs. Early entrepreneurs fail to understand the geology of St. Anthony Falls.