Staples, Minnesota
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Staples is a city in Todd and Wadena counties in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The population was 2,989 at the 2020 census.
Combined city hall and public library
Interior of Staples Amtrak train depot.
Downtown Staples
Empire Builder
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The Empire Builder is a daily long-distance passenger train operated by Amtrak between Chicago and either Seattle or Portland via two sections west of Spokane. Introduced in 1929, it was the flagship
Staples, Minnesota
…12.10 km2) is land and 0.01 square miles (0.03 km2) is water. U.S. Route 10 and Minnesota State Highway 210 are two of the main routes in the city. The Empire Builder, an Amtrak route connecting Chicago with Seattle and Portland, Oregon, stops at the train station in Staples. As of the 2020 census, Staples had a…
The Empire Builder in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, March 2026.
Empire Builder on the Stone Arch Bridge, Minneapolis, c. 1929
Empire Builder traveling through Glacier National Park, Montana. (1947)
The train at Winona Junction, Wisconsin, in 1958