Columbus, Minnesota

Running Aces Casino and Racetrack is 5/8 mile harness horse racing track that is located in Columbus, Minnesota. The park also has a card room. The park opened in April 2008. The live races season runs from June through August.

WLKX-FM (95.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station licensed to Forest Lake, Minnesota, and serving the northern suburbs of the Twin Cities. It is owned by Lakes Broadcasting, a private corporation owned by the Peters family, who are primarily Christian-based broadcasters. Their holdings include including WQPM in Princeton, KLCI in Elk River, KASM and KDDG in Albany. The station airs a classic country radio format and has an effective radiated power (ERP) of 6,000 watts.

Independent School District 831 is a K-12 public school district located in the northeast exurban Twin Cities, near both Minneapolis and St. Paul in Minnesota. Also known as the Forest Lake Area School District, District 831 serves approximately 7,000 students in grades Early Childhood-12 and is geographically the Twin Cities region's largest school district. The 220-square-mile (570 km2) district boundary includes all or part of several cities and townships - Columbus, East Bethel, Forest Lake, Ham Lake, Hugo, Lino Lakes, Marine, May, Scandia, Stacy, and Wyoming. The Forest Lake Area school system includes 8 elementary sites, 1 junior high site, and 1 high school site. In addition to these, there is also an area learning center located at the former Central Junior High School site. The district has been honored with six Minnesota Schools of Excellence awards by Minnesota Elementary School Principals's Association.

Heims Lake is a lake in Chisago County, Minnesota, in the United States.Heims Lake was named for the family of Conrad Heim, an early settler.

Little Coon Lake is a lake in Anoka County, Minnesota, in the United States.Little Coon Lake was named for the abundant raccoons seen there by early settlers.

Garen is an abandoned townsite in Washington County, Minnesota.

Carlos Avery Game Farm is a complex of 11 buildings at the Carlos Avery Wildlife Management Area in Minnesota, United States, which is listed on the National Register of Historic Places (NRHP). The buildings are the administrative center for the wildlife management area, which extends across a large part of Anoka and Chisago counties, as well as for a number of other Minnesota Department of Natural Resources properties in the area. The nomination for the NRHP noted that when it opened in 1937, it was one of the largest and best-equipped game farms in the nation, as well as one of the first large-scale wildlife management efforts in Minnesota.

Wyoming is a city in Chisago County, Minnesota. The population was 7,791 at the time of the 2010 census.

Forest Lake Township was a township in Washington County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 7,642 at the 2000 census. It is now a part of the city of Forest Lake.

Centerville is a city in Anoka County, Minnesota, United States. The population was 3,896 at the 2020 census.

Linwood Lake is a lake in Anoka County, Minnesota, in the United States. The name is thought to be derived from linwood trees.

Boot Lake is a lake in Anoka County, Minnesota, in the United States.Boot Lake was so named for its outline is said to resemble a boot.