 Minnehaha Park is a city park in Minneapolis , Minnesota , United States , containing Minnehaha Falls and the lower reaches of Minnehaha Creek . Minnehaha Park lies within the Mississippi National River and Recreation Area , a unit of the National Park Service . The park was designed by landscape architect Horace W.S. Cleveland in 1883 as part of the Grand Rounds Scenic Byway system , and was part of the popular steamboat Upper Mississippi River " Fashionable Tour " in the 1800s . 
