Geologists believe a massive meteor crashed into what is now Inver Grove Heights about 500 million years ago.

Geologist Julia Steenberg believes they found the site of a meteor crash.

The crater under Inver Grove Heights spans about 2.5 miles wide and dates back 490 million years.

But if you've driven on Highway 52, you've likely driven above the meteor site.

They're calling it the "Pine Bend Impact." If verified, it would be the first meteor site in Minnesota, among just 190 known sites nationwide.

About a third of all known meteor sites are buried, like the one found in Inver Grove Heights.