Whitefish Island
Whitefish Island is located in Sault Ste Marie in Ontario’s Algoma Country. It is a 0.62 mile (1km) long teardrop shaped island. The Island is a just across the and can be accessed by foot bridge. The island is a fantastic place to explore the walking trails that take you along the St Mary’s River. Whitefish Island was […]
Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site
The Ermatinger Clergue National Historic Site is located in Sault Ste Marie in Ontario’s Algoma Country. It was built between 1814 and 1823 by Charles Oakes Ermatinger when Sault Ste Marie was a small trading post and it was the center for the business and social life in the district. Today it operates as a […]
Calumet Historic District
The Calumet Historic District takes up much of the village of Calumet in Michigan’s Houghton County. The district is historically significant due to the area’s copper mining history. Copper was discovered here in 1864 and by 1870 was producing more than half of the country’s copper. The district includes the sites and properties that were […]
Quincy Mine
The Quincy Mine is located in Hancock in the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan’s Houghton County. It mined copper and was founded in 1846 and operated until 1945. At the time, the Quincy number 2 shaft was the world’s longest shaft at 1.75 miles (2.8 km) long. In the years that it operated this mine produced […]
Fitger's Historic Inn and Brewery Complex
Fitger’s Historic Inn and Brewery Complex is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St Louis County. It was the first brewery in Duluth and was originally established in 1857. It operated for forty years until the prohibition hit and was kept in business by producing and selling other products such as soda and candy. When the […]
Terry Fox National Historic Monument
The Terry Fox National Historic Monument is located in the outskirts Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. The monument is a nine foot tall bronze statue memorializing Terry Fox atop a granite and amethyst base. This site offers breathtaking views of Lake Superior and the Sleeping Giant as well as a Visitor Information Centre. In […]
Finnish Labour Temple - The Hoito
The Finnish Labour Temple is located in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. Built in 1910 the building was designed to serve the needs of the Finnish community in the former city of Port Arthur (now Thunder Bay). The Finnish Labour Temple offered offices, a library, reading room, and auditorium. It was the location of […]
Tower of History
The Tower of History is located in Sault Ste Marie in Michigan’s Chippewa County. It was built in 1968 and stands 210 feet (64 m) above the city. Visitors are taken up in an express elevator to observation decks where they can get a vantage point up to 1,200 square miles (1931 km) with views […]
Soo Locks
The Soo Locks is located in Sault Ste Marie in Michigan’s Chippewa County on the St Mary’s River between Lake Superior and Lake Huron. The set of parallel locks enable ships to travel from Lake Superior and the lower Great Lakes and see and average of 10,000 vessels annually. The Soo Locks was built in […]
Two Harbors Lighthouse
Two Harbors Lighthouse is located in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. Built in 1892, this lighthouse is the oldest one still in continuous operation in Minnesota. The 49.6 foot (15m) tall red brick tower is open to the public for self guided tours with admission during operating hours. The Assistant Keeper’s house, Pilot house […]
Split Rock Lighthouse
Split Rock Lighthouse is located in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park 20.4 miles (32.8km) north of Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. The lighthouse was first lit in 1910 inside the 54 foot (16m) tall tower atop a lofty 130 foot (40m) sheer cliff over Lake Superior. You are able explore lighthouse on your own […]
Copper Harbor Lighthouse
Copper Harbor Lighthouse is located in Fort Wilkins Historic State Park in Copper Harbor on the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Michigan’s Keweenaw County. The lighthouse was built is 1866 and aided in the transport of copper from the U.P. The road that leads to the lighthouse isn’t open to the public so visitors […]
