Cook County Historical Museum
The Cook County Historical Museum is located in Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. The museum is inside the former light keepers home that was built in 1896. It is a modest museum the features changing exhibits. Learn about the local history, see exhibits about the military, music and art, maritime history and so much […]
North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum
The North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum is located in Tofte in Minnesota’s Cook County. Experience the cultural landscape and the maritime way of life of the North Shore commercial fisherman and their families through professional exhibits. Learn about fishing techniques that were used, different fish species, and the sometimes treacherous conditions of Lake Superior for […]
Cross River Heritage Center
The Cross River Heritage Center is located in Schroeder in Minnesota’s Cook County. The center is within a Tudor building built in 1929 and was originally the Stickney Inn and Store. The former inn is still memorialized with a room that was restored to reflect a room in the inn during the 1930s. There is […]
3M Birthplace Museum
The 3M Birthplace Museum is located in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. What began as the Minnesota mining and manufacturing venture turned into the multinational corporation of 3M. This museum showcases the innovations of the company that began in this very building when it was the law office where the 3M partners signed incorporation […]
The Duluth and Iron Range Depot Museum
The Duluth and Iron Range Depot Museum is located in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. It is a two story brick building that was built in 1907 as the headquarters for the Duluth and Iron Range Railroad. Today the building houses the Depot Museum with exhibits on the historical importance of industry in Lake […]
Fairlawn Mansion & Museum
The Fairlawn Mansion & Museum is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. This Queen Ann Victorian mansion was built in 1891 for the affluent lumber and mining baron, Martin Pattison and his family. It is four stories and forty-two rooms that looks over Superior Bay with lush and stunning flower gardens throughout the widespread […]
Glensheen Historical Estate
The Glensheen Historical Estate is located in Duluth in St. Louis County. This estate is an immense 20,000 square foot, 39 room mansion on 12 acres on land that looks over Lake Superior. It was built in 1908 for the affluent Congdon family. Chester Congdon was a lawyer, capitalist and philanthropist and was a prominent […]
S.S. Meteor Maritime Museum
The S.S. Meteor Maritime Museum is located in Superior on Barkers Island in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. The museum is inside of the 1896 “whaleback” designed freighter ship, S. S. Meteor. It is the last ship remaining in existence of the whaleback freighter that was designed by Captain Alexander McDougall. It was finally land berthed in […]
Tweed Museum of Art
The Tweed Museum of Art is on the University of Minnesota campus in Duluth in St. Louis County. The museum of art has an elegantly displayed permanent collection of over 10,000 representing many cultures and periods of art history. Some of the artists you will encounter here are Thomas Benton, Anna Hyatt Huntington, Charles Biederman, […]
Old Firehouse & Police Museum
The Old Firehouse & Police Museum is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. The Old Firehouse was built in 1898 and at the time utilized five horse drawn fire rigs. Visitors today can tour the building and see historic fire rigs on the main floor such as a 19th century horse drawn buggy, a […]
Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum
The Karpeles Manuscript Library Museum is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St. Louis County. It is housed in the former First Church of Christ, Scientist that was built in 1912. It is one of five Karpeles museums in the country. The documents are rotated between the museums every 3 months and various different displays can […]
Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center
The Richard I. Bong Veterans Historical Center is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. This Historical Center is dedicated to the memory of Major Richard I. Bong and all the veterans that have served. Major Bong was an ace pilot during WWII who piloted through more than 200 missions and had taken down 40 […]
