Center of Good Things Murals
The Center of Good Things murals are located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St Louis County. The murals are traditional meets modern Ojibwe paintings on five beautiful arched windows on the Ordean Foundation building. The artist, Sarah Agaton Howes, wanted to tell the stories of the native peoples of this land through the murals. The Ordean […]
Miners Memorial Mural
The Miners Memorial Mural is located in downtown Ironwood in Michigan’s Gogebic County. The mural celebrates Ironwood’s mining heritage and depicts 111 actual miners. It was painted by artists Kelly Meredith and Sue Martinsen in 2012 on a building on the corner of Suffolk and McLeod Street and has been a popular attraction in the […]
Ganawenjiige Onigam Mural
Ganawenjiige Onigam is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St Louis County. This vibrant and thought provoking mural scales the entirety of the exterior wall of the American Indian Community Housing Organization. The mural was created by artist Votan Ik with the assistance of Derek Brown. Ganawenjiige Onigam means Caring for Duluth in Ojibwe as she […]
Group of Seven - Nipigon Bridgeview Lookout Tower
This Group of Seven interpretive panel is located at the Bridgeview Lookout Tower in the Township of Nipigon in Ontario’s Superior Country. The interpretive installation depicts the painting of Frank Johnston of the Nipigon River. Sit and look over the site that inspired this incredible work of art. The Group of Seven was a group […]
Group of Seven - Neys Provincial Park
This Group of Seven interpretive panel is located at Neys Provincial Park near Marathon in Ontario’s Superior Country. There are two interpretive installations in the Park. One depicts the painting of Lauren Harris of Pic Island Overlook Trail. Sit and look over the site that inspired this incredible work of art. The second easel is […]
Group of Seven - Pukaskwa National Park
This Group of Seven interpretive panel is located at Pukaskwa National Park in Heron Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. The interpretive installation depicts the painting of A.Y. Jackson’s of Entrance to Pukaskwa Bay, c 1960. Sit and look over the site that inspired this incredible work of art. The Group of Seven was a group 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 […]
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 […]
