Copper Country Community Arts Center
The Copper Country Community Arts Center is located in Hancock in Michigan’s Houghton County. The Artists’ Market Gallery represents around 200 local and regional artists. The Kerredge Gallery features five Michigan Tech students photographic work. The gallery’s concept is that each artist choses a word to describe their work. There is also a youth gallery […]
Vertin Gallery
The Vertin Gallery is located in Calumet in Michigan’s Houghton County. The gallery is housed in the former Vertin’s Department store built in 1885 in the heart of Calmet, a National Historic Landmark District within the boundaries of the Keweenaw National Historic Park. The Vertin Gallery represents over 130 artists and a multitude of different […]
Art on the Planet
The Art on the Planet is located in Superior in Wisconsin’s Douglas County. It is an art market and gallery that hosts the work of over 130 local artists. You can peruse through anything from paintings, photography, ceramics, jewelry, textiles, pyrography, and even upcycled, designed furnishings and artisan, hand crafted home goods. They says that […]
Sivertson Gallery
Sivertson Gallery is located in Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. The gallery exhibits art from over 60 regional, Canadian Inuit, Alaskan Native, Canadian First Nation and Native American artists. The focus of the work featured here primarily reflects Lake Superior, its surroundings, history and people. Sivertson Gallery is on the main street nestled into […]
Native American by Peter Toth
The Native American by Peter Toth is located at the grounds of the R.J. Houle Visitor Center in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. It was carved in 1977 by Peter Toth as part of his Whispering Giants theme where he carved one for every state. This is one of two in the series that […]
Rocky Taconite
Rocky Taconite is located in Silver Bay in Minnesota’s Lake County. He is a jaunty fellow made of thick iron constructed into large spheres with a hammer to make up his head and body. He was erected in 1962 and stands atop a large boulder of taconite. Rocky can be found on Highway 5 welcoming […]
Marina Sculptures
The Thunder Bay Marina Sculptures are located in Thunder Bay in Ontario’s Superior Country. There are over a dozen art installations at the Marina Park by local artists. “The Celebration Circle Panels” are by artists Randy and Roy Thomas, each panel references the artist’s Ahnisnabae culture including images of Turtle Island and the Thunderbird. “2 […]
Pinecrest Totem Pole
The Pine Crest Totem Pole is located in Nipigon in Ontario’s Superior Country. This totem pole was carved from one tree by local chain saw artist Bob Bearman. It stands tall over highway 11/17 and a depicts 9 different animals/people stacked on top of each other with a vibrant eagle with out spread wings perched […]
Winnie the Pooh
Winnie the Pooh is located in White River in Ontario’s Algoma Country. A statue of Winnie the Pooh sitting in a tree with a honey pot stands with flower beds surrounding it. He is positioned viewable from Highway 17 in front of the Visitor Information Centre. White River is the birth place of the original […]
White River Thermometer
The White River Thermometer is located in White River in Ontario’s Algoma Country. The town’s Welcome sign features a gigantic thermometer that eternally reads -72 degrees (-58 Celsius). It was erected to remember the day when the temperature reached such alarmingly frigid temperatures.
Big Powderhorn Mt. Skier
The Powderhorn Mt. skier statue is found in Bessemer, one mile east of Ironwood in Michigan’s Gogebic County. This giant fiberglass skier can be found at the entrance to Big Powderhorn Mountain. He stands on a small ski slope that reads “Skiing Capital of the Midwest” depicting the fun that visitors will have there.
Wawa Goose
The Wawa Goose is located in Wawa in Ontario’s Algoma Country. This 27 foot (8.2m) tall Goose stands at Wawa’s Tourist Information over looking highway 17 out to Lake Superior. In Ojibway Wawa means “Wild Goose” or “Land of the Big Goose” making it the perfect mascot for this naturally beautiful town. It is one […]
