Three Bears Fishing
The Three Bears Fishing is located at the Roberta Bondar Park in Sault Ste Marie in Ontario’s Algoma Country. These guys can be seen having a great time catching a mighty fish with a fishing rod off the boardwalk along the Saint Mary’s River. The Roberta Bondar Park was named in honor of Canada’s first […]
Horse Pulling logs
The Horse Pulling Logs is located at the Longlac Tourist Information Centre in Greenstone’s Longlac in Ontario’s Superior Country. It is a life sized statue of a horse pulling logs behind it. Also found at this Tourist Information Centre are two tug boats and picnic tables. It’s a great rest stop to stretch your legs, […]
Downtown Art Place
The Downtown Art Place is located in downtown Ironwood in Michigan’s Gogebic County. It is a community art center featuring a two level Gallery and gift shop. It is part of the beautifully historic Ironwood Theatre complex. A great place to observe the local art of the Upper Peninsula and even participate in an art […]
Students' Art Gallery
The Students’ Art Gallery is located in Marquette in Michigan’s Marquette County. The gallery can be found in the Lydia M. Olson Library at Northern Michigan University. It is run by the students of the University and provides a professional space for them to display their artwork and build exhibition experience. While here also visit […]
Giant Smallmouth Bass
This giant smallmouth bass is located in Ashland in Wisconsin’s Ashland County. This fiberglass smallmouth bass is about 20 feet long and is perched on top of a pole above an old green motorboat. It’s the perfect place to stop for a photo op along Ashland’s beautiful Lake Shore Drive. For those looking to fish […]
Apple Statue
The Apple Statue is located in Bayfield in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County. This enormous fiberglass apple is complete with a green leaf on top and sits outside Weber Orchards. The Bayfield area is known for it’s incredible apples and even hosts an Annual Apple Festival celebrating the autumn harvest. The Queen of the Bayfield Apple Festival […]
Junk Football Player
The Junk Football Player is located 9 miles (14.4km) west of Ashland in Wisconsin’s Bayfield County outside Pagac’s Bar. He is a Green Bay Packer quarterback sculpture made of scrap metal. Instead of a football, he’s tossing a beer keg.
Statue of Viking Leif Erikson
The Statue of Viking Leif Erikson is located at the entrance of Duluth’s Leif Erikson Park in Minnesota’s St Louis County. It was constructed by sculptor John Karl Daniels in 1956 and stands 13 feet (3.9m) tall. The engraving below the statue reads “Leif Erikson, Discoverer of America, 1000 A.D. Sponsored and erected by the […]
Large Rooster
The Large Rooster is located outside Weldon’s Gift Shop in Two Harbors in Minnesota’s Lake County. This 8 foot (2.4m) tall fiberglass rooster greets you as you enter the town coming north from Duluth on Highway 61. The bright red, yellow and white rooster is hard to miss and has been perched over the stretch […]
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 […]
