The Duluth Playhouse at the Depot
The Duluth Playhouse at the Depot is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St Louis County. This Playhouse has two stages here, the Family Theatre, and the Underground. It was founded in 1914 and is one of the country’s oldest community theatres. The Family Theatre presents family friendly productions and children under three years old that […]
Grand Portage National Monument
Grand Portage National Monument is located in Grand Portage in Minnesota’s Cook County. The park was originally established as of January 27, 1966 and is known for playing a huge role in the fur trade between a partnership with Grand Portage Ojibwe and the North West Company. Grand Portage National Monument National Park is on […]
Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium
Marshall W. Alworth Planetarium is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St. Louis County. The planetarium is on the University of Minnesota Duluth’s campus and is open for public showings. They offer live interactive shows and full dome theater presentations. Be whisked through the depths of outer space, and learn the importance of astronomy. With a […]
Gunflint Trails End
Gunflint Trails End is located 55.6 miles (89.4km) up the Gunflint Trail northwest from Grand Marais in Minnesota’s Cook County. Gunflint Trail is a paved scenic byway up Country Road 12. starting in Grand Marais and ending before Saganaga Lake . The Gunflint trails end has night skies that are among the darkest on earth, […]
Duluth Children's Museum
The Duluth Children’s Museum is located in Duluth in Minnesota’s St. Louis County. This museum if perfect for families with small children to enjoy. The interactive exhibits and creative play if both engaging and informative. The performance stage is where children can dress up and put on a show. The Ore Boat is a play […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
