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charles a. lindbergh house state
historic site |
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Travel Time: 30 minutes
Location: Little Falls, MN
Hours: Open May 1-Labor Day, 10 am-5 pm, Mon.-Sat., 12-5
pm Sun.; Labor Day-Oct., 10 am-4 pm Sat., 12-4 pm Sun.; Group
tours by Appt.
Website:
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/charles_a_lindbergh/index.html
Boyhood home, circa 1906, of aviator & inventor Charles A.
Lindbergh; museum chronicles Lindbergh family history. |
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cuyuna range historical museum |
Travel Time: 30 minutes
Location: Cuyuna, MN
Hours: Open M-F, 10 AM-4 PM, Sun. by Appt.
Website:
http://www.exploreminnesota.com/listing/index.cfm?id=8410
Artifacts & memorabilia of early Cuyuna Iron Range mining,
logging, ethnic heritage; building is on the National Register
of Historic Places. Located in the 1910 Soo Line Depot. |
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minnesota military museum |
Travel Time: 30 minutes
Location: Camp Ripley, Little Falls, MN
Hours: Open daily June-Aug., 10 am-5 pm; Sept.-May, Th. &
Fri., 9 am-4 pm
Website:
http://www.littlefallsmn.com/MilitaryMuseum.php
The museum captures and interprets the military experiences and
contributions of Minnesotans, in war and peace, from Minnesota's
frontier days to today. 5,800 Sq. Ft. of displays feature the
National Guard, "Women in the Ranks," the "Arms Room," "Honors
Room" and outdoor tanks, helicopters and vehicles. |
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mn fishing museum & education center |
Travel Time: 30 minutes
Location: Little Falls, MN
Hours: Open May-Sept., Tues.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, Sun. 12-4
pm, closed Mon.; Oct.-April, Tues.-Sat. 9 am-5 pm, closed Sun.
Website:
http://www.mnfishingmuseum.com
Preserving the heritage and history of fresh water fishing in
MN. Over 7,000 fishing artifacts on display including lures,
boats, motors/engines, rods & reels and more. Includes an
aquatic education center & store. |
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mille lacs historical society & depot
museum |
Travel Time: 45 minutes
Location: U.S. Hwy. 169, SW shore of Lake Mille Lacs, 8
Mi. S of Garrison, 12 Mi. N of Onamia
Hours: May: 11 am-4 pm, Fri.-Mon.
Memorial Day-Labor Day: 10 am - 6 pm Daily
September: 11 am-4 pm, Fri.-Mon.
October-April: By Appt. for group & educational tours only.
Website:
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/mlim
Dedicated to telling the story of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Videos, computer interactives, listening stations and objects
reveals the Band's past and present. |
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mille lacs indian museum & trading post |
Travel Time: 45 minutes
Location: U.S. Hwy. 169, SW shore of Lake Mille Lacs, 8
Mi. S of Garrison, 12 Mi. N of Onamia
Hours: May: 11 am-4 pm, Fri.-Mon.
Memorial Day-Labor Day: 10 am - 6 pm Daily
September: 11 am-4 pm, Fri.-Mon.
October-April: By Appt. for group & educational tours only.
Website:
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/mlim
Dedicated to telling the story of the Mille Lacs Band of Ojibwe.
Videos, computer interactives, listening stations and objects
reveals the Band's past and present. |
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forest history center |
Travel Time: 90 minutes
Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Hours: Open June 1-Mid-Oct., Mon.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm;
trails
Website:
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/fhc
Authentic reconstruction of a 1900 logging camp, giving a taste
of the lumberjack life. Interpretive building exhibits include
live history interpreters, films, a 1934 forest ranger cabin and
a1900-era log drive boat. |
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judy garland museum |
Travel Time: 90 minutes
Location: Grand Rapids, MN
Hours: Open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Website:
http://www.judygarlandmuseum.com
1925 home of Judy Garland, with new museum showcasing the
world's most extensive Judy Garland collections, flower gardens,
museum store and annual festival on July 4th weekend. |
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kensington runestone museum |
Travel Time: 120 minutes
Location: Alexandria, MN
Hours: Open year-round: Mon.-Sat. at 9 am, Sun. at 11 am.
Website:
http://www.runestonemuseum.org
Nearby Alexandria considers itself to be the birthplace of
America. The Kensington Runestone, a rock found in a nearby
field with alleged Viking inscriptions dating back to 1362, is
displayed as proof. |
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fairlawn museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Superior, WI
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day: Mon.-Sat., 9 am-5 pm;
Sun., 11 am-5 pm. Call for winter hours.
Website:
http://www.fairlawnmansion.org
Tour this 42-room, 19th century mansion which was once the home
of lumber baron Martin Pattison. Period-costumed tour guides
take you through the house to observe the restored splendor of
carved wood, marble, silver trim, brass and English tile. Upper
floor contains local history exhibits. |
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fitger's brewery complex museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Mon.-Sat., 10 am-5 pm; Sun., 11 am-5 pm
Website:
http://www.fitgers.com
Established in 1857, Fitger's is the longest continuously
operating brewery in MN. Specializing in MN brewing history and
memorabilia.
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karpeles manuscript library museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Open Tues.-Sun., Noon-4 pm; daily in summer,
Noon-4 pm
Website:
http://www.rain.org/~karpeles/dulfrm.html
Museum housing original handwritten drafts of U.S. Bill of
Rights, Emancipation Proclamation Amendment, Handel's Messiah
and many more historical international documents, including
sheet music from Beethoven and Mozart. |
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s.s. meteor maritime museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Superior, WI
Hours: Daily tours mid-May to mid-Oct., Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5
pm, Sun. Noon-5 pm
Website:
http://www.superiorpublicmuseums.org
Launched in 1896, the S.S. Meteor is the world's only historic
whaleback freighter still in existence. |
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s.s. william a. irvin ore boat museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Memorial Day-Labor Day: Sun.-Thurs., 9 am-6 pm;
Fri.-Sat., 9 am-8 pm; Labor Day-mid-Oct., Sun.-Thurs., 10 am-4
pm; Fri.-Sat., 10 am-6 pm
Website:
http://www.williamairvin.com
Floating museum that was once the flagship of U.S. Steel's Great
Lakes Fleet. One-hour guided tour of the engine room,
staterooms, galley, dining room and pilot house. |
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the depot |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Open daily, 9:30 am to 6 pm
Website:
http://www.duluthdepot.org
An 1892 Chateauesque-style depot that has "everything under one
roof." It houses an Art Institute, Children's Museum, Railroad
Museum, Historical Society, School of MN Ballet and the Duluth
Playhouse. |
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the old firehouse & police museum |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Superior, WI
Hours: Daily tours mid-May to mid-Oct., Mon.-Sat. 10 am-5
pm, Sun. Noon-5 pm
Website:
http://www.superiorpublicmuseums.org
1890s fire station houses vintage fire engines, a unique
collection of toy fire engines, police and fire equipment and
artifacts from the WI Fire & Police Hall of Fame. |
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tom's logging camp |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Open daily, May-Oct., 9 am-5 pm (longer in summer)
Website:
http://www.tomsloggingcamp.com
Learn how Minnesota loggers lived and worked before the
chainsaw. Try your hand at blacksmithing, or feed tame deer,
pygmy goats, bunnies & rainbow trout. Gift shop. |
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tweed museum of art |
Travel Time: 150 minutes
Location: Duluth, MN
Hours: Open Tues. 9 am-8 pm; Wed.-Fri., 9 am-4:30 pm,
Sun. 1-5 pm
Website:
http://www.d.umn.edu/tma
Contemporary and historical American and European art, displayed
in nine galleries. Also featuring the Glenn C. Nelson Intl.
Ceramics Collection and the Potlatch "Mountie" Illustration
Collection. Gift shop. |
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split rock lighthouse
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Travel Time: 200 minutes
Location: Two Harbors, MN
Hours: Open daily, mid-May to mid-Oct., 9 am-5 pm; Winter
Hrs. for history center-Fri.-Sun., Noon- 4 pm; closed Dec.
Website:
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/split_rock_lighthouse
Built in 1910, Split Rock Lighthouse is MN's only operating
light station. Perched on a 130 Ft. cliff, it offers a
magnificent of Lake Superior and the rocky shore. Tour the
lighthouse, fog signal building and keeper's home seasonally.
Gift shop and interactive history center.
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