Best Things to do in Two Harbors MN Minnesota
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#1 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Superior Hiking Trail
731 7th Ave Two Harbors MN
~0.97 miles from Two Harbors city center
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The Superior Hiking Trail is a long distance footpath on the ridgeline overlooking Lake Superior. The trail features cascading creeks and beautiful forests.
The Superior Hiking Trail, also known as The “SHT,” is a 275-mile (442 km) long footpath in Northeastern Minnesota, which for most of its length follows the ridgeline overlooking Lake Superior. The path is 18-inches wide and is set in the middle of a 4 foot clearing. The footpath travels through forests of birch, aspen, pine, fir, and cedar. Hikers enjoy views of boreal forests, the Sawtooth Mountains, babbling brooks, rushing waterfalls, and abundant wildlife. The lowest point in the path is 602 feet above sea level and the highest point is 1,829 feet above sea level. The footpath is intended for hiking only. Motorized vehicles, mountain bikes, and horses are not allowed on the trail. Many people use the footpath for long distance hiking. Facilitating this purpose are 81 campsites spread throughout the northern section of the trail.
http://www.shta.org
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#2 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Gooseberry Falls State Park
3206 Highway 61 East Two Harbors MN
~2.01 miles from Two Harbors city center
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Gooseberry Falls State Park is a Minnesota state park on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The park is located about 13 miles (21 km) northeast of Two Harbors, Minnesota in Lake County on scenic Minnesota Highway 61. The Joseph N. Alexander visitor center, built in 1996, provides space for interpretive displays, a cinema screening room, and a gift shop.
The park provides 70 non-electric camping sites that are available year-round. There are 18 miles (29 km) of hiking trails, including 8 miles (13 km) of mountain bike trails. The trails connect to the Superior Hiking Trail.
The rustic style resources in Gooseberry Falls State Park were constructed by the Civilian Conservation Corps between 1934 and 1941. The structures are notable for their stone construction, using red, blue, brown, and black granite. The designs were supervised by the Minnesota Central Design Office of the National Park Service and construction was supervised by two Italian stone masons.
http://www.dnr.state.mn.us/state_parks/gooseberry_falls
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#3 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Split Rock Lighthouse
3713 Split Rock Lighthouse Rd Two Harbors MN
~16.25 miles from Two Harbors city center
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Split Rock Lighthouse is a lighthouse located southwest of Silver Bay, Minnesota, USA on the North Shore of Lake Superior. The structure was designed by lighthouse engineer Ralph Russell Tinkham and was completed in 1910 by the United States Lighthouse Service at a cost of $75,000, including the buildings and the land. It was built in response to the loss of ships during the famous Mataafa Storm of 1905, in which 29 ships were lost on Lake Superior. One of these shipwrecks, the Madeira, is located just north of the lighthouse. The light was first lit on July 31, 1910.
It is built on a 130-foot (40 m) sheer cliff eroded by wave action from a diabase sill containing inclusions of anorthosite. The hexagonal lighthouse tower is a steel-framed brick structure with concrete trim on a concrete foundation set into the rock. It is topped with a steel lantern. The lighthouse features a large third order, bi-valve type Fresnel lens manufactured by Barbier, Bernard and Turenne Company in Paris, France. The lens floats on a bearing surface of liquid mercury. The lens is rotated by an elaborate clockwork mechanism that is powered by counterweights running down the center of the tower. When completed, the lighthouse was lighted with an incandescent oil vapor lamp that burned kerosene. In 1940, the station was electrified and the lamp was replaced with a 1000 watt electric bulb.
Split Rock was also outfitted with a fog signal housed in a building next to the light tower. The original signal was a pair of steam sirens driven by two Franklin 30 hp (22 kW) gasoline-driven air compressors manufactured by Chicago Pneumatic Tool Company. In 1932 the gasoline engines were replaced with diesel engines. The steam sirens were replaced with a Type F-2-T diaphone (be-you) type signal in 1936. When the station was electrified four years later, the fog signal began to be powered by electricity. The fog signal was discontinued in 1961.
The light was retired in 1969 by the U. S. Coast Guard. The lighthouse is now part of the Split Rock Lighthouse State Park and is operated by the Minnesota Historical Society. The site includes the original tower and lens, the fog signal building, the oil house, and the three keepers' houses. It is restored to appear as it did in the late 1920s. The site was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1969. Notwithstanding that the light has been retired, every November 10 the lighthouse emits a light in memory of the SS Edmund Fitzgerald which sank on that date in 1975.
The United States Postal Service issued a stamp that featured the light on June 17, 1995. It was one of five lighthouses chosen for the "Lighthouses of the Great Lakes" series postage stamp designed by Howard Koslow in 1995. There was one lighthouse chosen on each of the Great Lakes. The five lighthouses are Split Rock Light on Lake Superior, St Joseph Light on Lake Michigan, Spectacle Reef Light on Lake Huron, Marblehead Light (Ohio) on Lake Erie and Thirty Mile Point Light on Lake Ontario
http://www.mnhs.org/places/sites/srl/
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#4 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
University of Minnesota Duluth
10 University Dr # 104 Duluth MN - (218) 726-8000
~24.55 miles from Two Harbors city center
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The University of Minnesota Duluth (UMD) is a regional branch of the University of Minnesota System located in Duluth, Minnesota, USA. As Duluth's public research university, UMD offers 12 bachelor's degrees in 75 majors, graduate programs in 20 fields, a two-year program at the School of Medicine, a four-year College of Pharmacy program, and a Doctor of Education program.
The chief executive officer of UMD is Chancellor Kathryn A. Martin. She has been Chancellor since November 1995. Chancellor Martin will retire on July 31, 2010.
http://www.d.umn.edu
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#5 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Duluth Business University
4724 Mike Colalillo Dr Duluth MN - 800-777-8406
~26.74 miles from Two Harbors city center
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Duluth Business University is a 300+ student privately owned and operated business college.
Founded in 1891 in Duluth, Minnesota and known locally as DBU, the privately owned and operated school has always maintained a clear focus on career specific training. In May 1994, DBU obtained degree-granting status from the state of Minnesota and offers its students the option of an Associate in Applied Science Degree.
In April 2003, DBU moved to a new 27,000-square-foot (2,500 m2) campus building, and added training for health and technical computer training programs to their curriculum.
The school is currently owned by James R. Gessner of Duluth and Terry L. Myhre of Minneapolis, Minnesota.
http://www.dbumn.com
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#6 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Lake Superior Railroad Museum
506 W Michigan St Duluth MN - 218-733-7590
~26.82 miles from Two Harbors city center
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The Lake Superior Railroad Museum (reporting mark LSRX) is a railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
The museum has seven steam, eleven diesel and two electric locomotives, and over 40 other pieces of rolling stock. The collection includes the William Crooks, which became the first locomotive to operate in the state of Minnesota in 1861.
The museum operates a heritage railroad called the North Shore Scenic Railroad.
The building in which the museum is housed is former Duluth Union Depot – now the St. Louis County Heritage and Arts Center's Historic Union Depot; the building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The depot also houses the Duluth Arts Institute, Duluth Children's Museum, Duluth Playhouse, the Duluth-Superior Symphony Orchestra, and the St. Louis County Historical Society.
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#7 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
S S Meteor Maritime Museum
300 Marina Dr Superior WI - 715-392-5742
~28.58 miles from Two Harbors city center
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The SS Meteor Maritime Museum located on Baker's Island near Superior contains the sole remaining whaleback ship in the world. Tours of the ship are available and visit the pilot house, crew and captains quarters, galley, and engine room. The SS Meteor was designed and built by Captain Alexander McDougall.
Hobbies & Activities category: Nautical museum or attraction
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#8 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Old Fire House and Police Museum
402 23rd Ave E Superior WI - 715-398-7558
~28.98 miles from Two Harbors city center
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Currently under restoration.
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#9 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Fairlawn Mansion and Museum
1401 Tower Ave # 10 Superior WI - 715-394-5712
~29.73 miles from Two Harbors city center
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Fairlawn was built as the home of Martin Pattison who lived here with his wife Grace and six children. Pattison, a wealthy lumber and mining baron, envisioned Fairlawn as a home befitting his success. Construction began in 1889 and was completed in 1891 for a cost of $150,000.
The 42 room mansion is built in the popular Queen Anne Victorian style of architecture. The proud four story turret makes Fairlawn a familiar landmark along Harborview Parkway. Other classic features of the Queen Anne style include the home’s prominent porch, steeply gabled roof, and the use of contrasting colors and textures on the exterior trim.
Following Martin’s death in 1918, Grace Pattison donated Fairlawn to the Superior Children’s Home and Refuge Association to be used as an orphanage. Approximately 2000 children called Fairlawn home during the 42 years it was a children’s home, from 1920-1962.
In 1963 the City of Superior purchased Fairlawn for $12,500. The mansion had been slated for demolition in accordance with Grace Pattison’s will after the Children’s Home closed its doors, but civic leaders and members of the Pattison family were able to save Fairlawn through a loophole in the will. Fairlawn Mansion has operated as a city owned museum ever since then. An award winning Victorian house museum, today it is preserved for residents and area visitors alike as a poignant reminder of Superior's heritage.
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#10 of 10 Things To Do in Two Harbors
Wessman Arena
2701 Catlin Ave. Superior WI - 715-394-8361
~29.99 miles from Two Harbors city center
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For several years, the Yellowjacket hockey team called the ice of the Superior Municipal Ice Arena their home. Then in the late 1960's, the university decided the time was right to build an on-campus ice arena. The state-of-the-art facility, known as Siinto S. Wessman Arena, was completed in time for the 1970-71 season. It opened on November 15, 1970, when the University of Wisconsin Badgers came to Superior to play the first game in the facility against the Yellowjackets. The Badgers won the game 13-1, the first of hundreds of games to be played at the 'Jackets new home.
Wessman Arena is a year-round multi-purpose facility. In addition to hockey, car shows, trade shows, concerts, wedding receptions and graduation ceremonies are among the events held there when the ice is out. When the ice is in, Superior Senior High School and the Superior Figure Skating Club call the arena home. But it is still Yellowjacket Hockey that makes people come through the doors.
Among those games are the two NCHA regular season titles (1994, 2001) and the three NCHA playoff titles (1994, 1997, 2001) that were clinched on home ice. There have also been three Division III Final Fours (1994, 2000, 2007) played at Wessman Arena. Middlebury College is the only school to host more Final Fours at the Division III level.
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