This once prosperous community was home to European settlers and the Ojibwe.

A futuristic climate change study is nestled deep within this public land.

A giant granite cross remembers missionary Father Frederic Baraga, and his safe passage across an angry Lake Superior.

The world's largest floating loon bobs in the lake to kick off an annual festival.

When waves crash onto this section of beach, the rocks sing a song.

This quirky roadside attraction provides insight into Minnesota's logging history.

A spooky defunct railroad tunnel now part of a sprawling trail.

Georgia's first brewery is also one of its oldest surviving buildings.

A warehouse for all of your architectural details.

A surprisingly large number of show waterski teams are located here in Wisconsin.

The titular fictional logger only inhabits this otherwise historically focussed museum via a piece of fiberglass kitsch.

Duluth mineral magnates built this charming art deco lodge to be their private clubhouse.

Half of a waterfall goes into the river while the other half seems to disappear.

A stone face watches over the river.

This tiny Minnesota city tried to secede from the Union as a last-ditch effort to fix its crumbling water system.

These Great Lakes sea caves accessible by boat in the summer turn into temples of ice reachable by foot in the winter.

143 feet of leaping muskie whose mouth can be used as a wedding venue.

Gambling, boozing, and yodeling animals cover the walls of this dive bar cum natural history museum.

The famed architect designed this Minnesota gas station of the future with a lookout tower.

This posh mansion began as a family's estate and ended as the site of a murder ripped from the pages of a pulp novel.

The watery grave of an impractical idea.

This rare vessel mixed luxury with labor before being converted to a museum and sometimes haunted maze.

A haunting army of decomposing, moss-covered stuffed animals and dolls guard this swinging truss.

This picturesque cliffside beacon no longer calls to sailors but shines once a year in honor of a famous shipwreck.