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When it comes to celebrating its creative side, Marquette found a single weekend is not enough. Thus was born, eight years ago, the Marquette Art Week. Read more

Michigan

Park Point Art Fair reaches five decades in 2022 Read more

Minnesota

Loving Winter

Keith Meyers

Two Season-Loving ‘Newcomers’ Share Some Wise Words about the Season of Snow Read more

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Travel

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Gordy's Hi-Hat.

In 2010, the ever-popular burger hop, Gordy's Hi-Hat in Cloquet, Minn., reached a significant milestone. This story is from that year. Read more

Minnesota

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Lodging Luxury in Houghton, Michigan. Read more

Michigan

We invite you to enjoy here the advice of nearly 1,500 people who responded to this year's Best of the Lake survey from around the country and by the shores. Read more

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KRISTOPHER GRUNERT / CP

Before Santa's arrival comes the CP Holiday Train, marking for many the start of the season. Read more

Ontario

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JON OKERSTROM

In 2020, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore marks its golden anniversary. Read more

Wisconsin

Fire Tower Road

Landmark Conservancy

When the Town of Bayfield's planning commission declined his subdivision plans for a property high on Fire Tower Road, Bob Davidson ended up working to make it a public recreation space. Read more

Wisconsin

We wrap up another amazing year for Best of the Lake picks featuring many longtime favorites and quite a few surprise new winners. Read more

Travel

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DAVID JOHNSON / EXPLORE MINNESOTA

The scent of fizzled fish and fried donuts clung heavy in the air – an odor both delightful and distracting. With the sun hidden behind a thick layer of Lake Superior mist, I took comfort in knowing the day was not lost to the clouds. A large, cement Read more

Minnesota

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COURTESY BLUE WAVE INN

When taking a spin around the Lake to check in with longtime businesses that have changed ownership this past year or so, a common thread emerges: The more things change, the more they stay the same. Read more

Travel

Wedding Barn

ALAN JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY

Jill and Kirk Clemmer are a dangerous match. She has exquisite taste and big ideas. He has a hammer and nails and knows how to use them. Read more

Wisconsin

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JILL JONES

Driving in the Ashland/Washburn area, plan two stops for a true taste of Wisconsin with regional cheese at Benoit Cheese Haus and couldn’t-be-fresher ice cream and milk at Tetzner’s Dairy and its self-serve store Read more

Wisconsin

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FYI on SNAs: On Sugarloaf Point near Little Marais, a rugged shoreline testifies to basalt lava flows dating more than 1 billion years ago. On part of Minnesota Point in Duluth, red and white pines 150 to 270 years old dominate a unique nearly forgo Read more

Minnesota

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RHONDA SILENCE / WTIP RADIO

Many Options for Holiday Events: Oohs, aahs and whistles from fireworks fans will be heard in waves along the western shores of Lake Superior on the Fourth of July. But perhaps the best part of celebrating independence is parading with the neighbors. Read more

Minnesota

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BEATRICE RINGENBACK

In his first season as executive director of the Pine Mountain Music Festival, Doug Day realizes he’s inherited a lot of history for the organization born in Iron Mountain, Michigan, in 1991. Read more

Michigan

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BOB BERG / LAKES SUPERIOR MAGAZINE

A Scenic Overlook to Start Your Trip: Many visitors stop at Thompson Hill Welcome Center off Interstate 35 near Spirit Mountain to pick up some information for their trip to Duluth or the North Shore. Read more

Minnesota

The Ultimate Guide

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The Ultimate Guide to the Region is filled with even more information, insider tips and photos. 294 pages, 5 ½" x 8 ½", softcover book. $19.95.

February / March 2023

Best of the Lake 2019

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The votes are tallied and the results are in. See what readers chose as their favorites in this year’s categories.

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