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Steve Isola
Features
Making an Artistic Splash
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
Keith Meyers
You're Gonna Love Winter
Two Season-Loving ‘Newcomers’ Share Some Wise Words about the Season of Snow Read more
Gordy's Hi-Hat.
Gordy's Hi-Hat at 50
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
ADAM JOHNSON, BROCKIT INC. / COURTESY THE VAULT
The Vault is Open
Lodging Luxury in Houghton, Michigan. Read more
Best of the Lake: 2020
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
KRISTOPHER GRUNERT / CP
Christmas Spirit Rides the Rails
Before Santa's arrival comes the CP Holiday Train, marking for many the start of the season. Read more
JON OKERSTROM
The Story of Lake Superior’s Golden Treasure
In 2020, the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore marks its golden anniversary. Read more
Landmark Conservancy
Developer Takes the High Road
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
Best of the Lake: 2019
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
DAVID JOHNSON / EXPLORE MINNESOTA
Fisherman’s Picnic, Grand Marais’ 90-year-old festival still acts like a kid
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
COURTESY BLUE WAVE INN
Familiar Places, Fresh Faces … New Owners at Favorite Spaces
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
ALAN JOHNSON PHOTOGRAPHY
Rural Idyllic: Some of the Best Marriages May Be Born in a Barn
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
JILL JONES
For These Local Treasures … Stop the Car! Put Benoit Cheese Haus & Tetzner’s Dairy on Your Wisconsin Itinerary
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
AmberBeth VanNingen / MINNESOTA DNR
10 for the Road Trip Discover the Rare Features in These Scientific & Natural Areas
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
RHONDA SILENCE / WTIP RADIO
Having a Blast in Red, White & Blue, Food, Fireworks, Fun & the Neighbors Make Fourth Traditions
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
BEATRICE RINGENBACK
Sassy & Classy. Pine Mountain Music Festival Enters Its Next Generation
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
BOB BERG / LAKES SUPERIOR MAGAZINE
Thompson Hill’s ‘Wow Factor’, Come for Visitor Information, Leave Astonished by the View
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
The Ultimate Guide
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
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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Crafts Education & Learning Leisure & Recreation
Build an Aldo Leopold Bench with Dave Rasmussen-
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Crafts Education & Learning Workshops
Create an Aldo Leopold Bench-
