Category Archives: Places to Go

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, Minnesota

This lighthouse is the prime attraction on the North Shore, so of course we had to stop. So did everyone else on the North Shore. The place was crawling, but we still enjoyed ourselves thoroughly.           … Continue reading

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Two Harbors East Breakwater Light — Two Harbors, Minnesota

We hung around Two Harbors for a while, eating a picnic lunch in a park along the shore and enjoying the beautiful weather. The fog on the lake moved in and out — one minute everything would be clear, the … Continue reading

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Two Harbors Lighthouse — Two Harbors, Minnesota

We took a trip to the north shore of Lake Superior. Our first stop was Two Harbors, Minnesota, which only has one harbor. (The other bay that looks like a harbor is open to the lake and doesn’t harbor anything.) … Continue reading

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Eagle River Lighthouse — Eagle River, Michigan

When we visited the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse, I bought a booklet on lighthouses in the Keweenaw Peninsula. In that booklet, I discovered that there was a lighthouse in the town of Eagle River. There were no directions, but Eagle River … Continue reading

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Eagle Harbor Lighthouse — Eagle Harbor, Michigan

We and I took a family vacation to Wisconsin, Michigan, and Minnesota. On this day, we headed up to the Keweenaw Peninsula. We visited Copper Harbor, toured the Delaware Copper Mine, and visited this lighthouse. We stopped across the harbor … Continue reading

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