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Hunts' Guide to Michigan's UPPER PENINSULA
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JUST OUT!
A new edition of Hunts' Mapguide to Michigan's Upper Peninsula.
Over 300 entries, all conveniently located on maps and chosen because we think they are the coolest things to do in the U.P. (No ad tie-ins!) Great choices for restaurants, hikes, shops, adventures, museums, boat trips, waterfalls, vistas, road trips, and much more!
To learn more click UP MAP GUIDE
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HURLEY AREA
POINTS
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INTEREST
Iron County (Wisconsin) Historical Museum. The splendid 1893 courthouse here is an attraction in itself. Three floors are crowded with local artifacts. Rooms are devoted to religion, logging, and mining in the area. The volunteer staff adds interesting anecdotes of Hurley's colorful, rowdy past ...
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Iron County Farmers' Market. The area's largest farmers' market includes maple syrup and crafts along with locally-grown produce ...
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Little Finland. At this homey Finnish-American cultural center and museum, friendly tour guides share experiences of Finnish immigrants. ...
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Wisconsin Travel Information Center. Run by the state of Wisconsin's history agency, this center offers a lot more than travel info. It's an impressive mini-museum, with a focus here on the region's mining past ...
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Gogebic Range Wisconsin wayside. A picnic area with a beautiful vista of surrounding hills ...
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Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center. This dramatic comples offers information and exhibits about this region's natural world and human history. There's a boardwalk trail through a cedar and black ash wetlands and a 5th-floor observation deck with panoramic views of Lake Superior ...
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Northern Great Lakes Visitor Center
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If you're traveling on U.S. 2 to or from the U.P., a stop is in order just west of Ashland at this multifaceted nature and information center. It focuses on the natural world and human history of this part of Lake Superior, from Minnesota to Michigan. This center is supported by a partnership of the National Forest Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, National Park Service, University of Wisconsin Extension, and Historical Society of Wisconsin, and the local Friends of the Center Alliance. These groups use space in the dramatic building for group presentations, meetings, and school and other classes. For special events, check out its web site, www.northerngreatlakescenter.org. History talks take place most Thursdays at 7 p.m. from June through September.
Get out and stretch on the _ mile interpretive walk through a cedar and black ash wetlands. You can borrow snowshoes in winter. There's a dog walking area and some picnic tables, too. The entire center is wheelchair-accessible.
For a panoramic view of Lake Superior, forest, and marsh, climb or take an elevator to the fifth-story indoor-outdoor observation deck. To zero in on birds, borrow binoculars at the front desk. Hawk counts are held here during spring and fall migration.
Inside, there's a regional book and gift shop, many exhibits, and a historical research area for Wisconsin's nine northernmost counties. A touch-screen interactive trip-planning center covers the three-state Superior North Country. It doesn't make printouts, however.
A 10-minute audiovisual program with a 3-D effect shows how people have viewed the region over time. A giant interactive map shows glacial movements, the Ojibwa migration story, and trade routes. More interactive displays involve iron-mine dynamiting, Native American life in the area, logging, and fish and animal identification.
The newest addition is a large, life-size fish and wildlife exhibit, also interactive, in the multistory central foyer. An eagle nests atop a white pine, while brook trout swim in the "water" below. Interactive games guide viewers in finding animals and making and following tracks.
On County Hwy. G but visible from U.S. 2 just west of Ashland near where visitors turn north toward the Apostle Islands. (715) 685-9983. Fax 685-2680. www.northerngreatlakescenter.org Open year-round daily 9-5, in July and August until 7. Wheelchair accessible.
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