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HURLEY AREA
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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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Wisconsin Travel Information Center
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 | | Museum displays on the Montreal Mine, the world's deepest iron mine just west of Hurley, are an extra bonus at the Wisconsin Travel Information Center at Hurley. | Wisconsin's state history agency sets up impressive mini-museums in some state travel centers. In addition to being knowledgeable about Wisconsin travel information, the staff here can field visitor questions about mining and rock samples! There's a lot here about area mining and minerals, starting with the giant core samples out front, arranged around a huge sundial that depicts the growth and decline of iron mining in Wisconsin. Photographs illustrate the Cary mine, its drilling crew, tailing piles, the work life (including the respirator) of miner John Raffini, and more. Mining companies rarely acknowledged the health hazards of breathing rock dust.
Environment-minded Michiganders envy Wisconsin's classy refuse containers that separate recyclables, as state law mandates.
Some materials are available 24 hours, in the foyer. The Welcome Center is also a trailhead and parking area for a network of mountain biking, snowmobiling, and ATV trails (maps inside).
1200 10th Ave., where U.S. 2 meets U.S. 51. (715) 561-5310. Open year-round. From Mem. thru Labor Day typically open daily 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. Central Time. In May and Sept. generally open daily 8-4. Otherwise open Tuesday thru Sat 8-4. Wheelchair accessible.
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