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Tuesday, August 3, 2010

Duluth MN Attractions, Places to Visit & Things to Do in Duluth Minnesota

The Aerial Lift Bridge


The Aerial Lift Bridge is a major landmark in the port city of Duluth, Minnesota. Originally built in 1905, the bridge was upgraded in 1929–30 to the current lifting design and continues to operate today. The bridge was added to the National Register of Historic Places on May 22, 1973.

Canal Park Minnesota


Canal Park is a tourist and recreation-oriented district of Duluth, Minnesota. Canal Park is largely a conversion of an old warehouse district into restaurants, shops, cafés, and hotels.

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park


Split Rock Lighthouse State Park is a state park on the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota, USA. It is best known for the picturesque Split Rock Lighthouse. Split Rock Lighthouse State Park encompasses about 4 miles (6.4 km) of rocky shoreline on Lake Superior with several prominent headlands.

The Glensheen Historic Estate


The Glensheen Historic Estate is a historic mansion on Lake Superior owned by the University of Minnesota Duluth. Glensheen’s interior, designed by William A. French exhibits Late Victorian, Arts and Crafts and Art Nouveau styles.

Karpeles Manuscript Museum


The Duluth Museum is housed in an old Christian Scientist Church built in 1912.

Rose garden in Leif Erickson Park


The Leif Erickson Park Rose Garden includes over 3000 rose bushes representing more than 100 varieties, among its flowering landscape plantings. Besides being one of the midwest's few formal English style Rose Gardens, the park is architecturally significant for being constructed over Duluth's I-35 expressway.

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