When most people think of Minnesota Lighthouses, they immediately go to Split Rock Lighthouse. But lighthouses are scattered all over Minnesota, including St. Paul. One of the best parts is seeing how ...

The Split Rock Lighthouse will light its beacon today, Nov. 10, to mark the anniversary of the sinking of the freighter Edmund Fitzgerald. Every year, the landmark lighthouse along Minnesota’s North ...

You don’t have to be a voyageur in a birch-bark canoe to land on Minnesota’s North Shore. If you’re working your way north toward Canada on a Lake Superior circle tour, heading to the Boundary Waters ...

Locations that normally have an admission fee, but will be free on Jan. 10, include these historic sites: Forest History ...

The current lighthouse (shown above) is the third to stand at the end of the pier. The first was commissioned in 1874 and a temporary tower was used when the pier was rebuilt in 1898-1900. The current ...

A legendary Minnesota landmark has a new addition. The Split Rock Lighthouse Visitor Center has a new full-sized replica of the lighthouse beacon. The replica weighs 650 pounds and is more than 5 feet ...

On warm summer days, when the breeze off Lake Superior was brisk enough to be refreshing, but not so cool as to chase them indoors, Lee Radzak and his family liked to sit on the porch of their ...

UPSALA, Minn. (WCCO) -- The North Shore is known for its lighthouses, but what about the middle of Minnesota? In Morrison County, a landmark has become a beacon of light. "He wanted to build the tree ...