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The Great Minnesota Bucket List: Thrifty Travels
No need to break the bank to plan an outing that is fun, fresh, and fabulous.
by Mpls.St.Paul Editors |
April 1, 2012
Do Duluth in a Day
Glensheen
Fitger’s Brewery Complex
Great Lakes Aquarium
Aerial Lift Bridge
Minnesota Point
Located less than three hours from the Twin Cities, Duluth is packed with everything you need to plan the perfect day.
Chef Scott Graden’s ever-changing fresh menu packs quite a punch.
5461 North Shore Dr., Duluth, 218-525-6274
In 1977 at this 39-room castle, the owner’s daughter and nurse were murdered. Tour the grounds and channel your inner detective.
3300 London Rd., Duluth, 218-726-8910
If you stop at
Fitger’s Brewery, plan to stay for a while. What started as a small brewery a block down the road in 1857 has morphed into a multistory complex that boasts a hotel, restaurants, a retail center, and, of course, more than 100 styles—and 2,500 barrels—of handcrafted beer. Talk about one-stop shopping.
600 E. Superior St., Duluth, 218-722-8826
It’s not every day you can watch seahorses swim, pet freshwater stingrays, or pilot a virtual ore boat under a bridge.
353 Harbor Dr., Duluth, 218-740-3474
With a permanent spot on the National Register of Historic Places, the 386-foot elevator bridge was originally built in 1905 as a transporter bridge—the first of two ever constructed in the United States. See if you can catch it in action—it takes three minutes to reach to the top.
Hit the beach on this long, narrow sandbar that separates Lake Superior from Superior Bay and the Duluth Harbor Basin. If you stop for directions, locals may point you toward Park Point—fear not, it’s one and the same.
Spend the afternoon enjoying the lake views from this well-known mountain.
9500 Spirit Mountain Pl., Duluth, 800-642-6377
Photo of Great Lakes Aquarium courtesty of Great Lakes Aquarium; Photo of Glensheen Courtesy of Glensheen Historic Congdon Estate
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