Lake Superior

  • Swimming in Superior

    If you're lucky, you can take a refreshing dip in Lake Superior — no wetsuit required.

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  • Digging the Keweenaw

    On Lake Superior, an isolated peninsula yields up all sorts of riches.

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  • Duluth 101

    Here's everything you need to know about visiting this lively port town on Lake Superior.

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  • Lake Superior's greatest hits

    With this nine-day itinerary, take in the highlights of the magnificent Circle Tour.

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  • Beloved Bayfield

    On Wisconsin's north coast, the love affair between a village and its visitors goes way back.

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  • Duluth's twin in Wisconsin

    Scratch the surface of Duluth's homely twin and see it sparkle.

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  • Planning a Circle Tour of Lake Superior

    For a great vacation, follow the shores of the world's largest freshwater lake.

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  • Afoot in the Porkies

    On the Upper Peninsula, a splendid wilderness remains unchanged in the Porkies.

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  • Michigan's Pictured Rocks

    There's a lot of scenery crammed into one stretch of Lake Superior in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

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  • Dunes of Grand Marais

    At the end of the road, this quirky beach town is the eastern gateway to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.

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  • Artistic Grand Marais

    On the shores of Lake Superior, this once-rugged village is a cultural outpost.

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  • Madeline's magnetism

    On Lake Superior, the largest of the Apostle Islands has a personality rooted in an uncommon past.

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  • Locking through the Soo

    At the shipping entrance to Lake Superior, heavy traffic thrills boat watchers.

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  • The season's first ships

    When the Great Lakes shipping season starts, boat nerds watch for salties.

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  • Boat watching in Duluth

    In a Lake Superior port town, tourists hang on the latest shipping news.

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  • Life on the Grand Portage

    Once, a corner of northeast Minnesota was the center of the fur-trade universe.

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  • Graveyard of the Great Lakes

    For 200 years, a bottleneck on the east end of Lake Superior has claimed ships and lives.

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  • Circling Lake Superior

    A trip around the big lake provides everything a tourist's heart could desire.

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  • Giants of Lake Superior

    On the biggest lake, stop to see larger-than-life heroes and mascots.

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  • Bayfield in winter

    When snow covers this scenic Wisconsin peninsula, everyone heads for the hills.

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