This entertaining guidebook to Highway 61, from Duluth, Minnesota, to the Canadian border, spotlights 61 of the North Shore’s hidden treasures and tourist favorites, offering complete site details and need-to-know information.

Highway 61 Map Introduction Gem 1 Glensheen Mansion Gem 2 Brighton Beach Gem 3 The Old Pump House at Lakewood Gem 4 Stoney Point Gem 5 Buchanan Settlement Marker Gem 6 Pierre The Voyageur Gem 7 The Tugboat Edna G. Gem 8 The Three-Spot Train Engine Gem 9 Two Harbors Lighthouse Bed and Breakfast Inn Gem 10 Two Harbors Breakwall Gem 11 Sonju Trail Gem 12 Trail of Whispering Giants Sculpture Gem 13 Burlington Bay Gem 14 Flood Bay Gem 15 Kelsey Beach Gem 16 Silver Creek Cliff Trail Gem 17 Wolf Rock of the Superior Hiking Trail Gem 18 Gooseberry Falls State Park Gem 19 Water Tower at Gooseberry Falls State Park Gem 20 Belle P. Cross Anchor, Gooseberry Falls State Park Gem 21 Gitchi-Gami State Trail Gem 22 Iona’s Beach Gem 23 Split Rock Falls Gem 24 Madeira Pullout Gem 25 Crazy Bay at Split Rock Lighthouse State Park Gem 26 Split Rock Lighthouse and State Park Gem 27 John Beargrease Indian Cemetery Gem 28 Silver Bay Marina, Safe Harbor Gem 29 Rocky Taconite Gem 30 Bean and Bear Lakes Gem 31 Tettegouche Camp Gem 32 Black Beach at Silver Bay Gem 33 Palisade Head Gem 34 Trail to Shovel Point at Tettegouche State Park Gem 35 Crystal Beach Gem 36 Illgen Falls Gem 37 Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center Gem 38 Sugarloaf Cove Gem 39 Taconite Harbor Gem 40 Father Baraga’s Cross Gem 41 Cross River Heritage Center Gem 42 Temperance River, Cauldron Trail Gem 43 North Shore Commercial Fishing Museum Gem 44 Butterwort Cliffs Scientific & Natural Area Gem 45 Cutface Creek Pullout at Good Harbor Bay Gem 46 Lightkeeper’s House-Cook County Historical Society Museum Gem 47 Grand Marais Breakwall Gem 48 Chippewa City Gem 49 Devil Track River Stonehouse Gem 50 Paradise Beach at Colvill Gem 51 Kadunce Creek and Trail Gem 52 Devil’s Kettle, Judge C.R. Magney State Park Gem 53 Naniboujou Lodge Gem 54 Hovland Dock at Chicago Bay Gem 55 Two-Fish-House Beach Gem 56 Hollow Rock Resort Gem 57 Grand Portage Marina and Campground Gem 58 Grand Portage National Monument Heritage Center Gem 59 Grand Portage National Monument Gem 60 The Susie Islands Overlook Gem 61 High Falls of Pigeon River at Grand Portage State Park About the Authors

Gem 4: Stoney Point How to Get There: On Old 61, travel about 8 miles from the Old Pump House at Lakewood. Turn right off of Old 61 onto Stoney Point Drive. This gravel road travels about 1 mile before rejoining Highway 61. There are numerous spots where there is enough room on the shoulder to park safely. From Highway 61 Expressway, head north of Duluth for about 10 miles. Turn right at Alseth Road and follow it for about 1 mile all the way to Stoney Point Drive. Accessibility: This is a great place to view the lake, and because it’s so accessible by car, anyone can pull off to the side of the road and get an eyeful without even getting out. The road also offers a nice place to take a stroll to stretch your legs, and it is relatively even and flat. Getting down to the water’s edge requires some scrambling on rocks, so use caution. Cool Things to Know: Well known by locals as a great place to head to when the weather is roaring out of the northeast, this is an ideal spot for watching the Lake in her wild moods. When waves are crashing in a good blow, the spray can sometimes fly up over the road, giving you a safe front-row seat to the Lake at her most tempestuous. The lay of the land, angle of the shore, and power of Lake Superior make this a favorite spot of surfers who say it rivals some of the best surfing locales in the world. A good day for surfing can happen even in mid-winter, and, if you are lucky, you’ll see many brave souls riding the waves here in full wetsuits. In good weather, you can explore the expanse of black basalt lava flow that is marked by clear striations and gouges left behind by the glaciers about 12,000 years ago.