Just over two hours north of the Twin Cities of Minneapolis and St. Paul, at the southeastern tip of Lake Superior, the world´s biggest freshwater port city, with a population of just under 87,000, remains a major center of commerce but also popular with visitors for its vibe and especially the attractions of Canal Park across the Duluth Ship Canal and its cool, 120-year-old Aerial Lift Bridge from downtown, which was converted beginning in the 1980s from grotty warehouses and industrial buildings to a tourism-friendly district of waterfront bars, restaurants, and shops, as well as attractions such as the 7¼-mile Duluth Lakewalk; the Great Lakes Aquarium; a 115-year-old lighthouse, the Duluth Harbor North Pier Light; the SS William A. Irvin, a 1930s freighter turne into a museum; and the Lake Superior Maritime Museum.And over in the main part of town, check out the Tweed Museum of Art on the University of Minnesota Duluth campus, as well as the St. Louis County History and Arts Center, housed in the 133-year-old Union Depot train station and home to the Duluth Art Institute, a nice children´s museum, the Lake Superior Railroad Museum, the Minnesota Ballet, and the Duluth Playhouse, as well as a vintage railroad which runs excursions along Lake Superior´s North Shore.
Read more in my post 9 of the Top Minnesota Musts.
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