Planning Your Trip to The Minne Stuga

We can’t wait to have you up. While there’s plenty to do at the cabin, like canoeing or bird watching or swimming or playing Monopoly or making bread or playing bumper pool, there’s a lot to do and see in nearby Grand Marais. Here are a couple of our favorite spots. (Note: Winter hours may differ. Call in advance.)

on your way Up (or back) from The Twin Cities

Order lunch ahead at Northern Waters SmokeHaus, Duluth
Grab your spirits from Vikre Distillery, Duluth
Hike at Gooseberry Falls, Two Harbors
Grab coffee at Fika Coffee, Lutsen (Closes at 2pm)

Restaurants and coffee

Angry Trout Cafe (9 mi.)
World’s Best Donuts (9.5 mi.)
Java Moose (9.5 mi.)
Hungry Hippie Tacos (9.5 mi.)
The Fisherman’s Daughter (9 mi.)
Bad Seed Food Truck (9.5 mi.)
Crooked Spoon Food Truck (9.5 mi.)
Shook Smoothie Truck (9.5 mi.)
Poplar Haus (32 mi.)
Trail Center Lodge ( 30.6 mi.)
Naniboujou Lodge (23.3 mi.)

hikes

Gunflint Trail
Pincushion Mountain (7.3 mi.)
Cascade River State Park (12 mi.)
Temperance River State Park (37 mi.)
Judge C.R. Magney State Park (37 mi.)
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shopping

Upstate MN (9.5 mi.)
Lake Superior Trading Post (9.5 mi.)
Drury Lane Books (9.6 mi.)

Grocery 

Cook County Co-op (10 mi.)
Pine Mountain General Store (1.9 mi.)

summer fun

Pontoon Boat Rental on Devil Track Lake (2 mi.)
Sailing on the Hjørdis (9.5 mi.)
Bike along Superior with Electric Trails (9.9 mi.)
Alpine Slide (28 mi.)

winter fun

Sisu + Löylu Sauna (9.6 mi.)
Snow Mobiling on Devil Track Lake (2 mi.)
Downhill Skiing (30 mi.)
Gear Rentals (10 mi.)
Pincushion Cross-Country Trail Report (7.3 mi.)

classes

North House Folk School (9 mi.)