Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Grand Rapids Minnesota and the surrounding area have much to offer visitors. During your vacation, enjoy shopping, sight-seeing & many recreational activities.

Forest History Center
2609 County Road 76
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-4482

The forests of northern Minnesota have had great impact on the lives of their inhabitants for many centuries. This relationship between people and the land has evolved from those who relied on the forests to provide sustenance, through the cutting of forests to provide the timber that helped to build a growing America, to today's recreational escape from our urbanized society. The Forest History Center tells the story of this changing relationship. After the exhibits, visit the logging camp where you'll find the camp blacksmith, saw filer, clerk, cook and lumberjacks. Then, board the moored river "wanigan," a floating cook shack used when the logs and men headed downstream to the mills. After that, take a seat on the porch of a 1930s Minnesota Forest Service patrolman's cabin and lookout tower and hear about the ranger's important work protecting woodland resources. Self-guided forest trails complete the story of life in the northern forests of Minnesota from ancient times to today.

Grand Rapids Gun Club
723 Peterson Road
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-3348

Open to the public, April through September. The Grand Rapids Gun Club has recently expanded to accommodate eight trap fields, four skeet fields, a duck tower, and a new Hunter's Clays, five stand course. Shooters of all skill levels are welcome. New shooters can find on site instruction by certified instructors; youth and women's classes; and loaner firearms available for use. The club
offers a large welcoming clubhouse and friendly atmosphere for league, individual, and tournament shooting.
Open Tuesday & Wednesday 3:30 pm – dark, Thursday, 12:00 noon – dark, Saturday & Sunday, 12:00 noon - 5:00 p.m.

Itasca County Historical Society Museum
10 NW 5th Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-6431

The Itasca County Historical Society Museum captures and conveys the rich story of Itasca County's past. Travel back in time to the Ice Age by viewing our Woolly Mammoth tusk. Learn how Native Americans lived before and after the arrival of Europeans. Find out how the Mississippi River allowed access to land that provided the nation with precious lumber and iron ore. Examine the relationship between Itasca County and the paper industry. Admire the resourcefulness and tenacity of the immigrants who came to this area for a promise of a better life and who ultimately changed rough-and-tumble outposts into communities. Learn about Itasca County's most famous resident, Frances Ethel Gumm, known by all as Judy Garland.
Open 9:30 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Friday, 10:00 am – 4:00 pm Saturdays. 10:00 am – 3:00 pm Sundays (during the summer season)

Judy Garland Museum
Children’s Discovery Museum
2727 Highway 169 South
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
1-800-664-JUDY (5839)
1-866-CDM-KIDS (236-5437)

Judy Garland Museum: Go back in time and tour the historic childhood home of Judy Garland, star of the Wizard of Oz, among many other famous hits. The house was built in 1892 & restored in 1996 when it was moved to its present site. The Museum Store has souvenirs and Judy memorabilia, and outside you can wander through a field of red poppies. Children’s Discovery Museum: This is a great way to spend your afternoon. It is full of Interactive Educational Exhibits, an Art Studio and often offers Family Programs. This location also has the Judy Garland Gallery featuring movie costumes & props from the Wizard of Oz including the carriage used in the movie that was once owned by Abraham Lincoln.

Open 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday, and 12:00 pm – 5:00 pm Sundays

Hill Annex Mine State Park
880 Gary Street
Calumet, MN 55716
218-247-7215

Go down in history with a tour of the Hill Annex Iron Mine. On the 1 1/2-hour open pit mine tour, visitors make a spectacular descent into mining's past. Learn about the mine operation, the people who worked here, and where they came from. Discover marine fossils in northern Minnesota. Get a sense of the mine's deep, rich history. Learn how this National Historic Site played an important role in state, national, and world history.
Tours available Memorial Day to Labor Day (call for times). Museum, gift shop and observation deck open year ‘round.

MacRostie Art Center
405 NW 1st Avenue
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-2697

MacRostie Art Center features monthly exhibits of local and regional artists. Opening receptions are generally the first Friday of the month and are free and open to the public. Artists throughout the Midwest are invited to submit work for 'Handmade In America' in April and the 'Annual Juried Exhibition' in August. Workshops and classes in both two- and three-dimensional disciplines are offered, and in the gift shop you'll find handcrafted jewelry, pottery, leather and paper goods, woodcarvings and much more. Admission is always free.

Open 10:00 am – 5:00 pm Monday through Saturday

Old Central School
10 NW 5th Street
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-326-6431

In 1895, the people of Grand Rapids Minnesota decided a new school was needed. The result was a building absolutely unique for northern Minnesota. Central School towers over downtown Grand Rapids. Built in the Richardsonian-Romanesque tradition, Central School exhibits the basic Romanesque features combined with the textural richness and innovative interior common in Richardsonian
architecture.

Central School originally housed all grades, and was known for its academic rigor; students were required to learn the Latin classics - impressive for a tiny northwoods community! In 1908, a new high school was built, but Central School remained in use until the 1970s. In the 1980s, a major renovation was begun.

Today, Old Central School houses the Itasca County Historical Society's Heritage Museum, Auntie Em's Coffee Shop, and specialty shops featuring stained glass, quilts and quilting supplies, treasured gifts, and fancy imported yarns.

Minnesota Shooting Sports Education Center
483 Peterson Road
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-0583

Providing a positive image of shooting sports
through education and world class competition.
Educational Programming
*Firearms Safety & Hunter Education
*Shooting Sports
*Clinics
*Women’s Outdoor Adventures
*Jr. Air Rifle and Small-bore Rifle Camps
*Personal Protection and Concealed Carry Handgun Training
*Eagle-Eye Jr. Rifle Team
*4-H Shooting Programs
*Outdoor 3-D Archery Range

Mississippi Melodie Showboat
1-866-336-3426

HERE COMES THE SHOWBOAT!
Be magically carried back a hundred years in time to relive the gaiety and excitement of the Showboat era on the Mighty Mississippi. This is truly entertainment for the young and old alike. Outdoor theater performances in July.
For ticket information, call the Myles Reif Performing Arts Center at 218-327-5780.

Mount Itasca Ski Area
200 Mount Itasca Drive
Coleraine, MN 557223
218-256-1053

2006 Marks the 100th anniversary of Mount Itasca. It features state of the art snowmaking and grooming capabilities, and recently updated rental and pro shop offering new ski and snowboard rental. The facility offers a unique combination of ski jumping, alpine skiing, biathlon, cross country and snowboarding in one location. Mount Itasca is located five miles east of Grand Rapids MN in neighboring Coleraine.

Myles Reif Performing Arts Center
720 Conifer Drive
Grand Rapids, MN 55744
218-327-5780

For a city of its size, of Grand Rapids, Minnesota stands apart for its support of dance, theater, music, and popular entertainment. People throughout Northern Minnesota, during the past 25 years, have had the opportunity to enjoy some of the best talent in the world.

Pheasants Plus
14893 Sago #4
Warba, MN 55793
218-492-4450

Pheasants plus offers upland bird hunting and sporting clay shooting. Several managed fields are used for hunting. Special attention is given to terrain, size, and cover to match you to the ideal field.
Each field features shelters and hot coffee.

Open to the public, hours vary by season.
Summer Hours: Tuesday and Thursday 4:00 pm to dark, Saturday and Sunday from 10:00 am to dark.

White Oak Casino
45830 Highway 2
Deer River, MN 56636
218-335-4300

You came for the outdoor fun, now stay for the indoor excitement when you visit White Oak Casino, "The Best Little Casino in Minnesota." At White Oak Casino you'll find over 200 slots offering a variety of limits, 2 blackjack tables, a full service bar, a snack bar that can satisfy the heartiest appetite and White Oak's gift and smoke shop.
Renowned for its outstanding customer service, White Oak Casino's friendly, knowledgeable staff is always on hand to assist you. After your first visit to White Oak Casino you'll feel like part of the family.
White Oak Casino is proudly owned and operated by the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe.

White Oak Society
White Oak Learning Centre & White Oak Fur Post
33155 State Highway 6
Deer River, MN 56636
218-246-9393

Explore with us the daily lives of those who lived in 1798. The excitement of Rendezvous is in the greeting of old friends and in the meeting of new ones. The White Oak Fur Rendezvous is looking forward to its 18th Year! The Rendezvous is held each summer at the first FULL weekend of August. The fur post will be open to the general public. White Oak Rendezvous draws more than 3,000 visitors each year in Northern Minnesota.
There are displays, demonstrations, music, food, and Trader's Row. A mile long nature trail includes plants labeled in English, French, and Ojibwe with directions on how each plant was used in 1798 for medicines, shelter and survival. Group tours of the post are available by appointment.