Grand Marais Posts

Music in the Weeds: Watershed Group

Jun 17, 2025 No Comments

Watershed Group is an experimental jazz band specializing in improvised jams that can turn both ambient and psychedelic. Featuring Adam Kirsch on clarinet, Cory Quirk on drums, and producer Will Moore on bass, the band performed this original piece on the edge of a cliff high above the town of Grand Marais.

Music in the Weeds is a new video series from WTIP North Shore Community Radio that showcases northern Minnesota artists performing original music at scenic and meaningful locations around Cook County. It is produced by M. Baxley and Will Moore.


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Houseboat in the Harbor

May 20, 2025 No Comments

It’s a sure sign of spring when Art and Beth Kidd’s solar-powered houseboat, the HMS Pontoon, finds its mooring in the Grand Marais Harbor. This is the 16th year of their short-but-significant pilgrimage.

The video, produced by Chuck Olsen, was shot in May 2024 and May 2025 for WTIP North Shore Community Radio.


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Postcard from Lake Superior in Action at Grand Marais

May 07, 2025 No Comments


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Mixed-use development planned for downtown Grand Marais

Jan 05, 2024 2 Comments

Minnesota Public Radio reports a 30,000-square-foot proposed development in Grand Marais seeks to replace three businesses that were destroyed by fire in 2020. Plans for the project include a restaurant, bar and retail space on the ground floor. The second floor would have 10 short-term rental units and an event center with a rooftop courtyard.


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Northern Lights over Grand Marais

Sep 21, 2023 No Comments

Via WDIO-TV, time-lapse footage of the Sept. 18 northern lights by David Johnson, captured in Grand Marais.


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North Shore and Grand Marais Aerial Video

Sep 20, 2023 No Comments

Lake Superior shoreline and waterfall scenes from TruNorth Productions.


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Fire in Grand Marais: Crooked Spoon Cafe engulfed

Apr 13, 2020 2 Comments


A fire broke out in downtown Grand Marais during the noon hour at the Crooked Spoon Cafe, 17 W. Wisconsin St. The blaze spread to two adjoining gift shops, Picnic and Pine and White Pine North. All three buildings were destroyed.

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PDD Video Lab: Old Grand Marais Footage

Apr 09, 2020 No Comments

In this edition of the PDD Video Lab we blend old film footage of Grand Marais from Richter Home Movies with “Easy Ride,” a song from the Doors’ 1969 release The Soft Parade.


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Kip’s Grand Marais Photo Walks

Mar 16, 2020 1 Comment

Explore the great northern Minnesota city of Grand Marais with photographer Kip Praslowicz in this video shot in January. Prints from the photographs captured during this video can be purchased at shop.kpraslowicz.com.


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Mystery Photo #101: Forest Service Office at Grand Marais

Oct 20, 2019 1 Comment

This photo seems to be of a forest service office on the southern part of Cook County Road 12, aka the Gunflint Trail, in or near Grand Marais. Or does it show a private residence and the arrow on the forest service sign indicates the office is up the road? Who is the gal posing the photo? What year is was this picture taken? Mysteries abound.


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Selective Focus: The Big Lake

Aug 03, 2018 No Comments

This week we hear from Abby Tofte who recently opened the Big Lake, a store in Grand Marais selling “approachable” regional art — screenprints, cards, pottery, prints and more. Abby tells the origin story of the Big Lake and how her shop fits in with the mix of other shops in Grand Marais.

AT: The Big Lake is an approachable art gallery and gift shop with products that reflect the unique culture, lifestyle and beauty of the North Shore or Lake Superior. We carry regional and locally made jewelry, pottery, paintings, prints, cards, books and more, all within an affordable price range.

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Silent hero of Boundary Waters blowdown subject of new movie

Jul 09, 2018 4 Comments

Official title of "Sultan of Scrape" courtesy of Sultan of Scrape

The heroic story of a man who led one of Minnesota’s largest disaster rescue efforts will be told in a motion picture planned for release in 2019.

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New brewer takes the stern at Voyageur in Grand Marais

Dec 03, 2017 3 Comments

Voyageur Brewing Company recently hired Stuart Long to head up its 20-barrel operation on historic Highway 61 in Grand Marais. The new brewer hails from Southern California and intends to make a few changes at Voyageur, which he hopes will usher in a new era of growth for the company.

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Wunderbar: a new place to eat, stay and play in Grand Marais

Nov 13, 2017 2 Comments

In late October, as many businesses in the remote community of Grand Marais were shuttering for the season, Wunderbar Eatery and Glampground was quietly making its debut.

Wunderbar occupies the former Harbor Light supper club, which has been closed for about five years. The building at 1615 Highway 61 W. dates back to 1930.

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Old Grand Marais Photos

Aug 31, 2016 5 Comments

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A collection of old Grand Marais photos. At least some of them, if not all, are believed to be shot by Milford John Humphrey.

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