Minnesota’s Arrowhead
The Zenith City History archive is under construction—and it always will be! Please come back to discover more about the region’s past through the people and places that helped shape it over the past few hundred years. And if we’re missing something you believe should be included, please let us know.
The Iron Range:
A History of the Mesabi Iron Range
A History of the Vermilion Iron Range
The Iron Mining Process
Life as a Mining Family
Iron Range Communities
Aurora
Biwabik
Bovey
Buhl
Chisolm
Coleraine
Ely
Eveleth
Gilbert
Grand Rapids
Hibbing
Mountain Iron
Nashwauk
Tower
Virginia
Superior National Forest & BWACW
A History of the SNF
A History of the BWCAW
Notable Lakes of the BWCA
Notable Lakes of the SNF
Historic Trails of the Arrowhead
Minnesota’s North Shore of Lake Superior Landmarks
Baptism River & Ilgen Falls
Caribou River
Cross River
Crystal Beach Sea Cave
Encampment River
Gooseberry Falls
Highway 61 (Old Highway 1)
The International Border at Pigeon River
Manitou River
Palisade Head
Sawtooth Mountains
Silver Cliff
Spirit Little Cedar Tree (aka “Witch Tree”)
Split Rock Lighthouse
Stewart River
Stoney Point
Temperance River
Historic Lodges
Cascade Lodge
Lutsen Resort
Naniboujou Lodge
North Shore Communities
Beaver Bay
Grand Marais
Grand Portage
Little Two Harbors (and other lost fishing villages)
Lutsen & Tofte
Two Harbors
A History of Two Harbors
Two Harbors Central High School
Two Harbors Commercial Bank
Two Harbors Commercial Hotel
Two Harbors Dr. Budd’s Hospital
Two Harbors Lake County Courthouse
Two Harbors Ore Docks
Two Harbors Rustic Inn
Two Harbors First State Bank
Two Harbors’ Lake County High School
Two Harbors Presbyterian Church
Two Harbors YMCA
