ISHPEMING, MI

The following list of sites represent this regions places of interest. The sites below are separated by type: Historical, Cultural, National, Geological, Recreation, and/or Tourism Services.

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Historical / Cultural

  1. U.S. National Ski Hall of Fame
  2. Mather Inn
  3. Carnegie Library
  4. Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum & Ishpeming Historical Society
  5. Cleveland Cliffs Main Office
  6. Brownstone Buildings
  7. Steam Plant
  8. Mather Underground Mine
  9. New York Mine
  10. Lake Angeline Mine
  11. Street Car Line
  12. Charcoal Kiln
  13. LS&I Roundhouse
  14. Cliffs Cottage
  15. Morrow Mine
  16. Holmes Mine
  17. Worker Housing
  18. Ishpeming City Hall
  19. Nardi Building
  20. Bell Memorial Hospital
  21. Oliver Mine
  22. Stone Cottage
  23. Archibald Home
  24. Synagogue
  25. St. Josephs Church
  26. Salsbury School/Church
  27. Former Ishpeming water pumping station
  28. Mine Captain's House
  29. Cohodas Warehouse
  30. Episcopal Church
  31. Prsbyterian Church
  32. Gossard Building
  33. YMCA
  34. Original Ishpeming Hospital
  35. St. Johns Church
  36. Mine Pits
  37. Railroad Grade
  38. Former RR Trestle
  39. Rock Barn
  40. Mine shaft cave in
  41. Rock and Mineral Club
  42. Ishpeming Cemetery
  43. First RR started at Cleveland Mine
  44. Tilden Mine Tours
  45. Kaleva Club
  46. Ethnic Neighborhoods/Churches
  47. Jackson Pit
  48. Lake Superior Mine
  49. Cleveland Lake Mine
  50. Barnum Pit
  51. Cleveland Park
  52. Painted Ladies - Historic home district
  53. Ropes Gold Mine
  54. Salsbury Mine
  55. Lake Sally Dam
  56. Little Hartford/Cambria Mine
  57. Winthrop Mitchell Mine
  58. Chief MarjiGesick
  59. French Town
  60. Dago Town
  61. Cornish Town
  62. Finnish Town
  63. Anatomy of a Murder
  64. Downtown Ishpeming

National / Geological

  1. Jasper Knob
  2. Pilots Knob
  3. Teal Lake Cliffs
  4. Teal Lake
  5. Lake Bacon
  6. Lake Ogden
  7. Fault Wall near Teal Lake
  8. Section 16 cave-in

Recreation

  1. Al Quaal Park
  2. Union Park
  3. Brass Wire Ski Jump
  4. Suicide Hill
  5. South Ski Jump
  6. Baby Lake
  7. Ishpeming Playgrounds
  8. Plank Road
  9. Snowmobile Trail
  10. Ore to Shore Trail

Tourism Services

  1. Ski Hall of Fame
  2. Country Village
  3. Downtown Ishpeming

TRAIL REGIONS

RepublicSouth or North Republic? The town was partially moved not so long ago. Houses, Churches and Businesses traveled a few miles away.

Chocolay TownshipChocolay, a.k.a. Harvey, is named after Charles T. Harvey who owned a house here and is most famous for being the builder of the Sault Locks. Many sawmills were built along the Chocolay River to provide lumber for the burgeoning harbor, towns and railroads.

HumboldtMines dating back to the 1870's and contribution to the extraction of ore from rocks.

Ely TownshipBlueberry Mine, Michigan Gold Mine, Greenwood Mine, Barnes Hecker Mine.

IshpemingThe U.S. Ski Hall of Fame and the Cliff's Shaft Mine Museum reveal two different areas of history.

Negaunee TownshipNothing will get you more aquainted with Iron Ore Heritage than the Michigan Iron Ore History Museum.

NegauneeSee the start of the 'Old Plank Road', or the 'Old Bank Building', or the 'Old Survey Marker'.

Marquette TownshipOff of the beaten path you will find the site of the Morgan Kiln started in 1863.

MarquetteVisit the historic City Hall and Court House while staying at the beautiful Landmark Inn.

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