welcome to minnesota
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:30 (thirteen years ago) link
oh man so many bizarro awesome things in the vicinity too. Devils cauldron! Magnetic Rock! Eagle Mountain!
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
it (Fitger's) was originally a brewery, now houses a brewpub + other stuff
full disclosure: my gf works there, for another month or so at least
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:31 (thirteen years ago) link
oh duh, devils kettle, not cauldron
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:34 (thirteen years ago) link
get smoked fishes here
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:35 (thirteen years ago) link
I was thinking of the Pickwick, not Fitzgers...the Pickwick is the super old restaurant...pretty midwest "supper club" food but still it's reaaally cool inside...here's a detail of the stuff around the ceiling I was talking about:
http://countrymouse.blogharbor.com/_photos/Duluth%20Horns%20Pickwick%20Pub.jpg
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:39 (thirteen years ago) link
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judge_C._R._Magney_State_Park#The_Devil.27s_Kettle
more info about devils kettle. hooray for bizarre outdoorsy crap!
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:44 (thirteen years ago) link
magnetic rock:
The trail goes through a burn area over exposed bedrock, then to deep woods and a strange looking monolithic rock with magnetic properties. Under normal circumstances, a glacial erratic (a boulder dropped from a glacial ice sheet) wouldn’t get much attention in Minnesota. They are, after all, just big rocks that you can find almost everywhere, including in people’s front yards. But this one is special, not just for its magnetic properties, but also for its appearance. The rock’s dimensions are 10 by 20 by 30 feet and it is shaped like a big monument that seems to have dropped out of the sky. Multi-colored lichens cover the rock’s surface giving it various shades of yellow and orange. Its magnetism comes from the mineral magnetite, common to the underlying bedrock of the Gunflint Iron Formation. Special attractions: The rock (bring a compass to test out its magnetic properties) and wildlife.
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 20:57 (thirteen years ago) link
I was going to go to a minor-league baseball game last time I was there (Duluth Huskies, iirc?) but it was rained out. 'Sposed to be a really fun, cheap, drunk (if you want) time.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:00 (thirteen years ago) link
Also the 2-3 universities in the area lead to a lot of good house shows/small-venue music.
^^^see that's what i assumed? like, city of 85k that is a college town has to be sorta fun, right? though tbh what is there other than UMD?
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:01 (thirteen years ago) link
concordia?
St. Scholastica, I think? and UW-Superior (OK, not actually in Duluth, but cmon)
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:02 (thirteen years ago) link
Soup-town is like Duluth's little brother, that also happens to sell liquor later
every show i've played in duluth w/a band has been really strange and interesting
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
if you like giganitic mechanical things there are regularly 1000-ft lake freighters to gawk at + a museum made out of a retired ship
xp oh man I wonder if you have played with my gf's band or any of her friends... I've seen some really strange and interesting stuff there too
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:05 (thirteen years ago) link
that reminds me: Homegrown Music Festival in May is a rockin' good time
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:06 (thirteen years ago) link
http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3206/2989273455_effcaa7318_o.jpghttp://farm4.static.flickr.com/3132/3132627578_897e35950d.jpg
ok now note dude in front of rock to establish scale
http://www.ntoddblog.org/photos/minnesota/magneticrocke.jpg
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:08 (thirteen years ago) link
sorry i have become distracted by "weird shit in northern MN that has nothing to do w/duluth itself" ill stop now
neato!
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:13 (thirteen years ago) link
Who is the H.P. Lovecraft of Duluth?
― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:15 (thirteen years ago) link
that guy
― goole, Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:17 (thirteen years ago) link
i've always been curious about the band Father Hennepin, which i think was Starfire's band (the Starfire from the Low song)
― then an image appeared: a pizza pie (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:19 (thirteen years ago) link
idk re lovecraft, but the good old Glensheen Mansion is good for some creepy creepy times.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glensheen_Historic_Estate
it is also crazy huge, and pretty well preserved. The furniture (attn museum curator dorks) is almost entirely the original stuff from 1908, not repros.
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:23 (thirteen years ago) link
^^^the whole street that place is on is amazing, big big houses overlooking the lake
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:25 (thirteen years ago) link
I love Duluth. I love being able to walk 4 blocks up a steep, steep grade and feel like I've gotten a good workout. I love the eccentric used bookstore. I love feeling like I'm in 1870s San Francisco. I love the Electric Foetus. I love that rocky, rocky beach just north of the Glensheen Mansion. I could spend hours there. Love it when the water turns rusty from taconite, and when the ice piles up on the shore. Ahhhhahahahhhahhahahh.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:28 (thirteen years ago) link
Used to go there every summer to visit grandparents and uncles ... iirc Grandma on one occasion had to chase a bear out of her garden (inside the city limits)
― Brad C., Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
was wondering why you weren't on this thread yet tbh eazy
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:29 (thirteen years ago) link
Been busy, but now I'm daydreaming.
When I was in fifth grade, I wrote an 11-page heist drama that ended with a car chase, and the "bad guys" driving toward the Lift Bridge while it was raised, and, Smokey-and-the-Bandit-style, splashing into Lake Superior.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:32 (thirteen years ago) link
http://image66.webshots.com/666/7/5/98/2658705980027605543BIhNqg_ph.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:33 (thirteen years ago) link
stupid broken image
http://img405.imageshack.us/img405/9524/lastplaceonearth.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:35 (thirteen years ago) link
Haha, yes, that's my impression of downtown Duluth, on that stretch near the casino.
― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 21:49 (thirteen years ago) link
oh yeah the crazy multibuilding bookstore is kinda unhinged and insane
i really need to get back up there soon
― CHEESECAKE VOTING FRUIT HATING SCUM (jjjusten), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:28 (thirteen years ago) link
~road trip~
― pies. (gbx), Wednesday, 28 July 2010 22:33 (thirteen years ago) link
Was just up there this past weekend, Wisconsin Point on the Superior side is a great beach but the lake is SO. FUCKING. COLD. I could take about 2 min before I had to get out and warm up + my lips looked a little blue.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 16:43 (thirteen years ago) link
i saw zak sally at the downtown minneapolis government center today
― i got what t.rex turok the mic right (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:17 (thirteen years ago) link
Something very Lovecraftian about the name Duluth. Does the city consist of windowless black monoliths?
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:26 (thirteen years ago) link
not really but there are some imposing industrial structures
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/Skyline-Duluth-20060330.jpg
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:27 (thirteen years ago) link
Ah yes, looks like the perfect environment for Elder Gods.
― rhythm fixated member (chap), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:29 (thirteen years ago) link
where does the name come from? there's a Duluth, GA, too, which i have to think was there first.
― goole, Monday, 30 August 2010 17:40 (thirteen years ago) link
My contact lenses are from Duluth, Georgia! (made in Asia, but Ciba-Vision is headquartered in Duluth)
Always thought my lenses were from Low-ville, but they ain't, just looked it up because of this thread :-(
― StanM, Monday, 30 August 2010 17:41 (thirteen years ago) link
The city is named for Daniel Greysolon, Sieur du Lhut, the first known European explorer of the area.
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 17:45 (thirteen years ago) link
Enger tower is up at the very top of the hill, looks really creepy, and is much taller than it looks in this picture. I can't go to duluth without going up it at least once: http://lh5.ggpht.com/_bq7WvZXl3wE/SPwHAZ-rHSI/AAAAAAAABNA/PAwV7fZF7s4/s512/IMG_2612.jpg
Also, I think the best burgers in the whole area are at the Anchor Bar in Superior.
― Dan I., Monday, 30 August 2010 18:32 (thirteen years ago) link
Insanely great view out of that thing
― Dan I., Monday, 30 August 2010 18:33 (thirteen years ago) link
xp YES, I had one on Saturday night! Their menu is kind of awesome in its descriptions of the food, i.e. the ham sandwich: "A good choice if you like ham."
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 18:34 (thirteen years ago) link
good relevant site imo
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/
― Danny Dyer (dan m), Monday, 30 August 2010 18:36 (thirteen years ago) link
Goin' 2 Duluth 2morrow!
― dan m, Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:02 (twelve years ago) link
envious actuallythis is perfect go to duluth weather atm
― Scream, Fistula, Scream! (jjjusten), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:15 (twelve years ago) link
bigtime
― remembrance of schwings past (gbx), Thursday, 15 September 2011 18:17 (twelve years ago) link
http://www.perfectduluthday.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/Lake-Superior-Rainbow.jpg
― positive dental outlook (dan m), Friday, 14 October 2011 15:10 (twelve years ago) link
lol
Awesome Final Jeopardy answer today. All 3 contestants got it WRONG. 2 guessed Green Bay, and the other Minneapolis. Not bad guesses, but no. pic.twitter.com/GxtC7zk6Nv— Bruce McGuire (@dunord) February 15, 2022
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:20 (two years ago) link
I disagree btw, Minneapolis is a bad guess
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:21 (two years ago) link
yeah who the hell thinks minneapolis is on the great lakes?
that said i don't think i would have gotten it right.
― call all destroyer, Tuesday, 15 February 2022 02:35 (two years ago) link
I got my first vaccine shot last March in Duluth (no MN residency required) and explored the city for the first time in 15-20 years. Had no idea about the cool distillery/BBQ/taproom district that had sprung up since then.
― deep luminous trombone (Eazy), Tuesday, 15 February 2022 22:54 (two years ago) link
Yeah the west side of town is on the come up for sure.
― underminer of twenty years of excellent contribution to this borad (dan m), Wednesday, 16 February 2022 01:10 (two years ago) link
anyone know what the deal is with the Cargills buying up property on park point
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 22:56 (one month ago) link
they are billionaires and terrible people who are going to build some ugly shit hole compound is the sense I get
― Blues Guitar Solo Heatmap (Free Download) (upper mississippi sh@kedown), Wednesday, 20 March 2024 23:07 (one month ago) link
like are they buying the whole thing, it's nuts
― gbx, Wednesday, 20 March 2024 23:50 (one month ago) link
Similar to the Monaco real estate guy buying up more than 13 properties in Carmel, CA.
I think I've only driven around Park Point, usually just to the end and then turning around, maybe gone to the beach there once.
― paisley got boring (Eazy), Thursday, 21 March 2024 00:03 (one month ago) link
My wife is running the Grandma's Marathon in Duluth in June. We've never been. We're staying in the Lincoln Park area. Any current recommendations for dining? Looking for something casual and comfortable for Saturday night after the marathon. Breweries/Brewpubs with good food would work for this or at other times as well.
I'm also going back through the thread. I am way more excited than I was originally seeing all the enthusiasm for the city. Thanks in advance.
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Sunday, 31 March 2024 21:24 (one month ago) link
Fellow Brit I bumped into here in Rochester MN sent me some recommendations he'd given some friends, if we were ever up Duluth way too. Dunno if it's any use but it's what I have.
https://www.vabenecaffe.com/https://northernwaterssmokehaus.comhttps://www.bettyspies.com/https://fitgers.com/restaurants-nightlife/
― continue without dissembling (Matt #2), Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:41 (one month ago) link
Va Bene is great, and hanging right over the lake. New Scenic Cafe is fantastic, but a little ways north up Highway 61. Duluth Grill is just south of town and nearly a mandatory stop for our family when we're heading that way. Love Fitgers for the old school vibe.
― bulb after bulb, Sunday, 31 March 2024 22:52 (one month ago) link
Thanks for the recommendations. Looks like some fun places. For Fitgers, which restaurant do you recommend?
― il lavoro mi rovina la giornata (PBKR), Monday, 1 April 2024 10:58 (one month ago) link