Category Archives: MN Places to Visit with Children

Adopt-a-Raptor Program at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory

Carolyn with her adopted Long-eared Owl at Hawk Ridge Bird Observatory in Duluth, MN Adopt-a-Bird programs are gaining in popularity across the country and there are many opportunities to join in the fun and support birding efforts as well.  I … Continue reading

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Clearwater Lodge, Gunflint Trail, MN, on National Registry of Historic Places

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Clearwater Lodge on the Gunflint Trail in MN July 2011 Visit Clearwater Lodge on the Gunflint Trail was hand built by C. Boostrom from 1926 through 1928.  There were 14 rooms upstairs.  Not a single nail was used in the … Continue reading

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Book 168: Hiawatha’s Childhood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Hiawatha’s Childhood by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Growing up in Minneapolis, I heard The Story of Hiawatha many times at home and at school.  The Minnehaha Falls were nearby, with the statue of Hiawatha and Minnehaha on the banks of the … Continue reading

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Book 145: Millions of Cats

Millions of Cats by Wanda Gag (1893-1946) There once was a lonely old woman who asked her husband to bring her one sweet little cat.  The husband went out looking and found hundreds of cats, thousands of cats, millions and billions … Continue reading

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Chik-Wauk Museum and Nature Center

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