Spider Shores Resort

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Founded in 1975 by local artist Jackie Dingmann, the Judy Garland Museum® is one of the oldest museums dedicated to a celebrity in the nation. The new museum offers guests an opportunity to visit, in one location, both Judy's childhood home and a vast collection of memorabilia from her career.

Blandin Paper Company Tours Founded in 1901 in Grand Rapids, Blandin Paper became UPM-Kymmene's first North American mill in October 1997 and is one of northern Minnesota's largest employers. Its three paper machines have an annual capacity of about 515,000 short tons (463,500 metric tons), manufacturing No. 3, 4 and 5 grades of paper with basis weights ranging from 30 to 60 pounds. All paper manufactured by Blandin is lightweight coated (LWC), named for its clay-based glossy coating that makes it attractive as a publication paper. In 2001, Blandin's No. 6 coater set a 24-hour world speed record, attaining an average speed of 5,656 feet per minute. Blandin employees subsequently received UPM-Kymmene Corp.'s "Best Lightweight Coated Productivity Improvement Award" for 2001, placing first in the LWC product category and second among all of UPM-Kymmene's 35 publication paper machines worldwide.

Three different 1 ½ hour tours conducted at the mine illuminate the history of open pit mining on the Iron Range . The Mine Bus Tour takes visitors (in a fully air conditioned and handicap accessible bus) along scenic overlooks stopping for up close viewing of vintage mining machinery and buildings. The Boat Tour takes visitors to the open water of the Hill Annex Mine, which for 60 years was the sixth largest producer of iron ore in the state. The Fossil Hunting Tour takes visitors to the Cretaceous Ore Pile to hunt for 86 million year old sea fossils.

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