
Alright, so you are possibly
not going to be doing enough swimming in the usually frosty waters of Lake
Superior, yet if it is August -- except if all you wanted to do was
swim, you'd be at the seaside. There is more to a lake town than pretension
your scissor kick, and Grand Marais offers the complete outdoorsy spectrum of
canoeing, hiking, fishing, camping, rock climbing, and even bird watching (for
voyeurs who like to discover birds).
On top of the vigorous stuff you'd suppose from
a vacation spot on the lake, although, there are also some solid dining like
Sven & Ole's Pizza and World's Best Donuts and the town's in fact got a pretty effervescent
arts outlook too. No tour to Grand Marais is complete without taking a walk
down to the lighthouse at Artists Point, a small peninsula ideal for snapping
the kind of Sutro-filtered Instagrams that'll get you veiled from your friends'
feeds.