Beautiful art and home in Duluth. The Tweed mansion has a lot of history in Duluth and was…read morestuffed with art when UMD owned the home.

The Tweed Museum of Art is ensconced within nondescript student center buildings on the UMD campus…read more Keep your expectations in check because the two floors that it occupies -- with its linoleum floors and carpeting -- feel more like a registrar's office. If there were no paintings on the walls, you would not think this a gallery space. There is not a lot on display so spending longer than an hour here would be unlikely. One painting floored me. On the second floor near some bookshelves and a few desk chairs sits Gilbert Davis Munger's large-scale painting, 'Niagara Falls Showing the Canadian and American Views', from 1903. There is an almost endless stream of landscape paintings featuring Niagara Falls scattered in museums across the country and this is one of the best that I've seen. The grand size of the painting made me feel like I was standing at the base of the Falls. If I saw nothing else here, I would have still left happy. There are old master paintings from Mr. Tweed's collection on display in addition to various prints and lithographs. There are also some contemporary items, including Naomi Bebo's 'Beaded Mask', a 2010 work featuring beads and deer hide on an Iraqi gas mask. The most elegant item on display is a high heel shoe covered in birch bark by Cynthia Holmes. Titled 'Primal Donna', it's a modern day advancement on old wooden clogs.

I've been in this art gallery many times and bought a couple pieces from here. It's art the…read morerepresents the beauty of the Minnesota Lake Superior area. It's a great place to browse and reflect!

Ryan Tischer's work is now the only photography I will display in my house! Every time someone…read morecomes over, they marvel at his photographs. Even though I have seen the same photos hundreds of times on my own walls, I never tire of them and often find myself reminiscing of wonderful memories of time spent on the North Shore and Duluth when gazing at them. Ryan expertly captures the stunning beauty of Duluth, the North Shore and the surrounding area, as well as other areas he travels to like Big Sur, California and more. He has an amazing eye and is always pushing himself to create unique artwork that is timeless and classy. Not only is Ryan Tischer's work gorgeous, but he and his wife, Amy, are great people as well, very down to earth and deserving of our patronage. They are both professional, courteous and timely, whether selling one small print to a new customer, or selling multiple pieces to a collector. Ryan's work is also recognizable, whenever I go to a local business that has purchased from him, my eye immediately recognizes his photography. I highly recommend his work to anyone looking to purchase quality, professional, collectible artwork. You will not be disappointed!

Really nice event center with lots of space and ample connection to the Duluth skyway system…read more You walk out the doors and you're right on Duluth harbor next to lots of big boats. It was a really good event space with a strong Wi-Fi and cell signal inside and good power to connect up to. Lots of parking in multiple directions around the arena and a good event center located right in Duluth across from superior Wisconsin with easy access from the twin cities for people flying in.

We came here for Zach Williams concert. The location is accessible through the skyway. The concert…read morewas in Symphony Hall. This had poor sound quality for the first performer. The place is dated and nondescript. It had velvet seats. Not impressed at all. Also lack of many bathrooms. They seem to book many acts. Maybe they perform at Amsoil Arena. Looks like there is adequate parking.

I've never waited a full six years between experiencing what a business has to offer and writing a…read morereview before but Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe breaks the mold in more ways than one. I'm not sure what else they do besides putting on the Run, Smelt, Run! parade on the shore of Lake Superior in May but that's more than enough. I've been meaning to go back but it's a ways off from Detroit and finances are always a challenge so who knows if that will happen especially since ... gasp! This year might have been the final smelt parade. Jim Ouray, the founder of the smelt parade is stepping down as head honcho, citing the headaches of securing funding and doing all the clerical work which he's pretty tired of at his age. Hell, it sounds exhausting to me and I'm a good deal younger than him. He still wants to do the fun stuff, like play King Neptune, but unless someone steps up and takes the reins, which nobody has yet, it's curtains for the smelt parade. As grandpa would say "Well, that's too damn bad!" The smelt parade is a riot! It's kind of a northern bastardization of Mardi Gras. We have something similar in Detroit called the Marche du Nain Rouge. Ours is bigger and we wear red and dress like demons sometimes while in Duluth they wear silver and usually rock some sort of smelt themed costume. Theirs is more fun and soulful and flipped out if you ask me though. There's all manner of wacky smelt themed costumes- Smelt Lumberjack, Smelt Pope, Smeltbot 3000, Smelt Mayor and the fabulous Smelt Queen among dozens of others. There's a second line jazz band playing as the merrymakers dance down the Duluth boardwalk. There's a smelt fry and more music at the parade's conclusion at the Zeitgeist Theater. There's stilt walkers and a whole Rite of Spring type ceremony. Bye bye winter, let's party! Of course they're farther north than the Motor City so it's in May and not March. That's also the height of smelting time here - the reason for the season. Sorry it took me so long to write this. Hell, I had to create the listing, too. None of the normies here on Yelp are messing with this bizarre wonderfulness. Lots of details have slipped through my memory banks in the over half a decade that's elapsed, even if I have lots of photos and even created a travel comic about my pilgrimage here. Suffice it say I give the weirdos at Magic Smelt Puppet Troupe the highest possible recommendation and hope the Smelt Parade somehow endures.

Fantastic old building with a great porch with a great view…read more Perfect place to have a wedding reception. Oh, and it isn't just for women, if that's what you were thinking.

From the owner: Social Club for Women Working together to learn about each…read moreother and our community to support and serve through our organization.

The building had many functions. The function I went to was the Barbie exhibit that was traveling,…read moreand it was fantastic. It was full of photo opportunities and history of the gift shop price has variety. The service was fantastic.

Absolutely disgusted by the way this place has handled something that could have easily been…read moreresolved or at the very least, they could have taken responsibility for. Among a few other completely ridiculous mishaps in which the decc was responsible for the day of the wedding as well as during the wedding pertaining to prime rib that was completely uncooked... the worst of it all is that unknown to the bride and groom, a family member safely placed all gifts under the gift table... resulting in every gift being left behind after the wedding reception. The decc staff has placed blame on the bride and groom as well as the rest of the family/guests. They have not taken accountability at all whatsoever, which is very concerning being there is clearly a very dishonest thief working for them. The decc has completely ignored and disregarded all contact from the bride after the initial conversation where they proceeded to place blame elsewhere, extremely unprofessional. This place is completely ridiculous and I would not recommend for any reason. Will be sharing this experience with as many people as we can reach in hopes of saving others from having a horrible experience.

The quality of the shows and performances I have seen here recently is amazing! I feel so lucky to…read morebe able to access such powerful, hilarious and moving theatre works in such a small city! You won't be disappointed

I'm giving it a 3, not because it was good or bad, because it was neither. I think it's great that…read moreDuluth has this, I just wish I could've gotten in. I didn't purchase a ticket ahead of time, but thought that half an hour would be good since it's Duluth... well, I was wrong. They were sold out, which kinda bites. Huge props to this company and all for having sold out improv shows, but man did it suck to be turned away. Hope attend someday before I move.