Bob Dylan's Birthplace
· 2.2 mi · Historical Marker
The Iron Range hometown where Robert Zimmerman grew up before becoming Bob Dylan.
Bob Dylan's Boyhood Home
· 2.2 mi
At 2425 7th Avenue East — the stretch since renamed Bob Dylan Drive — stands the modest house where Robert Zimmerman grew up. His family moved here from Duluth in 1948 when he was about seven, and he lived here until…
Hibbing High School
· 2.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever heard of a town so rich, they moved it wholesale to get at the iron ore underneath? That's Hibbing, and this high school is a testament to that ambition. Back in the early 1900s, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Mine, one of…
Androy Hotel
· 2.2 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Ever wonder what happens when a town gets in the way of a really big hole in the ground? Built by a mining company in 1921, this former hotel anchored a new business district after the town was relocated due to mining…
Hull–Rust–Mahoning Open Pit Iron Mine
· 4.3 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Witness the sheer scale of the largest operating open-pit iron mine in Minnesota, stretching over three miles long! Established in 1895, the Hull–Rust–Mahoning Mine became one of the world's first mechanized open-pit…
Hull-Rust-Mahoning Open Pit Mine
· 6.4 mi · Historical Marker
The largest open-pit iron mine in the world, supplying ore that built American industry and won two world wars.
Bruce Mine Headframe
· 6.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
That towering metal structure? It's the Bruce Mine Headframe, a silent sentinel from Minnesota's iron mining boom. Built between 1925 and 1926, this headframe was crucial for hauling ore and miners deep underground. The…
Hill-Annex Mine State Park
· 15.8 mi · Scraped Hmdb
Imagine this landscape buzzing with activity, not with tourists, but with miners extracting iron ore. This is Hill-Annex Mine State Park, a window into Minnesota's iron mining past. In 1892, the land here was first…
