Badass Dorothy Molter lived for 56 years in a cabin in the Boundary Waters' midst, 18 miles from the nearest road. Dorothy paddled, hiked, fished, skied and snowshoed around the area – and served her homemade root beer to anyone who happened to drop by – cementing her reputation as a colorful North Woods character. She died at age 79, and her friends hauled her homestead by dogsled to Ely. It's now a root-beer-selling museum that lets you look around her cluttered abode.
Dorothy Molter Museum
Northern Minnesota
Lonely Planet's must-see attractions
20.11 MILES
This is Minnesota's oldest and deepest iron ore mine. Ore was worked continuously here from 1882 to when the mine closed in 1962. The tour includes a deep…
Nearby Northern Minnesota attractions
20.11 MILES
This is Minnesota's oldest and deepest iron ore mine. Ore was worked continuously here from 1882 to when the mine closed in 1962. The tour includes a deep…