Carlton County History and Heritage Center
County museum located in Cloquet, Minnesota.
Each edition grades its towns against each other only.

Only one place to visit is inside Cloquet, but 7 more are within 40 miles. Look for 6 museums and 2 zoos & aquariums. A drive of 57 mi brings you to Gooseberry Falls State Park.

Railroad museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
The towns around it, and where to stay →
Head to the east for most of the 7 on the list.
Orange: Cloquet. Numbers: the best-known places, matching the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors
First the one in town, then the 13 within 60 miles.
County museum located in Cloquet, Minnesota.
Maritime museum in Duluth, Minnesota.
The places inside Cloquet lead. The rest are ranked by how many people look them up, so the famous places come first and the local favorites follow.
Carlton County History and Heritage Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Gooseberry Falls State Park: Chuck Kochmann, Copyrighted free use · Great Lakes Aquarium: Tmajewski, Public domain · Lake Superior Railroad Museum: User resedabear on Flickr, CC BY 2.0 · Duluth Depot: Hikki Nagasaki, Public domain · Greyhound Bus Museum: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Two Harbors Lighthouse: pmarkham, CC BY-SA 2.0 · Fairlawn Mansion: Nfarmakes, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Minnesota Discovery Center: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tweed Museum of Art: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Olcott Park: McGhiever, CC BY-SA 4.0