Businesses
This business features fresh baked goodies from scratch, and the number 2 granola in the US; their motto is "makes weird people regular".
What is Crapola Granola / BrainStorm Bakery?
What is Boundary Waters Connect?
What is the International Wolf Center?
This restaurant has been a hardware store, a mortuary, and now is a bar / brewery.
What is the Boathouse Brewpub?
This business, on one of the two stoplight intersections in Ely, features food and drink during the day, wine tasting on certain nights, and has a rentable multipurpose room on the 2nd floor.
What is Northern Grounds?
This nonprofit has been around since 1986 and brings cultural and arts-centered opportunities and concerts to the Ely area.
What is Northern Lakes Arts Association?
This beloved local gathering space comes alive in the summertime and hosts many events such as the Ely Folk School Spring Bonfire.
What is Semers Beach?
If you haven't been to Ely in a while, you might think this hot spot is called Vertin's.
What is Insula?
The best industrial blade sharpeners in the world are made by this "systems" business in Ely?.
What is Razor Edge?
This nonprofit organization benefits from nearly 100 volunteers annually, some of whom drive community elders to appointments as needed.
What is Northwoods Partners?
This attraction, which is a short looped hike to get to it, features arguably the most well-known waterfall in the Ely area.
What is Kawishiwi waterfall?
This seasonal breakfast restaurant features stuffed hashbrowns, enormous portions, and is open for the earliest risers; bring your cash!
What is Britton's?
This local manufacturer is one of the last to produce a full line of outdoor clothing that is made in the US.
What is Wintergreen Northernware?
A recently formed nonprofit has brought life back to this 1937 (now a historic landmark) building, which you can rent out it's sign to post a message of your choice.
What is the Ely State Theater?
Some of the oldest rocks on earth are located here in Ely, and can be seen in this inconspicuous landmark in town.
What is Pillow Rock?
This restaurant is on Sheridan street and recently acquired a food truck, which they use during farmer's markets.
What is Oriental Orchid?
This business has been open since 1915, and it one of the oldest operational businesses in the US of its kind.
What is Ely Steam Sauna?
The Anishinaabe tradition of building birchbark canoes by hand is featured prominently at this Sheridan Street landmark.
What is the Ely Folk School?
This museum is open certain days, is housed in Minnesota North - Vermilion Campus's fine arts wing, and features relics of the people of Ely, Winton, and indigenous people.
What is the Ely-Winton Historical Society?
This year-round restaurant is a "hidden gem", as it is near Semers beach and off the "main drag" of Ely; it's menu features an exorbitant amount of styles of hamburgers, and has a large outdoor patio.
What is Stony Ridge?