You might not think of Duluth as a destination, but it’s one place you should add to your list if only because hipster gentrification hasn’t yet reached this Rust Belt city in northern Minnesota.
Long known for its connection to the Great Lakes maritime industry — namely the shipping of iron ore — the Zenith City, as Duluth is known, feels bigger than its relatively modest population of 86,265.
This is evident in the array of architecture, which varies from the magnificent Richardsonian Romanesque-style former high school to a neoclassical city hall. Another notable example is a French château-inspired former train station, the Duluth Depot. There are also Gothic Revival churches, as one would expect to find.
The vast majority of these buildings were erected between the late 19th century and the interwar period, though downtown has several later additions, including an elevated highway and parking garages, that detract from its fine cityscape.
Besides so many notable buildings what stood out most were the number of homeless and street corner panhandlers throughout central downtown. After all, Duluth’s weather for the majority of the year is hardly ideal for the homeless.
The five-minute drive from downtown to the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Our Lady of the Rosary takes you on an architectural history lesson as you pass through neighborhoods and see everything from brownstone and brick to single-family dwellings in the late Victorian, Queen Anne and…
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