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Viking Woods, Lakes & Arrowhead Shores Continued from Page 28 : In the North Woods DAY TWO 8 – 9:00 am Breakfast at Smokey Hills Wilderness Retreat features fritter bread, french toast & homemade cinnamon rolls. (A buffet brunch is served at 10:00 am every Sunday). 9 – 10:30 pm After breakfast load the bus and head up north to Bemidji, MN. 10:30 – 12:00 pm See The Great Northern Depot, the last depot built by James J. Hill. The arched framework of the Depot windows represents a neo-classic design. It represents a broad diversity of people who lived and continue to live in the Bemidji area, through a gallery museum, research library, gift shop and more. 12 – 1:00 pm Have lunch at the Bemidji Town & Country Club overlooking the north shore of Lake Bemidji. Enjoy the Buffet Luncheon (Baked Chicken, Southwestern Taco & more) or a Casual Lunch (variety of sandwiches and salads.) For more information on this sample itinerary contact your tour operator or The Northern Light Opera, 866-766-7372; The Smokey Hills Wilderness Retreat, 218-573-299; Park Rapids CVB, 800-247-0054 or Bemidji VCB, 800-458-2223. IN THE DARK STOP mole may sense within its underground habitat. In “Robomite,” visitors are invited to “become” a termite and investigate the underground colony. Other components of the exhibit are: “Darkness Deep Within Caves,” “Darkness of the Deep Sea,” and “Darkness and Humans.” Special exhibit programming is shaping up to include a “Night at the Museum” sleepovers, plus events geared to adults such as discussions about Seasonal Affective Disorder, spiritual darkness, and the darkness of social issues in our area. A film series is also planned, plus Ironworld’s community gallery will feature works that explore the role of darkness in our region. In The Dark starts August 30, 2008 through January 4, 2009 at Ironworld. Please call 800372-6437 for more details. hot S tart seeing things at Ironworld’s next exhibit, In The Dark. This totally touchyfeely exhibit features the creatures of nature’s nightshift in five walk-through areas enabling visitors to see and experience some dark and largely unseen worlds as well as the ways people have reacted to darkness throughout history. The $2 million nationally traveling exhibit is on loan to Ironworld from the Cincinnati Museum Center. In the Dark’s walk-though areas include “The Darkness of Night,” detailed in dioramas of the Great Smoky Mountains, the Sonoran Desert and a Louisiana cypress swamp. “Darkness Within the Soil” is an area of the exhibit that helps answer the question “What lurks beneath the soil of your own backyard?” This section includes interactive games such as “The Nose of a Mole,” where visitors can touch a computer pad that simulates the vibrations a 30 I T I N E R A R I E S M I N N E S O TA S U M M E R 2 0 0 8 1-877-832-7267 http://www.hinckleymn.com http://www.GrandPortage.com http://www.thesuitesduluth.com/ http://ironworld.com

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