Opened in 1947, the Grand Marais Art Colony is the longest-lived art colony in Minnesota. It began as an eight-week summer course but became a year-round art colony that unites the natural beauty of the North Shore with Minnesota's vibrant artistic community.
Howard Pyle's 1906 painting depicts the charge of the Minnesotans at the Battle of Nashville, December 16, 1864. It hangs in the Governor's Reception Room at the Minnesota State Capitol.