The Houghton County Historical Society - Museum / Historical Buildings — Attraction in Torch Lake Township

I volunteer at the Lake Linden and Torch Lake Railroad (on the main campus for the historical society) as a train operator and conductor. From what I've seen from the passengers and patrons, they enjoy it, especially the kids. We operate the 102 y.o. Porter steam locomotive on Saturdays and special events. Gas locomotive rides are on Sundays and if your lucky we may even let you drive. We have an annual Halloween train with a scare house in the mid afternoon for the kids and a VERY scary train ride and spook house for the adults who think they can stomach it. This year the Halloween train is on August 21st. Also on the campus is museum with hundreds (maybe thousands) of historical artifacts from around the Keweenaw. Our main office and research center is located across the parking lot. We also have a large model train display. I definitely recommend bringing the family for a fun little side trip on your way to visit the rest of the Keweenaw. We are located across M-26 from the grocery store in...

I always get a weird vibe going here. Their hours on their website are often wrong, or they're closed when I get there. Trying to contact them for research purposes is almost impossible. They've got a lot of random stuff here that could be shared more effectively, but this is definitely one of the lower museums on my list to visit around...

I went to Lake Linden looking for family history and didn't know a museum existed there. To my surprise there was one, but the museum's sign said closed. I called the number on their website and ended up talking to George who met us and let us in. So many historical artifacts! It's a must see for sure! George and his wife were so friendly...