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Great Northern
Caboose
Climb aboard the 1948 historic Great Northern Caboose for a stay t1hat’s anything but ordinary, just steps from Lake Superior. Surrounded by forest and water, this historic rail car invites you to unplug, explore, and experience the North Shore from a new perspective. Preserved by local hosts, it’s a stay rooted in movement, story, and place.
On The Grid
Full Bathroom
4 Guests
1 Queen Bed
1 Futon
Family Friendly
Wifi
Gaucho
Cabin
Float among the stars in Gaucho Cabin, a secluded woodland retreat steps from Lake Superior and the Superior Hiking Trail. Sauna, stargazing, wildlife sightings, and a hanging loft net invite you to slow down and reconnect. Built and hosted by locals, this is where simple joys and wild beauty meet.
True Off-Grid
A-Frame
Dry Cabin
Pet Friendly
Queen bed
1-2 Adults
Wood-fired Sauna
Campo
Cabin
Perched on a hilltop overlooking Lake Superior, Campo Cabin is a handcrafted log retreat made for sunsets, auroras, and slow evenings by the fire. Step from your door to the lake or the Superior Hiking Trail, then unwind in the sauna under an endless sky. Built by local polar explorer Lonnie Dupre and your hosts, this cabin celebrates simplicity, craft, and wild beauty.
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True Off-Grid
Timber Frame
Dry Cabin
Pet Friendly
Queen bed
1-2 Adults
Wood Fired Sauna
Haus
Tucked into an old-growth maple forest, HAUS is a newly built dry cabin designed for slow mornings, quiet nights, and intentional living. Spend your days hiking and beach-wandering near Lake Superior, then return for a wood-fired sauna and fireside evenings under a dark sky. Locally built and hosted, it’s a cozy, back-to-basics retreat just far enough from it all.. where fewer comforts make space for deeper presence.
Dry Cabin
Wifi
Electricity
Pet Friendly
Family Friendly
4 Guests
1 Queen Bed
1 Futon
Wood Fired Sauna
Tiny Cabin
Perfectly positioned between forest, lake, and trail, The Tiny Cabin is your cozy North Shore basecamp. After days spent hiking the Superior Hiking Trail or wandering Lake Superior’s shoreline, unwind by the fire or in the sauna beneath a dark sky. Locally built and hosted, it’s an intentional stay designed for simplicity and exploration.
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Dry Cabin
Electricity
Wifi
1-2 Guests
1 Full Bed
Wood Fired Sauna
Immerse yourself in the seamless integration of off-grid living and simplistic comfort, where each cabin and caboose tells its own story of sustainability & place.
Steps
10 Min.
30 Min.
From Lake Superior
from Grand Marais Center
Lutsen Ski Mountain
Who We Are
Welcome to Great Northern, a family-run cabin and caboose stay experience on the edge of the wild, nestled near Lake Superior and the Boundary Waters of northern Minnesota.
We’re Stevie & Juani, partners in life, business, and big-hearted adventure. Our story starts far from deep in Patagonia, Argentina, where horses outnumber cars and time moves with the wind. Years ago, Stevie crossed 1200 miles of that landscape solo with two horses, one dog, and a dream to live in harmony with nature. That dream eventually led us north.
We built Great Northern from the ground up, by hand and heart. Together with our dogs (and now a growing family), we’ve crafted cabins and off-grid escapes that honor two landscapes we love: the windswept Patagonian steppe and the maple-draped boreal forests of Minnesota.
We’re raising our 2 young daughters here, under wide skies and northern lights, surrounded by wild places and warm people. Life is simple, soulful, and sometimes muddy. We wouldn’t trade it for the world.
A cabin.
A caboose.
The lake stretching beyond.
No schedule, no crowds, just your story unfolding.
Perfect for elopements, engagements, or any reason to celebrate quietly, beautifully...
Reach out below to start dreaming together.
Quietly Unforgettable
