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Anderson Store
10049 Water Street
Ephraim
920-854-7043
This is a restored country store, built in 1858 and which is on National Historic Register.

Art & Nature Center
Main & Jackson Harbor Rd.
Washington Island
920-847-2025
Devoted to the history of Washington Island

Bjorklunden Chapel
Hwy 57, South
Baileys Harbor
920-839-2216

Cana Island Lighthouse
NE of Baileys Harbor
Built in 185 - follow signs to get there

Cave Point County Park
Sevastopol/Jacksonport
For Info: call Door County Parks & Recreation: 920-746-2914
Cave Point is a geological wonder with rocky limestone bluffs as high as 200 feet – part of the Niagara Escarpment – yes Niagara as in the falls

Cupola House
7836 Egg Harbor Road
Egg Harbor
920-868-3941
800-871-1871

Built by Levi Thorp in 1871, Cupola House stands as a National Historic Landmark building in the heart of Egg Harbor

Door County Historical Museum
18 N 4th Av
Sturgeon Bay
920-743-5809
Dedicated to the history of the area

Door County Maritime Museum
120 N. Madison
Sturgeon Bay

Eagle Bluff Lighthouse In Peninsula State Park
It was built in 1868, and is On National Historic Register Ephraim Monument Moravians landed in about 1853, and this honors and commemorates this

Hardy Gallery
At Anderson Dock on Hwy 42
Art gallery in building which is a national historic landmark
920-854-5535

Jackson Harbor Maritime Museum
Washington Island Dedicated to history of the island's maritime industry

Log Cabin of Asa Thorp
(Original) Founder's Square, Fish Creek, behind the shops Built in 1849, by the founder of Fish Creek 920-868-2316

Noble House Museum
Corner of Hwy 42/Spruce
Fish Creek
Built in 1875, On National Register of Historic Homes
920-868-2091

Old Rugged Cross
1913 Maple Ave.,
Sturgeon Bay

Historical Marker at Friends Church.
Old School House
Hwy. 42 & 57,
Sister Bay
920-854-2812
Built in 1866, it was the first schoolhouse in Northern Door County.

Pioneer School House
9998 Moravia St.,
Ephraim.
920-854-5207
Original 1869 schoolhouse

Portes des Mortes (Death's Door)
This is the body of water between Gills Rock and Washington Island. Very strong currents, which during storms took many ships to the bottom

Range Lights
Near the Ridges & Bailey's Harbor (follow signs) Similar to lighthouses, these are guide lights for ships.

Ridges Sanctuary (Nature sanctuary)
Hwy 57, N - 1/2 mile N. of Baileys Harbor
A beautiful nature preserve formed by the lake waters No cars here, just walking.

The Ridges on Washington Island
Jackson Harbor, NE corner of Washington Island.

Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal & Coastguard Station Lighthouse Eastern foot of canal. Completed in 1882.

Thomas Goodletson House
Ephraim.
Built in 1857, it is restored & furnished for the period. One of the first houses in Door County

Washington Island Farm Museum
Jackson Harbor Rd.,
920-847-2156
Washington Island Old farm equipment, log buildings