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Da Yoopers Tourist Trap 490 North Steel Street (visible from US HWY 41) Ishpeming, MI 49849
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490 N. Steel Street Ishpeming, MI 49849 (906) 485-5595...
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490 N. Steel Street Ishpeming, MI 49849 (906) 485-5595...
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Hoolie’s role as U.P. ambassador began in 1975 when he and some buddies formed a bar band that was a curious mix of country, rock and rural performance art. “In the U.P. it takes everybody — including the guys — two, three hours to get loosened up, to get enough guts to get up and dance,” he explained. “So I said there’s got to be something we can ...
What, exactly, is a Yooper? To judge by the souvenirs, the songs by Hoolie’s band, the dummies in the yard and the portrayals in movies like “Escanaba in Da Moonlight,” a Yooper spends lots of time drinking beer, shoveling snow, wandering the woods for various reasons and farting. Always farting. It’s a long-held stereotype that dates back to the d...
You might think that the strange contraptions scattered among the dummies in the yard at Da Yoopers Tourist Trap are meant as a joke, like everything else. You’d be wrong. “Some people look at them and they laugh, but they’re actually innovations,” Bellmore said. “They were used by somebody.” There’s a 1957 Buick Special with a snow plow blade atta...
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This is an unabashedly kitschy souvenir place in Ishpeming. It is connected to a very good rock and mineral shop, along with the funny Innovation Museum. This is well worth a visit if you are driving through Ishpeming. This review is the subjective opinion of a Tripadvisor member and not of Tripadvisor LLC.
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- Hotels near Da Yoopers Tourist Trap: (1.39 mi) Magnuson Country Inn (1.43 mi) Country Village RV Park & Campground (1.02 mi) Triangle Motel (1.63 m...
- Restaurants near Da Yoopers Tourist Trap: (0.52 mi) Huron Mountain Bakery (0.94 mi) Sherrie's Restaurant (1.49 mi) Congress Pizza (1.49 mi) Rare Ea...
- Attractions near Da Yoopers Tourist Trap: (0.00 mi) Da Yoopers Tourist Trap (0.68 mi) Da Yoopers Innovation Museum (1.25 mi) Cliffs Shaft Mine Muse...
If you’re a fan of quirkiness and kitsch, there’s one U.P. destination that belongs on your must-visit list. Get ready for a hearty dose of roadside fun. Da Yoopers Tourist Trap is located at 490 North Steel St in Ishpeming. Google Maps.
We pull into Da Yoopers Tourist Trap, the sky leaden with clouds. A phalanx of American flags are at full extension out by the highway, straining at their poles in a cool summer gale howling down from Lake Superior.
- 490 N. Steel St., Ishpeming, MI
Apr 29, 2016 · Founded by the original members of the Upper Peninsula comedy troupe Da Yoopers, this gaudy self-admitted tourist trap exhibits bizarre U.P. humor, amazing innovations, and also the...
Da Yoopers Tourist Trap
