Da Tourist Trap & Museum
Store Hours
(Spring)
Mon
- Th - 9:00 am to 7:00 pm
Friday - 9:00 am to 8:00
pm
Saturday - 9:00 am to 7:00
pm
Sunday - 10:00 am to 6:00
pm
Order online from
Da Tourist Trap Web store
24 hours a day!
Da Tourist Trap is one of the seven wonders
of Yooperland. It is located on US 41 West of Ishpeming in the heart of
Yooperland. The Tourist Trap is the ultimate Yooperland traveler's mecca.
It has plenty of parking for autos and RV's, a field for your animals to
empty their tanks and sniff around, and something rarely found at rest
stops across the U.P. - two flushing bathrooms (most rest stops in the
Upper Peninsula feature the non-flushing variety found at most deer camps
in the U.P.).
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DA YOOPERS INNOVATION MUSEUM
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Here at the Trap, we have the largest collection of Yooper Innovations
in the world. The U.P. seems to have more innovators and inventors then
anywhere else on earth., people who have the brain power and vision to
create and build something that is
functional and fun to operate.
Up here, a lot of times people are forced because
of financial strains to seek other avenues to solve their problems. If
you have a business and need a payloader to move the tons of snow we get
but can't afford it, you build one yourself. If you live out on a farm
and need an RTV to get around the back 40 but you can't afford it, you
build one yourself.
I envy these Yooper Innovators who are so smart
and able to build something that works. I ask them where they get their
talent to invent and they say it's from the long yooper winters during
which there's a lot of time to think, read and dream.
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A bus load of tourists on "Big Ernie"
(Yes, it does shoot)
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Tourist's at the Trap, Summer of "2000"
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Here is an old Chevy that Phil Wertz and his buddies dropped
off while deer hunting in Yooperland... It will be on display in 2001
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Hoolie and some tailgaters at the Trap
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The Tourist Trap during color season (fall)
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A young tourist in "the 2 holer"
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Inside the Tourist Trap
Da Tourist Trap has very unusual gift lines of Yooper made products,
from one-of-a-kind items to beautiful collectibles you won't find anywhere
else. There are many items made of wood, glass, metals and minerals. We
also have sports memorabilia, children's toys, puzzles, jewelry, and a
gag-gift line, along with the largest collection of tee-shirts and sweatshirts
in the area.
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Interesting and fun displays
Outside on the grounds are lots of crazy Yooper displays. We have
a menagerie of Yooper innovations including "Gus" the largest running-working
chain saw in the world (Guinness Book of World Records) and "Big Ernie"
the largest working rifle in the world.
On the grounds is a full-fledged deer camp - "Camp-Go-For-Beer"
and "the man camp" - opposite of deer camp (with man hunting deer). Some
other innovations include: the "Percy Pete", the world's first pay loader,
a snow cycle, Yooperland chain saw sculptures by world renowned George
Barasko, and a full-fledged underground mining display
(including mining equipment used in our area).
"Big Gus"
Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world's largest
running chain saw
(That's Hoolie in the Yooper Cowboy duds) |
"Big Ernie"
Largest working rifle in the world
(It really shoots folks) |
The "Man Camp"
(Man hunting deer) |
A Buck using da out house... |
Da -2- Holer
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For a fun time in a relaxed atmosphere,
visit
Da Tourist Trap Web store!
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