GRAND MARAIS -- About a half-mile off shore from the Grand Marais harbor, Harley Toftey reaches overboard and pulls a 300-foot-long gill net laden with lake herring over the bow of his Boston whaler.
The region earned this nickname as the birthplace of Sweden’s most cherished cultural icons: the festive Midsummer traditions, the unmistakable Falu Rödfärg red paint on timber cottages, and the world ...