One of the most remarkable things about the historic sites on the Keweenaw Peninsula is how often they’re barrier-free. Almost everywhere else you go in this world, someone is telling you to stay behind a chain, a fence, a roadblock, or a velvet rope. But more often than not, up here on the Keweenaw, relics of the copper-mining past are simply left out in the open. And there’s no better example than the Quincy Dredge #2 and the Quincy Stamp Mill. Sure, I guess there’s someone who would tell you, “Don’t go in there!” or “Don’t climb on that!”. But it […]