Your day was full of fun and excitement from seeking out the many attractions the Marquette area offers you, such as one of the local Marquette Golf courses, Marquette Maritime Museum and Lighthouse or hiking the inland trails of Presque Isle Park and you just want to wind-down from day, the North Star Lounge is your perfect quiet little nook that sits atop of the Landmark Inn. A small cozy fireplace welcomes you along with two large windows that surrender the views of Lake Superior. The North Star Lounge is a perfect little oasis away from it all.
The Landmark Inn did not get listed and gain title as one of the Historic Hotels of America by the National Trust for Historical Preservation for nothing. The Landmark Inn opened its doors in 1930 and has a rash of notable personalities and prominent figures thought its history.
If some of the rooms could only speak you would hear the conversations from Aviator, Amelia Earhart, who stayed in room 502 in 1932; Abbot and Costello, the famous comedians were guests who came during the war in 1942, to perform for the American Legion; Musicians, Duke Ellington and Louis Armstrong, and even the singing group Peter, Paul, and Mary stayed in the Hotel North Land as it was named back then.
The film industry will not be left alone in this historical litany for the cast and crew from the film, Anatomy of a Murder stayed at the Landmark Inns while they filmed at the Marquette Courthouse, Big Bay, and Michigamme.
And let us not forget about our literary predecessors of pen such as John Voelker, a local attorney and avid fisherman who wrote the book, Anatomy of a Murder based on a true story for the above mentioned film. And there was also Jim Harrison who wrote, Legends of the Fall and poet, Maya Angelou, known for her poetry, writing, and acting.
If it's rock'n'roll and activist that gets you going the Rolling Stones and Gloria Steinem as have been the Landmark guest's as well. The list is really to long to mention as of the "who's who" of the many famous guest's that have sought out accommodations from the Landmark Inn.
History and the occasional ghost story seems to play always hand in hand and the Landmark Inn is no stranger to the world of its share of ghost stories from staff and to the dismay sometimes to a few of the guests of the Landmark Inn. The Landmark Inn has seen many guests of paranormal researchers and our very own Northern Michigan University team of paranormal experts have even documented strange "orbs" of light on film. If you ever feel you are followed down the hall at night after a few cocktails in the North Land Pub it may not be the libations and could quite possible be one of the few specter that have yet to check-out.
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