Offering public education, classes, and crafts including timber frame, boat and kayak building, outdoor, foods, and woodworking classes. The North House Folk School in Grand Marais is dedicated to promoting and preserving the knowledge, skills, crafts and stories of the past and present, and to use these elements to help people develop their creative natures. North House Folk School is located on the harbor, just before reaching downtown, at the foot of the Gunflint Trail. Special events hosted throughout the year at North House Folk School include the Wooden Boat Show and Solstice Festival in June 2001; contact the Folk School for complete schedules.