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What are some hidden gem cities or towns in the U.S. where you can find cheap winter charm?

1. The Mile-High Miner's Town

Leadville, Colorado, U.S.

Leadville is the highest incorporated city in North America, sitting over 10,000 feet above sea level.

2. Iron Ore's Frozen Gateway

Marquette, Michigan, U.S.

Marquette is home to one of the world's largest wooden ore docks, a testament to its industrial might, still actively shipping iron ore even in freezing conditions.

3. The Town That Wouldn't Budge

Wallace, Idaho, U.S.

The entire town of Wallace, Idaho, is listed on the National Register of Historic Places, a designation it earned by literally refusing to allow a freeway to pass through it.

4. Vermont's Confederate Surprise

St. Albans, Vermont, U.S.

St. Albans was the site of the northernmost Confederate land action of the Civil War, hundreds of miles from any major battlefield.

5. Gateway to the Great North

Ely, Minnesota, U.S.

Ely is known as the gateway to the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, where dogsledding isn't just recreation, but a part of the local winter culture.

6. Pennsylvania's Swiss Valley

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Jim Thorpe, often called the 'Switzerland of America', was once a booming coal town with a dark history tied to the secret society of the Molly Maguires.

7. Superior's Artistic Haven

Grand Marais, Minnesota, U.S.

This small artistic harbor town on Lake Superior's North Shore is built upon dramatic 1.1-billion-year-old volcanic rock formations.

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