State Highway 1 continues northwest from Finland 56 miles (90 km) to Ely.

George H. Crosby Manitou State Park is located 7 miles (11 km) northeast of Finland.

The name of the town comes from the fact that a large portion of the early settlers were Finns.

[7] The 1931 book Finlandssvenskarna i Amerika ('The Finland Swedes in America') describes the town's founding: "Two Finns, a Lindström and a Pelto, went out to the forest 40 miles north of Two Harbors a few years ago.

"[8] The visitor center is the former home of forest ranger and longtime Finland resident O. M. Eckbeck, who built it in 1927.