I walked into the small but jam-packed downtown Duluth kitchen supply store looking for a gift. It was five days before Christmas. “What can we help you with today?” asked the lady behind the counter. A man stood to her left. There was no one else in the store. “Well, my wife wants a really … More Victoria’s Secret. A knife. A Merry Christmas
The NickMoore Hotel has a basement full of mice drunk on chocolate kisses. Here’s what happened: I was keeping a glass bowl of Hershey’s Kisses on a shelf next to the fireplace. About a month ago, I noticed a dwindling supply. Maybe I was just consuming more chocolate, I thought. Then one day I discovered … More Feeding the eagles on Hawk Ridge
I didn’t get an invitation to the Nobel Prize award ceremony for Bob Dylan in Sweden today. Instead, I visited a memorial to the most important people in his life: His parents. Abram and Beatrice Zimmerman are both buried in Duluth, Minnesota; the same place they brought Bob Dylan into this world more than 75 … More Forget the Nobel Prize ceremony, this place is more important
Imagine an out-of-order telephone booth planted between your refrigerator and dining room table. An ugly box battered from years of overuse, equipped with clunky doors, barely utilitarian innards and a roof coated in dust and dirt. A heavy brown behemoth that blocked views, insulted aesthetics and didn’t do a very good job of storing pots, … More Mark vs. the Broom Closet Monster
35 Years in the Big Sky Country
This blog documents the photo-gathering roadtrips for RoadsideArchitecture.com (aka roadarch.com). That gigantic website covers buildings, signs & statues from the 1920s-1970s. The posts here offer about a dozen photos from each day of shooting. In winter, there are "news" posts about demolitions, removals, remodeling, restorations, etc.
Featuring student work from the University of Minnesota Duluth Journalism program.
Dispatches from the shores of Lake Superior
Exploring the North Woods
Duluth, Minnesota based birder. Sax-Zim Bog naturalist.
What happens when a Twin Cities townie follows his wife into the woods?
He farms! He writes! He paints!
Dispatches from the shores of Lake Superior
Dispatches from the shores of Lake Superior
Dispatches from the shores of Lake Superior
Dispatches from the shores of Lake Superior
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