Shoppers never know what they’ll find at Artifacts vintage store in Iowa City. Last week I found Duluth. Artifacts is a regular stop on our Iowa City family visits and we’ve brought back a lot of great things from the place. Like the wedding ring I’m wearing right now. The store is crammed with old furniture, … More The price of Duluth gold in Iowa: 50-cents an ounce
The Hibbing Memorial Building Arena is a historic, well-kept and beautiful place to watch hockey. It has a massive arched ceiling, black art deco doorways and concrete block corridors beneath the bleachers. But there’s something odd planted in the middle of its ice sheet. An anchor. A big blue anchor with an attached rope and … More The great Greyhounds vs. Bluejackets mix-up myth
A used bookstore in Washington is a strange place to discover a little Minnesota Iron Range history, but there it was in a discount bin last week. Jen and I were looking for breakfast on a quiet, zigzagging, residential street in Seattle’s Capitol Hill neighborhood when we stumbled upon Twice Sold Tales. After a plate of eggs and … More Bringing the Iron Range home
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
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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