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 sky put on a magic show during our stay at Grand Marais last weekend. Jen and I hiked out to the harbor light house as the sun was going down behind Cook County hills Friday night. We were staying in town for the Le Grand Du Nord gravel cycling race. I endured the painful … More Grand Marais magic
Cows like to ride the rails too. I snapped this picture at the Hammond Avenue railroad crossing in Superior, Wis. last Monday. My truck was the second vehicle in line heading north back to Duluth when a freight train passed through town. The automatic stop arms halted traffic. I saw this image coming down the … More A Canadian cow hops freight to Superior
Everybody loves the good-looking and charming Duluth Aerial Lift Bridge but few know about a troublesome little brother named Blue. It’s a strange relationship. The mighty Aerial Lift Bridge guards the Duluth ship canal like an all-state goalie protects a hockey net. Nothing gets past this thing without a couple of foghorn blasts. The bridge is … More The little brother bridge, a troublemaker
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?
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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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