Cascade River picnic area, Minnesota
The Cascade River picnic area offers a hidden bit of beauty and solitude along Lake Superior on Minnesota’s North Shore. Woods and water at the Cascade River picnic area There are so many things to Read More …
Category: Lake Superior (North Shore)
Fall in love with Minnesota’s Jay Cooke State Park
Fall at Jay Cooke State Park Minnesota’s Jay Cooke State Park is spectacular in any season, but it really shines when the leaves begin to glow with fall color. I’ve seen Jay Cooke in winter Read More …
Duped by the duck in Duluth, Minnesota
While the ships were supposed to be the featured attraction at this summer’s tall ship festival in Duluth, a giant rubber duck made a serious attempt to steal the show. Sure, there are plenty of Read More …
Duluth Tall Ship Festival, Minnesota
The ships that flew across the seas during the age of sail (the 16th through the middle of the 19th century) continue to fascinate. While up to 30 tall ships were expected to participate in Read More …
The cascades of Cascade River State Park, Minnesota
It took me until last summer to discover the rushing waters of Cascade River State Park, but once I did, it became one of my favorite discoveries of the summer. Exploring the cascades of the Read More …
Abandoned Lake Superior fish shack, Minnesota
Lake Superior once had a large number of independent fisherman working its icy waters. Those small-scale fisherman are largely gone now, their sturdy shacks slowly melting into the lake’s rocky beaches. But for now, these Read More …
Sort-of winter at Stony Point’s Fish Shacks
It hasn’t been a particularly snowy winter on Minnesota’s North Shore, but the fish shacks by Stony Point still look pretty cold above the icy blue water of Lake Superior. And the lake looks really Read More …
Happy Voyageur Valentine!
I spotted this couple guarding the heritage gardens at the Grand Portage National Monument last summer. Surely they are lovers. Happy Valentines! Grand Portage National Monument
The start of the John Beargrease sled dog race in Minnesota
Every January the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon brings mushers, dogs, and fans to north eastern Minnesota. And anyone can come and watch the action. At the start of the Beargrease Some people embrace northern Read More …
Lone Lake Superior fish shack, Minnesota
I saw a number of interesting things while up along Lake Superior’s North Shore for a photo class last June, but I wasn’t able to stop and photograph many of them. These missed opportunities included Read More …
Pink lady’s slipper, Cascade River, Minnesota
I’ve never been much of an outdoor adventurer, so locating native orchids in the wilds of Minnesota has always had more appeal in the abstract than in reality. However, a photo class at the end Read More …
First visit to the Kadunce River, Minnesota
Discovering new locations to photograph was one reason I signed up for a photo class along Lake Superior’s North Shore last June. The class didn’t disappoint and I discovered several spots worth further exploration. The Read More …
Discover Minnesota’s Black Beach
There’s a new stop that visitors should make as they wander up Lake Superior’s North Shore: Minnesota’s Black Beach. I provide links as a convenience to you. However, some may be affiliate links that pay Read More …
Fancy Footwork at the Grand Portage Powwow
While there is much to watch at a powwow, it always pays to look down. These images were taken in August at the Grand Portage Powwow. Grand Portage Powwow
Looking through old glass at the Grand Portage Rendezvous
I love looking at the world through old glass, the way the swirls and bubbles and waves provide motion even on the stillest of days. These images were captured in August in the Great Hall Read More …
Ahead of the storm on Seven Bridges Road, Duluth, Minnesota
Although there were earlier attempts to build a road through this part of Duluth, construction of what became today’s Seven Bridges Road began in 1899. The project was undertaken by Samuel Snively using his own Read More …
Blacksmith at work, Grand Portage Rendezvous
The fur traders’ summer rendezvous along the shore of Lake Superior at the Grand Portage National Monument is a time when those skilled in the essential arts of the past practice their art and show-off Read More …
Sunrise at East Bay, Grand Marais
The sky was already beginning to brighten when we slipped between the narrow strip of trees and brush that separates the Artists Point parking lot in Grand Marais from East Bay. Still, it would be Read More …