28 Favorites from the Past 
Shipwrecks to sled dogs, brush strokes to bedrock, here are memorable highlights from 20 years of storytelling.

35 Silver Islet Riches by James R. Marshall
Only one thing stood between the miners and a fortune in silver: An inland sea with an attitude.

41 Crafts of Superior Artisans by Hugh E. Bishop
Artisans create wonderful works out of the merely practical.

48 Twenty Great Lake Lights
Elegant lifesavers from the past still stand watch.

58 Are the Lights Going Out? by Konnie LeMay
Lighthouses face a peril more treacherous than a November gale as they fall out of service into disrepair. 

Special Section: Rooms With a View
68 Revisiting the Rock House by Hugh E. Bishop

       Special Section: Fall Planner
83 Best of the Lake by The Readers
These are a few of your favorite things around the Lake Superior basin. And a questionnaire for next year, too.

  4 Editor's Note

  4 Masthead (Who We Are)

  6 Letters to the Editor

 10 Around the Circle

 18 Lake Superior Journal
     My Goodness…
        20 Years!
     James R. Marshall

 24 Lake Superior's Own
     Watching the 
       Shooting Stars
     Paul L. Hayden

 64 About the Boat
     Bringing Back
        Bumboats
     Jessica Lishinski

 77 Lake Superior Gift
        Guide

 83 Regional Calendar of
        Events

102 Advertiser Index

103 Lake Superior
         Marketplace 

104 View•Point
     Looks (vaguely) 
        familiar

A glance back at 20 years of out-front views around Lake Superior. What you see about covers it!