When taking a spin around the Lake to check in with longtime businesses that have changed ownership this past year or so, a common thread emerges: The more things change, the more they stay the same.Read more
Sure, if you live in some place like Florida or Arizona, you get snow-free ground and coat-free weather all year, but you may not appreciate summer like we do.Read more
FYI on SNAs: On Sugarloaf Point near Little Marais, a rugged shoreline testifies to basalt lava flows dating more than 1 billion years ago. On part of Minnesota Point in Duluth, red and white pines 150 to 270 years old dominate a unique nearly forgoRead more
Many Options for Holiday Events: Oohs, aahs and whistles from fireworks fans will be heard in waves along the western shores of Lake Superior on the Fourth of July. But perhaps the best part of celebrating independence is parading with the neighbors.Read more
In the last years of her father Walter’s life, Patty Mester drove every weekend the 80 miles from Duluth to Grand Rapids so that they could sit together for hours in a back bedroom filled with photos, news clippings and other family documents.Read more
A Scenic Overlook to Start Your Trip: Many visitors stop at Thompson Hill Welcome Center off Interstate 35 near Spirit Mountain to pick up some information for their trip to Duluth or the North Shore.Read more
Unusual Landscape: For years, locals and tourists visited Black Beach near Silver Bay to hang out on the cool spot with the distinctive charcoal-colored sands despite the beach being privately owned by Cleveland-Cliffs.Read more
My grandmother swears by the hills of Duluth. She says those hills make strong children, build strong bones. She says the winding roads keep the brain sharp, alert. She says, “Look at I pry hard and am relieved when we dodge – barely – the unexpectedRead more
So you’ve decided to travel around Lake Superior and earn your Circle Tour bragging rights.
The excitement (and maybe some anxiety) of this epic journey can span months of careful planning for some.Read more
During her years as a North Shore expatriate in the Twin Cities, Jan Swart, a Two Harbors, Minnesota, native, loved using photos of Lake Superior as her computer’s desktop image to remind her of home.Read more
The most likely time to spot lightning on Lake Superior is between the third week of June and the second week of August, says Matt Zika, warning coordination meteorologist at the National Weather Service station in Marquette.Read more
You might think that when we tally up the votes for our annual Lake Superior Best of the Lake survey that we find that the same names keep coming to the top.Read more
Boltz, one of the ambassador wolves at the International Wolf Center in Ely, Minnesota, seemed more at ease after the retirement of the exhibit pack's alpha male, Aidan, in August 2018.
Retiring Resort Owners
Scott Harrison and Nancy Burns sold Lutsen Resort after three decades owning the business.
Cook County Highway Department
New Lutsen Mountains Bridge
A new bridge opened in August 2018 between Eagle Ridge Resort and Papa Charlie's at Lutsen Mountains on Minnesota's North Shore.
Lutsen Resort
Lutsen Resort
A historic photo of Lutsen Resort on Minnesota's North Shore
Bob Berg
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At Duluth's Canal Park, the Lake was turned brown by the flooding of feeder rivers like the Nemadji River on the weekend of June 15-17, 2018
Paul L. Hayden / Lake Superior Magazine
A New HQ for Tettegouche in Minnesota
Landscaping remained to be completed, but inside the new center at Tettegouche State Park was state-of-the-art and ready for visitors in summer 2014.
RV camping
Coming to your area in May. Interested in RV campgrounds.
Leonard Chandler | Great Lake Destinations
I was a Lake Superior student living in the Sault, but will never forget that storm and that night.
Brenda Thom | A Night to Remember: A Newsman and a Sailor Recall When the Fitz Went Down
Mojakka is a fish soup originating in the region of Kalajoki, Finland and dating back to the days w
Randy Karpinen | Recipe Box: Making Mojakka
Big Lake storm – why not put in buffer strips in Duluth? All the farm land ditches have them.
Joyce Lobitz | Around the Circle This Week: October 12, 2018
Is there a schedule or list of speakers/topics available for this year's McDougall's Dream?
Ray Horton | McDougall’s Dream