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
A Swedish edition of Monkey with a Tool Belt, by Duluth author/illustrator Chris Monroe
MIO Furniture
Monkey on the cover
The MIO furniture catalog features a family reading a Swedish version of Monkey with a Tool Belt by Duluth author/illustrator Chris Monroe
Sundew Facebook
Sundew sidekick
A truck pontoon is the "chase car" for the retired USCG cutter Sundew, now owned by Jeff Foster of Jeff Foster Trucking
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
Rusty Patched Bumblebee
Minnesota's state bee is the endangered rusty patch bumblebee
Minnesota DNR
Pollinator Poster
A pollinator poster from the Minnesota DNR
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
Lake Superior Maritime Visitor Center
A refreshed exhibit about the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald focuses on the crew, plus adds videos of its launching, locking through at the Soo and about the weather conditions on Nov. 10, 1975, when it sank.
We live in Illinois. Tried Mike and Jen's last year and have been ordering it since. Best Hot Cocoa
John Heneghan | Around the Circle This Week: August 23, 2019
Does anybody know the name of a play about travelers stranded on a great lakes lighthouse? I rememb
C Yeo | Stannard Rock Lighthouse: The Loneliest Place on the Continent
When will you be publishing your Best of Lake 2019 online?
Tony | Best of the Lake: 2018
On page 11 of the April / May magazine the Duluth Seaway Port Authority has an ad. The ad has 6 pic
Bill Reinfeld | Contact Us
RV camping
Coming to your area in May. Interested in RV campgrounds.
Leonard Chandler | Great Lake Destinations