The elusive Lake Superior agate. Rockhounds scour Lake Superior’s shoreline for these rare banded beauties—from the western reaches of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the U.P.’s easternmost Whitefish Point.
COPPER HARBOR, MI– Michigan’s Brockway Mountain Drive traces the spine of an ancient fault line as it rises 700 feet above ...
Our kayaks sliced through the thick fog that blanketed Lake Superior, erasing any view of Split Rock Lighthouse towering on the cliffside ahead. We paddled past one of Minnesota’s most recognizable ...
DULUTH — Steam rising from his body, Justin Meinhold stepped off a 36-foot barge moored in a harbor slip and moved to a floating platform, its center jaw opened to the frigid water below. The Duluth ...
A stone cross on the North Shore marks the seemingly miraculous success of a perilous journey for Frederic Baraga, a Slovenian missionary who traversed the Upper Midwest in the 19th century. Heidi ...
Cedar + Stone’s community sauna in Duluth Harbor sits atop a 40,000 pound barge. Jenn Ackerman for The New York Times After getting hot in the sauna, guests at Sisu + Löyly Nordic Sauna in Grand ...
MINNEAPOLIS — Lake Superior is the largest freshwater lake in the world — a sea known for its pristine cold water. But in a warming world, that's changing. Before dawn, a crew boards the Blue Heron, ...