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One last day on the North Shore

Photographs from the only day the sun shined on my late Spring trip to Duluth and the North Shore…

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Wisconsin and a smidge of the U.P.

Photographs from a (mostly) rainy day spent exploring the far northern edge of Wisconsin and the very western corner of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, including a stop in Ashland to visit the site of one of my favorite Stephen Shore photographs

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The North Shore in the rain, continued

More photographs of Minnesota’s North Shore on very gray, rainy days…

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The North Shore in the rain

It has been many years since I first visited Duluth and the North Shore of Minnesota, and I have wanted to get back ever since. That trip was a bit ill-fated as I was struggling with the beginnings of an anxiety disorder that sent me home early after spending most of the time in my hotel room at the Motel 6.

My visit in late-April this year was much more enjoyable - even in the rain and fog that hung around for the first couple of days. It’s still an amazing place to land-locked me.

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