NORTH Stories
The stories that make up the north
Mountain Time
Written by Frank Bures | Photography by Laura Jean Media Services
When a new family wanted to update a Swiss-revival rambler overlooking Lake Superior, they mixed old-school charm with modern style.
Life Illuminated
Photography by Andrea Rugg & Asher James Carlson
A journey to explore the curiosities of lighting.
Home on the Range
Written by Frank Bures | Photography by Laura Jean Media Services
They were looking for the perfect home. Instead, they decided to build it.
.jpeg)
Staying Power
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Jon Kreye Photo
Millennial hotelier Annalisa Bermel unveils St. James Social, her latest hospitality venture.
.jpg)
Minnesota Distilled
Written by Frank Bures | Photography by The Restaurant Project
Phil Steger's love of the state led him to create the first whiskey made purely from Minnesota's land, water, and woods.
%20(1).jpeg)
Days of Wine & Roaming
Written by Alyssa Ford
Duluth couple leads tours of the inland French waterways in their beau bateau.
Happy Glampers
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by North Shore Camping Co
A night at North Shore Camping Company, the new glampground in Beaver Bay.
.jpg)
Long Live the Lido
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Sand Valley
Minnesota golf fans are losing their minds over an exact replica of the long-lost Lido Golf Course.
A Bear Walks into a Bar
Written by Frank Bures | Illustration by mike tester
Once Duluth was overrun with bears.
Multiple Threads
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Magic Box Photography
Cross-sensory abstract artist Kathy McTavish makes ‘weird’ sublimely cool.
Homegrown
Written by Stephanie Pearson | CHESTER BOWL SKIS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEREK MONTGOMERY
.jpeg)
Real or Not Real?
Written by Alyssa Ford
Is Duluth on the cusp of a population boom, or was it all a media fever dream?
_edited.jpg)
Through the Roof
Written by Alyssa Ford
What’s to be done about the North’s extreme housing shortage?
Rachel Johnson and the "Pencil-Out" Fund
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Dan Jandl
Chad Ronchetti and the 18-Hour Downtown
Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Dan Jandl
.jpeg)
Reaching for the North
Written by Alyssa Ford
Northern poets and writers on what "the North" means to them.