Duluth

Duluth is built at the northern end of an impressive barrier beach tucked into the western tip of Lake Superior.  Much of the shoreline in t...

Split Rock

Pebble Beach lies in a cove just west of the Split Rock Lighthouse.  The pebble part of the beach is limited to the western end of the littl...

Sugarloaf Cove

This was a neat find, discovered while flipping through a book in the gift store earlier in the morning at Grand Portage.  I was afraid we...

Cascade River

This place felt a lot like Acadia National Park in Maine, with its bedrock cliffs, cascading stream, and isolated gravel beach.  I think the...

Grand Marais

Grand Marais is built at the base of a tombolo, so it's got beaches on both sides.  The one on the east side is another broad sweep of r...

Kodonce River

Nothing spectacular, just a small stream mouth on a gravel beach.  I guess stream flows must be high enough to occasionally flush out the mo...

Naniboujou

The highlight of this beach is not actually the beach, but the lodge ( hshipman: Naniboujou Lodge ), and lunch in the colorful dining room t...

Deronda Bay

This will be the first of several entries from Minnesota's north shore of Lake Superior.  All are based on fairly short visits during a ...