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NORTH Stories

The stories that make up the north

Mountain Time North Story

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 CF Lum Studio

Life Illuminated

Photography by Andrea Rugg & Asher James Carlson

A journey to explore the curiosities of lighting.

Grand Rapids New Home

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.

St. James Social Bedroom

Staying Power

Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Jon Kreye Photo

Millennial hotelier Annalisa Bermel unveils St. James Social, her latest hospitality venture.

Brother Justus Whiskey

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.

Day of Wine and Roaming Story in NORTH Magazine Boating on a River in France

Days of Wine & Roaming

Written by Alyssa Ford

Duluth couple leads tours of the inland French waterways in their beau bateau.

North Shore Camping Co Yurt Campsite in Minnesota

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.

Long Live the Lido Story in NORTH Magazine Photo of Golf Course

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 Story Illustration by Mike Tester Bear watercolor

A Bear Walks into a Bar

Written by Frank Bures | Illustration by mike tester

Once Duluth was overrun with bears.

Kathy KcTavish Art Photo in NORTH Magazine

Multiple Threads

Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Magic Box Photography

Cross-sensory abstract artist Kathy McTavish makes ‘weird’ sublimely cool.

Homegrown Story in NORTH Magazine Duluth Minnesota Girl in a Window with Candles

Homegrown

Written by Stephanie Pearson | CHESTER BOWL SKIS PHOTOGRAPHY BY DEREK MONTGOMERY

Real or Not Real? Story in NORTH Magazine Photo Lake Superior Paddle Boarding

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?

Through the Roof Story in NORTH Magazine Housing Shortage in Duluth Minnesota A Family

Through the Roof

Written by Alyssa Ford

What’s to be done about the North’s extreme housing shortage?

Rachel Johnson from APEX Head Shot in NORTH Magazine featured in the story The Pencil-Out Fund

Rachel Johnson and the "Pencil-Out" Fund

Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Dan Jandl

Head Shot of Chad Ronchetti in downtown Duluth Minnesota in NORTH Magazine

Chad Ronchetti and the 18-Hour Downtown

Written by Alyssa Ford | Photography by Dan Jandl

Reaching for the NORTH story in NORTH Magazine Sunrise over the trees in Northern Minnesota

Reaching for the North

Written by Alyssa Ford

Northern poets and writers on what "the North" means to them.

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