Hi, I'm Eric.

I’m an avid world traveler, photographer, software developer, and digital storyteller.

I help implement the Content Authenticity Initiative at Adobe.

ericscouten.com

Subscribe / Follow · Now

ericscouten.com

Subscribe / Follow · Now

Search Results

Minnesota

3 July 2022 • 1178 km / 732 mi (map)

Added to Eric Scouten :: Travel on 3 September 2026
Minnesota 3

So the plan was that Lisa and I would fly to Minneapolis, she would attend a conference, I’d get to introduce her to my friends “back home,” and we’d have an all-around good time.

And then that tickle in the back of my throat turned into something worrying enough that we decided we’d best keep to ourselves. We did manage to see some of my old stomping grounds, but not as much as we’d hoped. Ah well.

It’s been a very long time (18 years?!?) since I’ve lived here, but it still warms my heart to be here.

A calm pond at Loring Park framed by lush green trees and grasses, with a mowed lawn in the foreground and a church spire, tower, and stone buildings rising above the treeline under a bright blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Loring Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

A waterfall spilling over a rocky limestone cliff into a dark pool in a wooded gorge, framed by lush green summer foliage under a bright blue sky with wispy clouds. A couple of small figures stand on the rocks at lower left, giving scale to the scene.

Minnehaha Regional Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

A large leafy tree stands over an outdoor garden center at Axdahl’s Garden Farm, with a weathered red barn and a white plastic-covered greenhouse behind it and rows of potted plants and flowers displayed under a covered stand marked with a yellow “Axdahl’s Market” sign. A broad dirt lot fills the foreground beneath a dramatic sky of billowing white clouds.

Axdahl’s Garden Farm and Greenhouse, Stillwater, Minnesota

A narrow, shallow stream winding through dense green woodland, its clear water revealing a rocky, gravelly bottom, flanked by lush shrubs, grasses, and tall evergreen and deciduous trees under a dramatic sky of heavy gray clouds with patches of blue.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

A tall brown wooden marker post with gold lettering that reads “Here 1475 ft above the ocean the mighty Mississippi begins to flow on its winding way 2552 miles to the Gulf of Mexico,” standing beside a lake with lily pads under a partly cloudy sky at the Mississippi Headwaters in Itasca State Park.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

A shallow marshy wetland covered with green aquatic grasses and vegetation floating on calm water, backed by a dense line of green forest under a blue sky with scattered white clouds.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

A calm, shallow lake fringed by grassy marsh and dense green forest under a bright blue sky filled with puffy white clouds, with large boulders and pine trees in the foreground shoreline at the Mississippi Headwaters in Itasca State Park.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

A wooden boardwalk trail curves alongside a clear, gently flowing stream at the Mississippi Headwaters in Itasca State Park, flanked by lush green grasses, reeds, and rounded boulders, with tall pines and leafy trees under a bright blue sky dotted with dramatic white clouds.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

A blue-gray dragonfly with transparent wings rests on the weathered, silvery gray wood of a boardwalk plank studded with rusting screws, with blurred green foliage in the background.

Mississippi Headwaters, Itasca State Park, north of Park Rapids, Minnesota

Tettegouche State Park, northeast of Silver Bay, Minnesota · by Lisa Rozmyn

A small rocky island topped with a dense stand of evergreen trees sits in the calm blue waters of a large lake under a clear sky with a single puffy white cloud. Gentle ripples cover the foreground water, with the distant shoreline barely visible on the horizon.

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, southwest of Beaver Bay, Minnesota

Split Rock Lighthouse, a brick tower with a black lantern room, perched atop a steep rocky cliff rising from the blue water of Lake Superior, with visitors gathered on the overlook beside the adjacent keeper’s building under a clear blue sky.

Split Rock Lighthouse State Park, southwest of Beaver Bay, Minnesota

View from the water looking up at the underside of the steel Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, Minnesota, with a tall lighthouse on the shore to the left and a row of white townhouses along the waterfront to the right beneath a clear evening sky.

Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

A dark horse in a decorated leather harness with studded ornaments and a green pad pulls a white-wheeled carriage along a dusty gravel road, kicking up dust around its hooves, with tall green weeds and a paved road behind it.

Duluth, Minnesota

A glowing red neon sign of a winged flying horse (Pegasus) mounted on the dark maroon facade of a brick building, with a vertical neon “LIQUOR” sign partially visible above on the tan brick upper story.

Grandma’s Saloon and Grill Canal Park, Duluth, Minnesota

Close-up of a riveted gray steel beam on the Aerial Lift Bridge, with a decorative star-and-lines pattern formed by punched holes in the metal plate, set against latticework girders and a pale sky.

Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

A tall metal skeletal lighthouse with a cylindrical central tower and a white lantern room silhouetted against a soft pale blue and peach twilight sky, standing on a grassy area near a concrete pier with a low city skyline and wooded hills on the horizon.

Duluth Harbor South Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

A lighthouse at the end of a long concrete pier silhouetted against a vivid orange sunrise over Lake Superior, with the sun’s glow radiating from behind the tower and lampposts lining the walkway.

Aerial Lift Bridge, Duluth, Minnesota

A lone cormorant swims low in glassy water, its dark head and neck silhouetted against a golden-orange surface lit by early morning sun, with a bright vertical streak of sunlight reflecting off the ripples.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

A white lighthouse with a black lantern room stands atop a concrete pier at dawn, silhouetted against a dramatic sky streaked with pink and orange clouds over calm water. A lone figure stands on the pier near the base of the tower, and a bird flies near the lantern gallery.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

Looking up at the riveted white steel tower of the Duluth Harbor North Pier Lighthouse, topped by a black lantern gallery and railing, set against a blue sky streaked with wispy clouds in early morning light.

Duluth Harbor North Pier Lighthouse, Duluth, Minnesota

A silhouetted fishing boat leaves a trailing wake as it heads out across calm open water toward a golden sunrise, the low sun casting a bright reflection over the ripples beneath a sky streaked with orange and gray clouds.

Duluth Harbor North Pier Lighthouse, Duluth, Minnesota

A view across the calm water of Duluth Harbor toward the waterfront at dawn, with warm early light striking rows of buildings and a smokestack along the rocky shore, and a forested hillside dotted with houses and communication towers rising under a partly cloudy sky.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

A long concrete pier stretches toward the Aerial Lift Bridge in Duluth, its steel towers lit warm gold by early morning sun, with the photographer’s long shadow cast down the center of the walkway. Blue sky with scattered clouds sits above the harbor, waterfront buildings, and a wooded hillside in the distance.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

A white lighthouse with a red roof sits at the end of a long concrete and steel breakwater pier extending into calm Lake Superior at dawn, beneath a wide sky streaked with rows of golden and gray clouds.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

A concrete pier stretches toward a white lighthouse silhouetted against a glowing orange sunrise sky, with the sun blazing through the lighthouse’s lantern room. A small boat travels on the calm water to the left, and street lamps line the pier under a sky streaked with clouds.

Duluth Harbor North Pier, Duluth, Minnesota

around Minnesota over a week · 1178 km / 732 mi
(Mouse over or tap on the markers to see the photos there. Use the

button to adjust the map’s position and zoom.)

Colorado and Utah Day 1: To Salt Lake →

← Utah Day 7: Antelope Island