Minnesota

The 1893 Chicago Bridge Company sign above the Coffee Street Bridge in Lanesboro Minnesota

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Landscape View Of The Arcola Bridge Over Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota at Sunset Withe pink and purple skies and rolling clouds

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Another Landscape View Of The Arcola Bridge Over Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota at Sunset Withe pink and purple skies

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Portrait View Of The Arcola Bridge Over Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota at Sunset Withe pink and purple skies

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A sunset view from Lord Fletcher's dock on Lake Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Located on the shore of Lake Minnetonka, Lord Fletcher's offers fine dining, entertainment and banquet services.

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Another golden sunset falls behind silhouetted trees on Lake Minnetonka

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Kayaking On Lake Minnetonka - Fun for all ages

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Having Some Water Ski Fun On Lake Minnetonka

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Fact - Besides a life jacket or PFD, the U.S. Coast Guard requires kayakers to carry a whistle in navigable waters

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While paddling in flat or fairly calm water the primary power comes from your upper back and a rotation of the oblique muscles (the muscles on the side of the abdomen). Using just the arms and shoulders can cause fatigue.

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Train Tracks Running Through A Subdivision in Hopkins, Minnesota

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This foorbridge is locted in Opus II Business Park in Minnetonka, Minnesota

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Maynard's is locally owned and operated, and prides itself in giving back to the communities it serves. Known for the best views of Lake Minnetonka and the best waterfront dining in the state, Maynard's is a place everyone can enjoy.

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A view of the lake from the dock - Hopkins Minnesota

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Having Fun On The Water - All Smiles And Fun On The Boat

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Boating on Blue Waters Under Blue Skies - Tonka Like!

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A Golden Sunset Shines Through Big Clouds On The Lake

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Another deep golden sunset along Lake Minnetonka

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Boating into the setting sun along Lake Minnetonka - Minnesota Living

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The last of the light falls along the lake casting some fun colors

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Yes, even I can to get in a shot on this gorgeous day

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Boating under a warm setting sun, with a cool breeze on a lovely day. What could be better?

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Mans best friend takes a front row seat for a fun ride

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A fiery sunset on Lake Minnetonka in Minnesota. The warm setting sun casts fiery light across the skies above the water warming the clouds and waters below

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Big Billowing Clouds Cut Off The Setting Sunlight As A Boat Crosses Over From Light To Shade on Lake Minnetonka

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Lanesboro is the Bed and Breakfast Capital of Minnesota.

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Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County and is the fourth largest city in Minnesota...The Edgar B. Speer was built in two sections in 1980 and passes through Duluth Port. The Edgar B. Speer can load 73,700 tons of cargo.

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Duluth is a port city in the U.S. state of Minnesota and is the county seat of Saint Louis County and is the fourth largest city in Minnesota.

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WMS GRONINGEN (Netherlands) Flinter ship coming out of the Duluth Minnesota Seaway Port. Flinter is a Dutch provider of modern transport by sea and related services. They manage and operate a fleet of modern cargo vessels with a cargo capacity of up to 11,000 metric tons

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Sugarloaf Cove Minnesota - Founded in 1993 to protect and restore beautiful Sugarloaf Cove, Sugarloaf: The North Shore Stewardship Association promotes the restoration and preservation of the entire North Shore.<br />
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Sugarloaf Cove is a beautiful rocky cove on the shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota. Located approximately 73 miles northeast of Duluth and 6 miles south of Schroeder, ownership of the 35-acre site is shared by the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources (DNR) and the Sugarloaf Interpretive Center Association (SICA). Approximately 7.5 acres of the site are dedicated as a Minnesota State Scientific And Natural Area (SNA).

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Lanesboro is the Bed and Breakfast Capital of Minnesota. Lanesboro offers miles and miles of beautiful fields and this field was located behind a church in Lanesboro.

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Lanesboro is a city in Fillmore County, Minnesota, United States with a population of 754. Lanesboro, Minnesota, a great place to live, work, and play. Lanesboro received the Great American Main Street Award in 1998. The town is a popular destination for tourists. The Root River flows through it, with a waterfall on the edge of town.

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The Lanesboro Minnesota Historical Preservation Association Museum

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Happy 4th of July. My tribute to Independence day this year. Old Glory flying behind a bench at a roadside rest stop in Minnesota

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An early morning bite on the fishing line while boating in Lake Superior just after sunrise while the sun was peeking through the dark billowing clouds.

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ESSENCE of Lanesboro makes and sells natural body care products. The make many soaps, lotions, natural perfumes, etc. are shop made often for freshness and quality.

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Grand Marais is a city in Cook County, Minnesota, United States. The harbor village of Grand Marais, Minnesota on the North Shore of Lake Superior offers you fishing, lodging, shopping, dining, art galleries and much more.

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Seagull Flight on a beach in Grand Marais Minnesota

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The area known as Gooseberry Falls State Park is intricately tied to human use of Lake Superior. At different times, the Cree, the Dakotah, and the Ojibwe lived along the North Shore...Gooseberry Falls is the gateway to the North Shore. It is known for its spectacular waterfalls, river gorge, Lake Superior shoreline, Civilian Conservation Corps log and stone structures, and north woods wildlife.

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Judge C. R. Magney State Park is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the North Shore of Lake Superior.

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Old Weathered Buildings in a cove along Minnesota's North Shore on Lake Superior

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A scenic beach along the Minnesota North Shore on Lake Superior

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A somber lonely pond frozen over from a harsh Minnesota winter

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This train track is located in Duluth Minnesota. It follows the trail that runs along Lake Superior. You can rent the train for parties.

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This trail is located in Duluth Minnesota. It starts at the Duluth Lake Superior Harbor and runs along Lake Superior.

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The Devil's Kettle is a fmous waterfall located in Grand Marais, MN. on State Highway 61. There is a mysterious waterfall in Judge Magney State Park in Minnesota. Half of the water drops 50 feet into the Brule river; the other half falls into a cauldron and disappears. This stairway is just one of the stairways that runs along the trails in Judge Magney State Park.

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This stream runs through Judge C. R. Magney State Park which is a state park of Minnesota, USA, on the North Shore of Lake Superior. There are a lot of beautiful streams and waterfalls.

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An isolated boey off the shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota stands in solitude under the morning sunrise under bright moon still visible.

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In search for the perfect pebbles along the North Shore beach in Minnesota

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The rocky shoreline just before dusk looking across Lake Superior near Duluth Minnesota

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Taken on the Minnesota side of Lake Superior about 10 miles from the Canada border. The heavenly skies frame this vibrant wooded waterscape vista looking across the great lake.<br />
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Lake Superior is the largest of the five traditionally demarcated Great Lakes of North America. It is bounded to the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and the U.S. state of Minnesota, and to the south by the U.S. states of Wisconsin and Michigan. It is generally considered the largest freshwater lake in the world by surface area. It is the world's third-largest freshwater lake by volume.<br />
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The lake is fed by over 200 rivers. The largest include the Nipigon River, the St. Louis River, the Pigeon River, the Pic River, the White River, the Michipicoten River, the Bois Brule River and the Kaministiquia River. Lake Superior drains into Lake Huron by the St. Marys River.<br />
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Over 80 species of fish have been found in Lake Superior. Species native to the lake include: bloater, brook trout, burbot, cisco, lake sturgeon, lake trout, lake whitefish, longnose sucker, muskellunge, northern pike, pumpkinseed, rock bass, round whitefish, smallmouth bass, walleye, white sucker and yellow perch. In addition, many fish species have been either intentionally or accidentally introduced to Lake Superior: atlantic salmon, brown trout, carp, chinook salmon, coho salmon, freshwater drum, pink salmon, rainbow smelt, rainbow trout, round goby, ruffe, sea lamprey and white perch.

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The river runs through the forest of green trees and pours over the large rocks into Lake Superior

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The Naniboujou Holding Company obtained a 99-year lease for 3,330 acres of land 125 miles northeast of Duluth, Minnesota, along the shores of Lake Superior. The first drawings of the development were shown to the public in March of 1928. This private enterprise had a grand scope. It was to include a large clubhouse with 150 sleeping rooms, a golf course, tennis courts, and a bathing house.

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Relax in a quiet place with no stoplights or franchises. Lanesboro is a historic village nestled in the Bluffs of the Root River Valley. Come experience the wonders of the season and enjoy Lanesboro's Winter Activities. Escape and pamper yourself at one of Lanesboro's privately owned bed & breakfasts or historic inns with one of our Bed & Breakfast Capital or Romance & Relaxation Packages. Simply choose a lodging property and your innkeeper will arrange the details of your getaway.

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A golden view of Lake Superior along Minnesota's North Shore. This shot was taken at The Naniboujou Lodge and Restaurant.<br />
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Naniboujou Lodge was first conceived in the 1920's as an ultra exclusive private club. Babe Ruth, Jack Dempsey and Ring Lardner were among its charter members. A membership of 1000 was originally sought, but when the stock market crashed on "Black Friday" precipitating the 1929 depression, the club began to fail. In the mid 1930's the club reached a state of financial shambles. The mortgage was foreclosed, and it was sold. <br />
Throughout the succeeding years the Lodge has been owned and operated by various corporations or private individuals and families. Today you will find an exciting revitalized Naniboujou. Still reflecting the aura of the 20's, Naniboujou is now on the National Register of Historic Places. The Lodge boasts Minnesota's largest native rock fireplace, a 200 ton work of art which stands in the 30 x 80 foot Great Hall (now the dining room)

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Water sparkles as the sun sets along the North Shore of Lake Superior in Minnesota

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A Purple Sunset Approaches over Lake Superior Along Minnesota's North Shore. The North Shore of Lake Superior runs from Duluth, Minnesota, United States, at the southwestern end of the lake, to Thunder Bay and Nipigon, Ontario, Canada, in the north to Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario, in the east. The shore is characterized by alternating rocky cliffs and cobblestone beaches, with rolling hills and ridges covered in boreal forest inland from the lake, through which scenic rivers and waterfalls descend as they flow to Lake Superior. Americans often refer only to the Minnesota shoreline from Duluth to the international border at Grand Portage as the North Shore

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Planning for the current Hennepin Avenue bridge, the fourth bridge at this location, began around 1980, coinciding with a period of renewed interest in the Minneapolis riverfront and its revitalization. In 1990 the current Hennepin Avenue Suspension Bridge was built on the site. During construction many buried features of earlier bridges were uncovered.<br />
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The Hennepin Avenue Bridge is the structure that carries Hennepin County State Aid Highway 52, Hennepin Avenue, across the Mississippi River in Minneapolis, Minnesota at Nicollet Island. Officially, it is the Father Louis Hennepin Bridge, in honor of the 17th-century explorer Louis Hennepin, who was the first European to discover the Saint Anthony Falls a short distance downriver. Two of the three previous structures have been suspension bridges, while a third, which existed nearly a century, was composed of steel arch spans. <br />
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The original crossing, which opened as a toll bridge on January 23, 1855, is believed to have been the first permanent span across the Mississippi at any point. Other bridges were completed in 1876, 1891, and most recently 1990. Today, the bridge's main span is 625 feet (190 meters) in length, making it rather small by modern standards.

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A supporting Iron Girder on a Bridge in Minnesota. Shot from an abstract perspective with revealing aged details in black and white

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$The Third Avenue Bridge (originally known as the St. Anthony Falls Bridge). This is a landmark structure of in Minneapolis, Minnesota. It carries road traffic across the Mississippi River and right over the upper fringes of Saint Anthony Falls. The multi-arched bridge meets with Third Avenue in downtown Minneapolis at its south end, but curves as it crosses the river, and connects with Central Avenue on its north end. The shallow curve in the bridge was built to avoid fractures in the limestone bedrock that supports the bridge piers.<br /> <br /> Much of the design work was done by Minneapolis city engineer Frederick W. Cappelen, who was responsible for a number of other local bridges and structures. Beyond the bridge you see a high industrial area setting the mood for my approach to this shot.$

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The Merriam Street Bridge is a truss bridge that spans the east channel of the Mississippi River between Nicollet Island and the east bank of the river in Minneapolis, Minnesota. The bridge was originally built in 1887 by King Iron Bridge Company as one of the four spans of the Broadway Avenue Bridge. When the Broadway Avenue Bridge was reconstructed in 1987, one span was preserved and moved to Nicollet Island. The truss span is actually decorative; the bridge is supported by a beam from underneath.<br />
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The original Broadway Avenue Bridge was one of the fanciest bridges on the Mississippi River. It featured finials on each top corner and a band of scrolls, crosses, and lines between them. The horizontal struts and guard railings used X-shapes as a pattern. Each end of the bridge has a hexagonal cast iron plate embossed with the date and the designer of the bridge. The bridge now serves as a connector between parkland on Nicollet Island and the Saint Anthony Main development on the east bank, allowing good opportunities for visitors to stroll across the river.

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