Selective Focus: Wintery PDDs
Select photos from Instagram spanning mid-February to mid-March 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. #perfectduluthday (more…)
Selective Focus: Having a PDD at the start of 2023
Select photos from Instagram spanning the first days of 2023, all hashtagged with the name of a certain website. (more…)
Selective Focus: Fall Colors 2022
The annual biochemical process is underway in Duluth and surrounding areas. Progression of fall and peak leaf colors can be tracked with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Fall Color Finder.
Featured here are select images from Instagram showcasing nature’s palette. (more…)
Selective Focus: Labor Day Weekend Aurora
This past weekend was aurora galora as the northern lights danced across Minnesota skies. Collected here are select images from Instagram. (more…)
Selective Focus: Festival of Sail
A smattering of images via Instagram from the weekend’s Festival of Sail in Two Harbors. (more…)
Selective Focus: Grey Days
Foggy, rainy, cloudy … but not necessarily gloomy. May was a lot like April. Collected here are select images from the past month, via Instagram. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Recovery and Smelt Parade
Select Instagram images from day eight of the Homegrown Music Festival and the annual Run, Smelt, Run! Parade and Party. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Roll Night
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Select Instagram images from day seven of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Rawk Night
Select Instagram images from day six of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Soup Town Night
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Select Instagram images from day five of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Westside Wednesday
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Select Instagram images from day four of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Canal Park Night
Select Instagram images from day three of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Craft District Night
Select Instagram images from day two of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Homegrown 2022 Opening Ceremonies
Select Instagram images from opening day of the Homegrown Music Festival. (more…)
Selective Focus: Winter Recreation and Icy Silliness
Sledding, paddling, lollygagging … drifting off on an ice chunk. Collected here are a few images from Instagram of simple winter pleasures. (more…)
Selective Focus: Beargrease 2022
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The 38th running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon is underway. Collected here are a few select photos via Instagram. The 300-mile race is expected to finish on Feb. 1 in the afternoon. (more…)
Seletive Focus: Sea Smoke
Lake Superior sea smoke is all the rage on Instagram. (more…)
Selective Focus: Snow Day 2021
A few select images from today’s blizzardry via Instagram. (more…)
Selective Focus: November Gales 2021
Whether it’s Ten November, Eleven November or Any-day November, it’s no surprise when the gales roll in, yet it’s always eye opening. Waves crashed along the shores of Lake Superior today causing flooding in downtown Grand Marais. Collected here are select photos from Instagram showing the raw power of the big lake they call gitche gumee. (more…)
Selective Focus: The Funeral March for Rotten Ideas
Max Skeleton led “The Funeral March for Rotten Ideas” down Superior Street last night. Four marionettes were in the parade, all created by local artist Mary Plaster, who founded Duluth’s All Souls Night event. The 17-foot tall Max Skeleton, created along with artist Chris Lutter of Minneapolis, is operated by hand-pushed gantry and five puppeteers on the ground. It is largest marionette in Minnesota. (more…)
Selective Focus: More Aurora
Instagram is aglow with northern lights photos from last night, thanks to a little solar storm activity. It was less than a month ago when Perfect Duluth Day previously featured auroras in “Selective Focus,” but the show last night brought out practically every sky photographer in the region. (more…)
Selective Focus: Mushrooms
Because, well, everything gets its day, Oct. 15 is National Mushroom Day. And, as naturalist Larry Weber noted a few weeks back, there’s been a “shroom boom” this year, so we’ve selected a few images of local fungal growths via Instagram to highlight here. (more…)
Selective Focus: Geomagnetic Glory
A geomagnetic storm brought vibrant auroras across Minnesota and beyond last night and early this morning. Collected here are images via Instagram of northern lights across the region. (more…)
Selective Focus: Fall Colors 2021
The Arrowhead region is awash with color once again. Track the progression of fall and peak color with the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources’ Fall Color Finder.
Featured here are select images from Instagram showcasing this year’s fall color display. (more…)
Selective Focus: Duluth Superior Pride 2021
Four days of Duluth Superior Pride events wrapped up yesterday. Collected here are select images from Instagram of the festivities. (more…)