Trees along the Minnesota River.

A giant, old oak tree by the Minnesota River.

Playing with my phone’s photo editing options; a picture taken at the Traverse de Sioux treaty site in St. Peter, MN.

Sun setting at Bluefin Bay, on Lake Superior.

Icicles hanging down in a small ice cave on the shores of Lake Superior–when the shoreline freezes, you can walk along it and see the ice and snow hanging off the bluffs.

A view after climbing up the side of the river banks at Temperance River State Park. The river isn’t quite completely frozen over!

Sun shining on the water at Sugarloaf Cove on Lake Superior.

Ice building up on the rocks at Lake Superior.

This is at the edge of Lake Superior; when it freezes up, sometimes the tides will break up the ice into beautiful piles of shards.