Minnesota - State of Wonders

01/31/2026

The darkest winter in Minnesota history! Photo by David Guttenfelder

05/11/2024

Amazing show last night!

03/16/2024

I'm Looking for a good web page designer to update my pages.
As you can see from the links ( https://www.stateofwonders.com/ ) for the Minnesota State of Wonders web site, things need a bit of updating. I have three domains and would possibly like to keep all three, some with commercial functionality. Love to hear any recommendations on a good designer who could help. Also thinking of maybe doing it myself using Square-Space or similar. Thoughts?
Brian Peterson

11/28/2023

Online version of the "MN from Above" essay.

When a photographer sets his sights high (and has a drone camera), we are rewarded with views that take our state to new heights. These images show the variety of topography the Land of 10,000 Lakes has to offer.

11/19/2023

My final essay for the Star Tribune Magazine before retirement. It's in the 11/19/23 Sunday paper.

08/02/2023

Limited supply of books now available at Kowalski's Markets.

06/16/2023

Auroras are decent north of Duluth tonight if your awake. 😳

03/30/2023

The documentary project Vanishing North is now available collected in book form. You can click the link below to order a copy and find out more.

Star Tribune documents the biodiversity crisis and the people struggling to head off extinction for Minnesota’s most vulnerable animals and plants.

12/10/2022

https://www.startribune.com/tamarack-trees-eastern-larch-beetles-minnesota-extinction-endangered-species/600233177/?commentID=47682bdd-90a4-4559-bc57-6fa3f2cafa22

Tamaracks were once the most common trees across Minnesota, but climate change has made them vulnerable to the eastern larch beetle's voracious appetite.

10/14/2022

https://www.startribune.com/earthworm-invasion-goblin-fern-endangered-species-extinct-minnesota-biodiversity-extinction/600214489/

Minnesota's Chippewa National Forest is home to most of the world's population of goblin ferns. But time may be running out for the ancient ferns as surrounding forest floors are destroyed by a voracious invader: Earthworms.

01/19/2022

https://www.startribune.com/poy-photo-gallery/600055577/

From surviving a pandemic to bringing home the Olympic gold, a look back at some of the moments captured by Star Tribune photojournalists in 2021.

04/19/2021

One of my favorite signs of spring. P***y Willows in the northern woods.