The Journal

Guides and deep-dives on living in the Twin Ports, written from the ground rather than the search results.

8 articles
roundup
Aug 2026 · 5 min

Best Duluth Neighborhoods for Families

Ten Duluth-area neighborhoods ranked on the features families actually shop for: a walkable school, a park you can reach without d...

Modest older houses under October foliage on 40th Avenue West in West Duluth roundup
Aug 2026 · 4 min

Best Duluth Neighborhoods for First-Time Buyers

Eight places in the Twin Ports where the entry price is genuinely achievable, ranked with the thing most lists leave out: the chea...

explainer
Aug 2026 · 5 min

Buying a 100-Year-Old Duluth Home: What the Inspection Will Find

Most of Duluth's housing stock predates 1940, and the inspection report is predictable if you know the city. Knob-and-tube, ice da...

Winter panorama from the Duluth hillside over the frozen harbor to the Blatnik Bridge and the Superior, Wisconsin shore beyond relocation
Aug 2026 · 5 min

Duluth vs Superior: Which Side of the Bay?

The Twin Ports are one economy across two states, and the state line is the most underrated financial decision in the region. Pric...

Snow-covered Duluth neighborhoods on the hillside at dusk above a frozen harbor, with street lights on relocation
Aug 2026 · 5 min

How Bad Is a Duluth Winter, Really?

The honest answer, with the actual numbers: 90.2 inches in an average season, 140.1 in the record one, and a lake that makes the e...

A low stone and stucco commercial building with a barber shop sign on East Superior Street in Lakeside, Duluth roundup
Aug 2026 · 5 min

The Most Walkable Duluth Neighborhoods (and Why the Scores Lie)

Eight Duluth-area neighborhoods ranked for walkability, plus the thing every national walk score gets wrong about this city: a fla...

The paved Lakewalk running along the Lake Superior shoreline in Duluth below a stone retaining wall, with fall color on the bank explainer
Aug 2026 · 4 min

Walking the Lakewalk End to End

Seven miles of paved, flat, car-free shoreline from Canal Park to Brighton Beach, through four distinct neighborhoods and three co...

A view from the Duluth hillside over downtown and the harbor toward Lake Superior and the Aerial Lift Bridge relocation
Aug 2026 · 4 min

Where Newcomers Settle First (and What They Wish They Had Known)

Five neighborhoods absorb most of the people moving to Duluth, and the reasons are predictable: schools, the lake, new constructio...