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Jordan van der Hagen

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Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 22d

Afternoon Snooze at Peavey Plaza. Minneapolis, Minnesota

A wide view of Peavey Plaza shows the reflecting pool stretching toward downtown Minneapolis, framed by mature trees and a boardwalk lined with bright blue chairs. In the foreground, a person relaxes beside a planting bed while visitors stroll through the water, with the IDS Center and surrounding office towers rising in the background.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 22d

IDS SUPREMACY

The shallow reflecting pool at Peavey Plaza mirrors the Minneapolis skyline, with the IDS Center centered above its reflection. A handful of visitors wade through the water and gather near the plaza’s modern pavilion beneath warm afternoon light and towering clouds.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 22d

95 Degrees in Downtown Minneapolis. Minneapolis, Minnesota

Water cascades over the dark concrete edge of Peavey Plaza’s fountain in downtown Minneapolis, filling the left foreground. Beyond the falling water, people walk and gather around the reflecting pools beneath leafy trees, while the IDS Center rises against dramatic clouds and patches of blue sk

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 24d

Petunias on the Funeral Home Windowsills. Eau Claire, Wisconsin

Pink and white Petunias bloom on the windowsills on the side of a brick building against an empty parking lot.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 24d

The Motel 6 Off Highway 12 Has Bed Bugs. Eau Claire, Wisconsin

The doorway to the Motel 6 is brightly illuminated in the dark night. A wooden chair and a garbage can are on either side of the door. Dark windows with the curtains drawn can be seen on the facade of the building.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 25d

You Can Still Drink $1 Beers in Wisconsin. Eau Claire, Wisconsin

A wall inside a historic neighborhood bar displays a playful vintage sign reading, “All we are saying is… GIVE CHEESE A CHANCE.” Beneath it, hundreds of collectible beer cans line a high shelf above rows of framed photos, newspaper clippings, and memorabilia. Glass beer mugs hang upside down over the bar, while warm amber lighting and dark wood create a nostalgic tavern atmosphere.

A compact restroom features dark wood-paneled walls and a deep white porcelain sink. A long blue paper towel hangs dramatically from the dispenser, draping into the basin. The scene is lit with warm light that emphasizes the aged wood and well-worn character of the space.

A lively crowd fills a long, narrow neighborhood bar with dark ceilings, stained-glass transom windows, and vintage décor. Patrons sit shoulder to shoulder at the bar while a bartender in a brightly patterned floral shirt serves drinks under glowing pendant lights. Neon beer signs, framed memorabilia, and hanging glass mugs contribute to the cozy, historic atmosphere.

A single empty pint glass rests on a narrow wooden shelf inside a dark, heavily carved wooden alcove. The surrounding wood panels are covered with decades of carved initials, names, and scratches, highlighting the bar’s long history and the many visitors who have left their mark.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 27d

Auto Shops and Hot Mustard. Eau Claire, Wisconsin

A pale mint-green vintage sedan with wide whitewall tires is parked along the street in front of an oversized chef statue dressed in white with a red apron. The whimsical roadside figure stands outside a commercial property near a garage bay, while trees and neighboring buildings frame the nostalgic scene. The combination of classic car and retro advertising creates a distinctly small-town Americana feel.

A narrow paved alley extends between a cream-colored building with a steep exterior staircase and a parking lot lined with mature trees. At left, a gray wall features bright orange geometric panels, while utility poles and overhead power lines recede into the distance. Warm light casts long shadows across the fresh blacktop, giving the otherwise utilitarian service lane a quiet, almost cinematic atmosphere.

Two modest commercial buildings line a wide street beneath a sky of scattered clouds. On the left, a simple white storefront with large display windows sits beside a narrow gated passage, while the neighboring building houses Ray’s Place, marked by a red sign above a brick façade. Behind the businesses, taller additions and exterior stairways hint at multiple generations of construction and adaptation.

A vivid red auto repair shop stands beside a weathered painted advertisement reading “Mighty Muffler” on the side of an older building. Several vehicles are parked on the cracked concrete lot, with mature trees rising behind the buildings. The contrast between the freshly renovated shop and the faded hand-painted sign highlights layers of automotive history in the streetscape.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 28d

Part Two

A busy downtown Minneapolis street at golden hour features vehicles, a cyclist riding in traffic, and pedestrians beneath enclosed skyways. In the foreground, a man adjusts his shoe beside a traffic signal and one-way sign outside a row of restaurants and storefronts, capturing an everyday moment in the city.

Three grounds maintenance workers wearing high-visibility safety gear use string trimmers and leaf blowers to maintain the landscaped lawn at downtown Minneapolis’ Cancer Survivors Park. An METRO bus passes in front of the historic Minneapolis Grain Exchange building in the background.

Pedestrians cross a downtown Minneapolis intersection at a marked crosswalk while a person rides an electric scooter in the bike lane. Office towers, parked cars, and newly planted street trees create an active urban streetscape during the morning commute.

A woman walks past the entrance to Stock & Bond in downtown Minneapolis, where a bronze bull sculpture stands beside the doorway beneath a decorative Art Deco façade. A carved stone relief commemorating the city’s founding and a “No Left Turn” sign frame the streetscape, highlighted by warm morning light.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· 29d

Inhabitants of the Grid. Minneapolis, Minnesota

People walk beneath mature street trees and enclosed skyways along a downtown Minneapolis sidewalk. A woman carrying coffee, another smiling as she walks toward the camera, and a person in the background create a sense of everyday activity in the business district, with decorative hanging street ornaments overhead.

A man wearing a camouflage cap, sunglasses, and a backpack stands beneath the striped awning outside 801 Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis smoking a cigarette. Reflections fill the storefront windows while the wide sidewalk and neighboring office buildings recede into the distance, capturing a quiet moment in the urban streetscape.

A pedestrian walks along a downtown Minneapolis sidewalk in warm golden-hour light, framed by tall office buildings and skyways. Long shadows stretch across the pavement as another pedestrian approaches in the distance, with lens flare and soft morning light creating a cinematic atmosphere.

Several pedestrians cross near the entrance to 801 Nicollet in downtown Minneapolis. A man carrying a wrapped package, a woman in a bright blue dress, and a traveler pulling a suitcase animate the streetscape, while office buildings and storefronts line the broad sidewalk in the background.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 22

Evening on Fourth Street NE. Minneapolis, Minnesota

A weathered turquoise vintage pickup truck with a rusted patina is parked along a quiet residential street at golden hour. Its polished chrome wheels and illuminated headlights contrast with the aged bodywork. Mature trees, overhead utility lines, and early 20th-century homes frame the neighborhood intersection in warm evening light.

A black-and-white cat lounges across bright red concrete front steps leading to a brick duplex entrance. Dense green shrubs frame the sidewalk, while blooming white hydrangeas soften the entry. The symmetrical composition centers the doorway, creating a calm, intimate neighborhood scene in soft evening light.

A patch of white daisies fills the foreground in front of a row of modest homes bathed in golden-hour sunlight. Warm light highlights the white siding and steep rooflines while long shadows stretch across the lawns beneath a blue sky with scattered clouds.

A brick storefront window reflects neighboring homes and trees glowing in warm golden-hour light. Red address numbers and a green “4th St” street sign are visible inside the window, while a flower-filled garden and stucco house line the sidewalk beside the building, creating a layered streetscape of reflections, architecture, and late-summer evening light.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 21

Midday in a Mississippi River Town. Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin

A woman orders at the walk-up window of Pete’s Hamburgers beneath a green-and-white striped awning, with Stark’s liquor store across the street.

A weathered wooden storefront decorated with antlers and animal bones stands across from a bright red-brick building on a quiet small-town street.

A symmetrical historic red-brick building with a blue front door and twin chimneys faces a bench and an American flag along a small-town main street.

A historic two-story red-brick corner tavern with a wraparound porch, vintage beer signs, outdoor seating, and “Old Faithful Inn” painted above the entrance.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 20

Resupply at the Beaver House. Grand Marais, Minnesota

Various people are outside of the Beaver House in Grand Marais. The building is painted in north woods murals with a fish protruding from the corner of the building.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 19

Red Dresses, White Fences, and a Blasting Shack. Nashwuak, Minnesota

A woman in a bright red dress walks along the sidewalk beside a historic brick building in downtown Nashwauk, framed by a red storefront and a quiet street in warm afternoon light.

A white water tower labeled “Nashwauk” rises beside a historic red-brick building at a quiet small-town intersection beneath a hazy blue sky.

A large orange industrial blasting shack donated by U.S. Steel stands between boulders beneath utility lines, beside a billboard for Mesabi Metallics.

Red, white, and blue decorations hang across a weathered white picket fence between modest homes and a metal garage, with a red hand pump mounted on a tree stump in the yard.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 17

Yesterday Morning on the Riverfront. Minneapolis, Minnesota

The Stone Arch Bridge stretches toward downtown Minneapolis beneath a canopy of mature trees. Smoke-filled skies mute the distant skyline into pale silhouettes while the bridge’s red railings and vintage light fixtures lead the eye toward the city in warm amber light.

A hazy view of the Pillsbury Mill rises beyond the Mississippi River and a forested riverbank. A wooden pedestrian bridge crosses a narrow channel in the foreground, while smoke from distant wildfires softens the skyline and bathes the city in warm orange light.

The dark, angular mass of the Guthrie Theater rises above a densely wooded bluff along the Mississippi River at sunset. Warm orange light reflects off the building’s glass facade while smoke-filled skies cast a hazy amber glow over the scene, contrasting with the deep green trees below.

Historic brick mill buildings along the Minneapolis riverfront glow under smoke-filtered evening light. A tall cream-colored smokestack stands in the foreground, with the modern downtown skyline fading into the haze behind the restored industrial architecture.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 16

City Like a Burnt Marshmallow. Minneapolis, Minnesota

A quiet downtown Minneapolis street lined with tall buildings and the historic Murray’s restaurant sign, looking toward a hazy, warmly lit skyscraper in the distance.

A busy downtown Minneapolis intersection beneath a smoky peach-colored sky, framed by the Foshay Tower, reflective office buildings, traffic, and pedestrians.

U.S. Bank Stadium viewed from a tree-lined park in downtown Minneapolis, silhouetted against a dramatic orange sky filled with smoke and morning light.

The Minneapolis skyline seen across a mostly empty surface parking lot, with the low sun and heavy haze casting a soft orange glow over the buildings.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 13

Planning a Trip to Points Further West. Theodore Roosevelt National Park, North Dakota

A herd of bison grazes across a sunlit hillside of golden prairie grass and sagebrush, with one large bison in the foreground and rugged badlands rising behind them.

Dense silvery-green sagebrush fills the foreground, accented by small patches of orange and red wildflowers against a dark, wooded background.

A sweeping view of layered badlands formations glowing in warm morning light, with green trees and shrubs filling the ravines beneath a pale sky.

The sun sets over rugged badlands and a winding river, illuminating yellow wildflowers, sagebrush, and a narrow dirt path beneath a pink-and-orange sky.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 12

Morning on First Avenue. Hibbing, Minnesota

A nearly empty downtown intersection at sunrise, framed by brick commercial buildings, overhead traffic signals, American flags, and a prominent red China Buffet sign.

A blue-and-yellow tow truck marked “For Sale” sits beside railroad tracks and a crossing signal, surrounded by weathered industrial buildings, utility lines, and overgrown vegetation.

The red awning and projecting sign of Mr. Nick’s Corner Bar fill the foreground of a sunlit brick building at a downtown intersection.

A quiet small-town commercial street at golden hour, lined with brick storefronts, American flags, hanging flower baskets, and vintage signs, including the bright red-and-yellow Homer Bar.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 12

From the Land of Sky Blue Waters. Hibbing, Minnesota

Street-level view of Checco’s Tavern, a narrow white-sided building with green trim, peaked rooflines, octagonal windows, and a vintage Hamm’s beer sign hanging above the entrance. Warm light falls across the storefront and neighboring buildings beneath a clear blue sky.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 10

Blue Hour on the Lake. Bovey, Minnesota

A lakeside Fourth of July scene at twilight, with a bonfire burning beside a docked pontoon and inflatable raft as smoke and firelight reflect across the calm water.

A group of friends celebrates on a pontoon boat at twilight, waving sparklers that trace bright, looping streaks through the softly blurred scene.

A small red fishing boat crosses a misty lake at dusk beneath dramatic blue clouds glowing pink, with a dark tree-lined shore in the distance.

A young blonde woman in a duck-patterned dress sits beneath a boat canopy at dusk, looking across the water while the boat driver sits behind her.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 9

I Sold My Soul to the Company Store. Keewatin, Minnesota

A white and blue United States Steel sign stands in a shady wooded area. The sign is for USS’s Keetac taconite mine, and provides wayfinding to the mine, plant, and administration building. Dappled sunlight breaks through the trees to illuminate the scene.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 8

It Smells Like Hail and Wood Pulp on Pokegama Avenue. Grand Rapids, Minnesota

Warm evening light illuminates the storefront of Shaw Florists along a broad city street, with dark storm clouds gathering overhead and a Wells Fargo sign visible in the distance.

Two large hanging baskets overflowing with red, white, and purple flowers frame a black streetlight against a bright blue sky and the upper stories of a brick building.

A quiet downtown street crosses railroad tracks beneath raised crossing gates, with historic storefronts, decorative streetlights, hanging flower baskets, and towering sunlit clouds in the distance.

A Wells Fargo sign glows in late-day sunlight above a parking lot, while an American Legion building and industrial structures sit beneath dark, dramatic storm clouds.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 8

I love it when a city has a history page on their website and it looks like this.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 8

The Northwest Wind is Blowing. Keewatin, Minnesota

Downtown street corner with patriotic decorations: A quiet small-town intersection framed by an old red-brick building, a white United Steelworkers union hall, and a low community center with a bright red roof. American flags and hanging flower baskets line the street beneath a wide blue sky.

A tall historic red-brick corner building fills the left side of the frame, decorated with an American flag and hanging flowers. The mostly empty street extends past modest homes and additional flags beneath a clear blue sky.

Residential yard decorated for a community event: A grassy corner lot beside red and dark-blue houses is dotted with red, white, blue, and yellow painted stars. A large red, white, and blue inflatable decoration rests near the house, while parked cars and mature trees line the street.

A two-story burgundy storefront labeled “Bernie’s Main Dry” stands between an aging brick building and a small outdoor patio. Benches sit beneath the front windows, and bright sunlight creates lens flare across the façade.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 7

Snagged Flag on Roosevelt Street. Coleraine, Minnesota

A rain-darkened small-town intersection at dusk, with American flags hanging from a street light at the intersection of Roosevelt Street and Kerr Avenue. Historic brick storefronts, parked cars, overhead string lights, and dramatic storm clouds frame a warm break of sunlight on the horizon.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 7

In total

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 7

The Blood Red Hole Where American Iron is Born. Mesabi Range. Hibbing, Minnesota

Panoramic view of a vast open-pit iron mine with terraced red earth, winding haul roads, and forested edges beneath a pale blue sky.

Panoramic view of a vast open-pit iron mine with terraced red earth, winding haul roads, and forested edges beneath a pale blue sky.

Panoramic view of a vast open-pit iron mine with terraced red earth, winding haul roads, and forested edges beneath a pale blue sky.

Panoramic view of a vast open-pit iron mine with terraced red earth, winding haul roads, and forested edges beneath a pale blue sky.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 6

Pick Up Your Marbles and Go Home. Marble, Minnesota

A weathered small-town storefront with a peeling blue metal facade and faded sign reading “Marble Heating.” The building has boarded windows, a worn door with an American flag curtain, and warm morning light on the sidewalk and street.

A bright red pickup truck parked in a shaded driveway, surrounded by dense green trees. A bicycle leans nearby in the grass, with warm sunlight hitting the lawn and the truck’s rear.

Two older attached storefront buildings on a quiet small-town street at golden hour. The left building has faded brick and boarded upper windows, while the right has gray-blue brick and beige siding around a recessed doorway.

A small yellow church-like building with red doors and a tall steeple, set back from the street behind a grassy lawn. Warm evening light falls across the steps, trees, parked vehicles, and overgrown edges around the entrance.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 6

Distant Thunder and Echoing Loons. Bovey, Minnesota

A large storm cloud above a lake with trees at the horizon, rendered in late sunset pink and purple.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 4

July Fourth in the “Ore and More” City. Hibbing, Minnesota

Downtown street in Hibbing, Minnesota, lined with American flags and hanging flower baskets, with the red Androy Hotel sign visible on a historic brick building.

A small gas station with a large red, white, and blue canopy reading “FREEDOM,” photographed in warm light with trees and neighborhood buildings behind it.

A residential porch with an American flag in warm evening light, with industrial smokestacks rising behind nearby homes in the background.

A small storefront for J&B Cafe with red trim, brick walls, American flags, and hanging flower baskets along a quiet downtown street.

Jordan van der Hagen@thejvandy· Jul 3

Good morning to the miners of Hibbing, Minnesota