There’s a specific kind of Minnesota elopement that is quickly becoming one of my absolute favorites to photograph — and it starts at a beautiful cabin. You wake up in a cozy A-frame or a lakeside tiny home. The morning light comes through large windows onto pine walls. You get ready together in the kitchen […]
If there’s a more beautiful indoor wedding location in Minnesota than the Marjorie McNeely Conservatory at Como Park, I haven’t found it. A Victorian glass greenhouse built in 1913, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, and filled year-round with blooms, tropical plants, and a quality of light that is genuinely unlike anything else […]
Minnesota has 10,000 lakes. That’s not a slogan — it’s a geological fact, a cultural identity, and for elopement couples, an almost overwhelming number of options. But “lake elopement in Minnesota” can mean very different things depending on which lake you choose: the inland sea of Lake Superior, the classic resort beauty of Lake Minnetonka, […]
I want to let you in on a secret that Minnesota couples already know and out-of-state couples consistently discover with jaw-dropping surprise: the North Shore of Lake Superior is one of the most breathtaking elopement destinations in the entire country. One hundred and forty-five miles of shoreline stretching from Duluth northeast to Grand Marais. Cliffs […]
Here’s the question I get from almost every couple who reaches out about an Iceland elopement: “Can we actually make it legal there?” Yes. Absolutely yes. Foreigners can legally get married in Iceland, the paperwork is more straightforward than most couples expect, and you don’t need a permit to hold your ceremony outdoors. Iceland’s landscape […]
