A heavy December 15, 2022 snowfall blankets the woodlands of Theodore Wirth Park in Minneapolis, transforming the Bassett Creek corridor into a monochrome winter landscape. Snow-laden branches bend over the slow curve of the creek, whose dark, unfrozen water provides one of the few contrasts against the dense white canopy. This stretch of Wirth Park—one of the largest urban parks in the Minneapolis park system—follows the natural course of the creek as it winds between restored wetlands, wooded slopes, and ski trails that date back to mid-20th-century park development efforts. The image captures the quiet, insulated atmosphere common in early-season snowstorms, when the park’s trails, waterway edges, and mature hardwoods take on a uniform, frost-covered texture.

The Saloon and Brave New Workshop on Hennepin Avenue in downtown Minneapolis.

A large pencil sculpture stands partly buried in fresh snow near Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis. The piece—well-known to neighborhood walkers and cyclists—sits on the lawn of a private residence and has become a quiet local landmark. Framed by stone steps, evergreens, and early-season snowfall, it reflects the eclectic public-facing art found throughout the surrounding residential areas of the Chain of Lakes.

A biker on Lake of the Isles in Minneapolis during the seasons first snowfall.

The former Minneapolis Police third precinct in South Minneapolis. The precinct was burned in 2020 by protesters following the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Snow falls on Chicago Avenue. George Floyd Square has been a place of protest since the May 25, 2020 murder of George Floyd.

Outside the IDS Center in downtown Minneapolis during the first snowfall of the season.

George Floyd Square as the federal civil rights trial of 3 former officers enters it's second week of testimony in a St. Paul.

A Holiday gas station in Uptown Minneapolis.

A parking sign off Lake Street in Uptown Minneapolis.

Uptown Theatre in Minneapolis as it goes through a major renovation turning it into a concert hall.

A sign in Flanders Art Gallery directing people to their other location in Minneapolis.

Tower cranes and steam from the Mississippi River on a night where temperatures hit -15F.

Minneapolis gets hidden behind steam when it gets to -15F. Some photos from the early morning hours of January 2, 2022.

The Dripping Root in a very snowy Minneapolis. Located on Minnehaha Avenue.

Fractal Cactus store on Minnehaha Avenue during a heavy snowfall.

Longfellow Family Foods during a heavy snowstorm. Located at Minnehaha and E 35th street.

A biker with a burley trailer during heavy snowflal in Uptown Minneapolis.

A December snowstorm over Bde Maka Ska in Minneapolis.

Welcome to Kingfield Neighborhood sign in Minneapolis during a December snowstorm.