A winding country road with yellow center lines curving through green woods

Door County, Wisconsin
Photographs by David Ristau

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Welcome

I photograph Door County

I’m David, and Door County is where I feel most at home. This site is my collection of photographs from the peninsula: winding country roads, weathered old buildings, the waterfront, the light and the small details.

Take a look around. Browse the gallery, or see what there is to do across the peninsula.

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Recent photographs

A weathered white garage door with a Klenke Garage sign above it, a red metal lawn chair in front and ivy climbing the wall
Klenke Garage, August 2026
A winding two-lane road with double yellow center lines curving through green trees with a few turning orange, and a small dark animal crossing the road
Road to Northport, State Route 42, August 2026
An ivy-covered white garage with a red roof and an old blue pickup truck planted with flowers, seen from across the road
Klenke Garage, August 2026
A cluster of tiny white flowers beside a green spiky seed head, with a small insect on the white flowers
Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse, August 2026
A steel catwalk above large boulders with a red lighthouse behind it under a partly cloudy sky
Sturgeon Bay Lighthouse, August 2026
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Places I keep going back to

Scenic drives and back roads

Winding roads, old buildings and small details.

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Villages and waterfront

Harbors, shops, galleries and sunsets in the peninsula’s small towns.

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Parks, trails and shoreline

Hiking, biking and paddling among state parks, limestone cliffs and lighthouses.

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Prints

Prints of my favorite Door County photographs are available through Fine Art America.

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