Big New Year goals crash fast when they’re vague and huge. “Get in shape” sounds nice on January 1,... The post New Year’s ...

Devil’s Kettle Trail at Minnesota's Judge C.R. Magney State Park is the best hiking trail in the country, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. The two-mile round-trip hike in ...

The Land of 10,000 Lakes is blanketed with forests: the deep, evergreen Northwoods that many think of as classic Minnesota; ...

CHATFIELD — After a scouting mission last summer to map out what he hoped would be part of the future Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail, Marty Walsh knew the not so fun stuff was coming. It would ...

Marty Walsh recently took time off to hike the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota to talk with landowners. It wasn't the first time. The Rochester man has put in the miles since 2019 to organize ...

The choice of breweries reflects the wonderful diversity of the Upper Midwest’s brewing scene and gives you an inside look at ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. — The Superior Hiking Trail Association is setting out to plot the future of Minnesota’s most famous footpath, and they want your input along the way. From now through November, the ...

Our summer tour of Minnesota's public spaces continues in a southeastern Minnesota oasis that can take visitors up onto the bluffs, into the trout streams deep underneath the ground and back in time, ...

Marty Walsh and the MDHT crew are now ready for the next steps after accomplishing some crucial and important tasks for the 125-mile backpacking trail over the past few months. Highway 61 runs between ...

National forests teeming with possibilities. The toil of trail volunteers. Parks and trails close at hand. The Mississippi River's presence and allure. Above are some of the responses returned when, ...

Minnesota is poised to spend a record amount of money from state lottery proceeds next year — more than $100 million — to fund conservation efforts ranging from studying young, pregnant moose to ...