The North Shore of Minnesota is beautiful all year round. But the North Shore in the winter? Amazing. I am blown away. We planned this weekend trip a few months ago, and I was extremely worried that a January trip would be cold, foggy, icy and miserable. We luckily came on a warm weekend where [...]
I don't want to start every national park post with a "this was better than I expected" mantra, but the Badlands blew me away. We only booked a day exploring this well-known national park because we thought the Black Hills/Custer State Park (our final destination) would be more our pace – but it was all [...]
My husband and I sit in the quaint Band Box Diner in the Elliot Park neighborhood of Minneapolis. We’re enjoying delicious burgers and fries while reminiscing about our summer in Boston, when we lived in the heart of Beantown, visiting every beach town on the map. Elliot Park is our time capsule, opening up memories [...]
I was excited about going to the Black Hills just to get out of the city for a while, actually surprising myself with how much I appreciated the park. South Dakota is so underrated. We took a days' detour through the Badlands (more on that coming soon!) and then set up camp in Custer State [...]
Mojo Coffee Gallery isn’t squished in the middle of a busy city street or packed with millennials working away on their laptops. It’s situated on its own little corner in Northeast Minneapolis, quaint, yet seemingly booming. As I walk in on a gloomy Saturday afternoon, I’m pleasantly surprised by the large, open space and diversely [...]
Perhaps most people would not write ‘spend a winter weekend in Fargo, North Dakota’ on their bucket list. But I’m not most people. Fargo is my other home. For the moment I consider myself a northern nomad, splitting time between Fargo, the city across the river from Moorhead (and my alma mater); Minneapolis, the place [...]
The Twin Cities has brewed a craft beer empire unlike any other. Travel and Leisure named Minneapolis-St. Paul the third best area for beer lovers. But more than the beer, I believe everyone should be able to experience the breweries in this thriving area because of its unique community. Here’s where to start. The well-knowns, [...]
There is nothing a kayaking trip on Lake Superior can't cure. It's been a few years since we got out on the big lake, and from all we've been hearing about the Apostle Islands, we knew it was our next weekend. Navigating your way through a trip focused on a single activity, like an all-day [...]
We've been living in Minneapolis for about 9 months now, and we're excited to spend a summer trying out everything the beautiful city has to offer. So far, the weather has been unpredictable (as always), the Twins have been awful and the beer has exceeded expectations. Breweries, breweries, breweries. Hope you like craft beer, because we [...]
People in Wisconsin are obsessed with Door County. Everyone I know seems to know someone from there or vacation there or own a home there or talk obsessively about the sights and tastes. Being a Minnesota-loving skeptic, I questioned them. What's the big deal? Wisconsin has three of my favorite things: great people, the Packers [...]
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