Why are we obsessed with chasing waterfalls? After all, when faced with a drop in elevation, what a Minnesota river does next — with the possible exception of the Devil’s Kettle — is fairly ...

When I was a young man, I drove to a family reunion at a picturesque park in Redwood Falls, Minn. By early afternoon it was hotter than Hades. The relatives were bursting with pie and ice cream and ...

Minnesota is a hiker's paradise, blessed with an array of ecosystems from prairies and waterfalls to sprawling lakes and dense woodland. You can find more than 1,700 hiking trails throughout the state ...