Why aren’t you traveling? What’s stopping you from booking the trip of your dreams? The most common question readers ask me is how they can travel more. I reply that the answer depends entirely on why they’re not traveling more… Continue Reading
When you practice yoga outdoors in the deep freeze of a Minnesota winter, the usual prompts to “feel your breath” and “visualize your breath” take on a whole new meaning. In a cozy yoga studio, they sound like soothing spiritual… Continue Reading
European explorers came north to Minnesota to learn what the indigenous people of the Northwoods had known for thousands of years — that the source of the Misi-ziibi (the great river of life in Ojibwe) is a glacial lake in… Continue Reading
Bars are one of those staples of Midwestern baking that are surprisingly difficult to explain to people from outside the region. “They’re kind of like a cake, but flat,” I explained a few weeks ago, simplifying my English slightly to… Continue Reading
I remember the exact moment I realized that being a traveler was a choice. Travel didn’t need be a fluke, a happy accident, a thing that just happened to me. It wouldn’t be a thing I waited and hoped for.… Continue Reading
Whether you’re looking for iconic images or locals only selfie spots, historic sites, parks or street art, Minneapolis is more than ready for its close up. Here are my picks for the most photogenic photo spots in Minneapolis. Photo by… Continue Reading
Family is at the heart of North Dakota’s newest brewery. When Half Brothers Brewing Company opened in Grand Forks in the fall of 2017, the name attracted attention. “A lot of people are intrigued by it and it kind plays… Continue Reading
Want to enjoy espresso in a church where Tedddy Roosevelt once worshipped, sip tea in a hidden courtyard or fund a nonprofit with your morning coffee purchase? Then put these North Dakota coffee shops at the top of your list.… Continue Reading
Minnesota has more than 10,000 lakes (11,842, if you want to be exact — which I do) and long winters, so it’s no surprise that the state offers lots of ways to enjoy all that ice and snow. You could… Continue Reading
I am standing by myself, as alone as one can get on the edge of the Domplatz, a historic square in Erfurt, the capital city of the German state of Thuringia. People stream toward the Christmas market, its small wooden… Continue Reading
