Sampling Summer’s Selection of Festival Foods
Just about every community seems to have one: a festival. These events bring people together and celebrate some unique characteristic of the community. Interestingly enough,...
Chuck Viren
Landmark Restaurants of the North Shore
The North Shore of Lake Superior is a place people return to time and again. Families develop rituals around the journey regarding where they stay...
Wild Rice Burgers
More than just a healthy alternative to beef Known as “manoomin,” wild rice was central to the lives of the Anishinaabe. Each fall, families would...
Thunder Bay Country Market
One could drive down May Street and not notice the building, were it not for the line of cars entering the parking lot. Saturday mornings...
Canoeing and Camping Cuisine
Canoe trips in the Northern Wilds are both strenuous and immensely rewarding. The bugs, the aches, and the sore muscles are a fair price to...
Sky-Blue Waters, Bears and Beer
HAMM’S BEER ADVERTISING ON THE GUNFLINT TRAIL The Gunflint Trail near Grand Marais has long been renowned for its rugged, pine-filled forests and pristine lakes. People...
The $750 View
After my son Tor lost his iPhone during a canoe trip last year, I had considered paddling to Rose Lake on a recovery mission. He...
Nordic Roots: A Journey to the Ancestral Homeland
My grandfather, Hans Kragseth, arrived in Two Harbors from Hakallestranda, Norway, in 1910. There to greet him were two of his seven siblings who had emigrated...