Josh Tolkan: Building Wooden Boats, Supporting Community
Josh Tolkan crafts handmade wooden boats, including canoes, skiffs, and sailboats. He is an artist-in-residence at the North House Folk School in Grand Marais, and...
Rae Poynter
An Autumn in Oxford
If you ever find yourself with the task of planning a five-month backpacking trip, I have two pieces of advice: go slow and leave plenty...
Join the train crew at the North Shore Scenic Railroad
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to conduct a train? While working on the railroad may seem like a far-off dream, the...
Wolf Ridge to host Fabulous Fall weekend
Autumn is here, and at the Wolf Ridge Environmental Learning Center (ELC) in Finland, that means brilliant colors, cooler days, and the Fabulous Fall Adult...
Grand Marais to Isle Royale by seaplane
Isle Royale—Eighteen miles from Minnesota’s North Shore sits Isle Royale, the largest island in Lake Superior and home to pristine wilderness and abundant wildlife. As...
Cree Stevens: Sharing Her Voice through Art
For Thunder Bay artist Cree Stevens, art is not something that’s merely visual: it’s also a powerful form of communication. From a young age, Stevens...
Switzerland’s Alpine Pass Route
It was late October, and my husband Stephen and I sat in a small room with the entire contents of our packs strewn about us....
Experiencing the Joy of Dance
It was a warm spring evening in the town of Grand Marais, and the theater hummed with energy. It was opening night of the Cook...