A Labor of Love: The Making of a Norwegian Bunad
Nancy Hanson of Lutsen has done quilting and sewing for years. When she picked up a brochure for a folk school in Iowa, she had...
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A Captivating Island and Stories from the Sea
The largest island on Lake Superior measures nine miles across, 45 miles long, and encompasses more than 132,000 land acres. Both Native American copper miners...
Crafting the Wooden Canoe: Two who Teach the Tradition
by Erin Altemus
It’s a rare sight to see a wood canoe gliding down a lake or river, even in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness. More often, these wooden...
Spreading Wings: North Shore Butterflies
by Ali Juten
When Maryl Skinner, of Grand Marais, happened upon some caterpillars on her milkweed plants last summer, she was thrilled. She knew that she had to...
Whiteface River Mini-Expedition
As a kid, I read about polar explorers and expedition mountain climbers. I wanted to go on extreme adventures like Douglas Mawson and Edmund Hillary...
When Fishing Openers Go Bad
by Joe Shead
There are three certainties in this world: death, taxes and disastrous fishing openers. Guys have the odds stacked against us right from the start because...
Chasing High Water: Spring Paddlers take the Plunge
Right now there’s a group of Minnesota paddlers salivating. Some of them might be watching river gauges or checking a handful of websites, but most...
Restoration Project Preserves Historic Carousel
by Shawn Perich
Generations of children have ridden the wooden carousel horses at Thunder Bay’s Chippewa Park. For many, the memory of riding on a carousel lingers for...