Carnivorous plants, a picturesque pebble beach and outcrops of a rare type of volcanic lava rock highlight Minnesota’s newest nature preserve. The Icelandite Coastal Fen Scientific and Natural Area is ...

Leaves change, but roadside attractions do not. Minnesota Hwy. 61, which winds for 150 miles along the North Shore from Duluth to Grand Portage, is rich in popular points of interest: Gooseberry Falls ...

"The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota's North Shore" is a new book full of fascinating facts about everything from Glensheen to Grand Portage. The head of Pierre the Voyageur, in Two Harbors, is ...

Minnesota's North Shore Scenic Drive is one of the best scenic drives in the country, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. The route, a 150-plus mile stretch along the north ...

KNIFE RIVER — Two feet of snow melting fast, coupled with a half-inch of rain Monday, were just the ticket to finally loosen the last ice on North Shore streams, sending water tumbling down into Lake ...

Duluth, Minn. — For over 11 years Jay Austin and his research team at the University of Minnesota Duluth have carefully tended to a crop of bright-yellow meteorological buoys floating on Lake Superior ...

Evening primrose blooms in the newly designated Icelandite Coastal Fen Scenic and Natural Area along the North Shore of Lake Superior.

When most people think of Minnesota Lighthouses, they immediately go to Split Rock Lighthouse. But lighthouses are scattered all over Minnesota, including St. Paul. One of the best parts is seeing how ...

Where did an infamous mobster go when he needed a little rest and relaxation? Residents of the North Shore and Iron Range have long boasted their backyard as the bootlegger’s land of leisure. Pictured ...