Marty Walsh recently took time off to hike the bluff country of southeastern Minnesota to talk with landowners. It wasn't the first time. The Rochester man has put in the miles since 2019 to organize ...

Minnesota is famous for its lakes, but I think its waterfalls are what truly set it apart from many of its Midwestern neighbors. From the rugged volcanic cliffs of the North Shore to the Sioux ...

Devil’s Kettle Trail at Minnesota's Judge C.R. Magney State Park is the best hiking trail in the country, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards. The two-mile round-trip hike in ...

MINNEAPOLIS — A few trips in the 1970s to help build the Border Route Trail in the lake country between Minnesota and Canada sent a jolt of excitement through one of its volunteers. Rudi Hargesheimer, ...

In between Minnesota Highway 23 and U.S. Highway 212, in Yellow Medicine County, is 27 acres of natural Minnesota River Prairie where the largest populations of Minnesota's rarest lizard species can ...

Marty Walsh and the MDHT crew are now ready for the next steps after accomplishing some crucial and important tasks for the 125-mile backpacking trail over the past few months. Highway 61 runs between ...

In this Daily News file photo, Kendra Mueller, left, and Kyle Chapman enjoy the October weather as they climb the stairs along the hiking trail up to Garvin Heights Park. Another hiking trail is in ...

Few things heighten the anticipation for the outdoors months to come like an early spring hike, regardless of surface. At a molecular level, we often sync up in mood and energy levels with all that’s ...

A section of North Shore trail coursing past perhaps one of the most iconic and photographed areas in the Minnesota outdoors will close to hikers beginning May 15. Part of the rugged, 310-mile ...

Walking along the Superior Hiking Trail, a journal and a ukulele in his pack, Jeremy Messersmith finds inspiration. It’s the tall waterfalls that make one feel small, the panoramic views of Lake ...