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January 19, 2019
Pasties on the cooling rack at Pasties Plus in Grand Rapids.

Eating our way along Minnesota's pasty trail

On northern Minnesota's Iron Range, the meat- and veggie-filled pasty is quintessential cuisine.
Variety
January 19, 2019
The 33rd running of the John Beargrease Sled Dog Marathon got underway Sunday afternoon in Two Harbors. Here, Colleen Wallin sprinted with her team do

Quick Trips: Lake Superior Ice Festival, John Beargrease Sled Dog Race and Wintefest

Variety
January 10, 2019
Designed like a stone mountain wrapped in dove’s wings or a glass cloud, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights opened in 2014.

Midwest Traveler: Winnipeg museum highlights human rights

An acclaimed museum in the Manitoba capital inspires in divisive times.
Stage & Arts
January 3, 2019
Stephanie J. Block performing at The Cabaret in Indianapolis. Photo by Dave Pluimer

Indianapolis stakes its claim as cabaret capital of the Midwest

A dedicated Indy venue features your new best friends riffing on the Great American Songbook.
Variety
December 6, 2018
The Mula restaurant/tequileria and Scriptown Brewery are at the heart of the burgeoning Blackstone District in Omaha.

Midwest Traveler: Omaha's Blackstone is reserved for dining out

Revived neighborhood is the place for eating and drinking in the Big O.
Variety
December 1, 2018
Midwest Traveler on the Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas store in Stillwater, where it's Christmas year round. ] BRIAN PETERSON ï brian.peterson@startri

Where to eat and shop in Stillwater, a town with year-round holiday cheer

The river town offers boutique shopping, upscale cuisine and a taste of the holidays year-round.
Variety
November 29, 2018
With temperatures in the low 30's and ample machine-made snow on the ground, plenty of skiers and snowboarders hit the slopes on opening day of the 20

Want to ski? Minnesota has loads of options

Variety
November 29, 2018
Family-run Bearskin Lodge has four accomodations adjacent to the lodge and 11 cabins, all near the shore of Bearskin Lake, off the Gunflint Trail. Pho

Winter lodging along the Gunflint Trail

Variety
November 29, 2018
A cross-country skiers crosses a pond on the Beaver Dam Trail at Bearskin Lodge, on Minnesota's Gunflint Trail. Photo by Kerri Westenberg/Star Tribune

Three cross-country ski networks along Minnesota's Gunflint Trail

Variety
November 21, 2018
The upper Mississippi River between its headwaters in Itasca State Park and Bemidji in mid June. ] (AARON LAVINSKY/STAR TRIBUNE) aaron.lavinsky@startr

Where to stay, eat and play along the Mississippi River? Book on Great River Road tells all

Variety
November 21, 2018
Grant Wood’s studio is filled with replicas of his paintings.

Midwest Traveler: An eastern Iowa art road trip goes beyond 'American Gothic'

A trek from modernism in Davenport to Grant Wood's studio near Cedar Rapids.
Variety
November 17, 2018
A view of the new Titletown park from the top of Ariens Hill in Green Bay, Wis.

Green Bay's new Titletown expands the Packers' football mecca

Green Bay complex invites football fans to stay and play nearby.
Variety
November 11, 2018
Northern Minnesota is the first to turn each fall and the mix of colors make for a spectacular show. The aspen, pine, maple and birch create a kaleido

Can spending 72 hours in Minn. woods decrease stress? We tested the idea

Copying a Swedish idea, we sent stressed-out Minnesotans into nature to see if they'd calm down.
Variety
November 8, 2018
Get close to nature at the 72 Hour Cabins in Dalsland. The cabins are made of glass, allowing you fall asleep watching the stars and wake up to the su

72 hours on the North Shore

Variety
November 1, 2018
The 117 steel poppies outside the National World War I Museum in Kansas City each represent 1,000 Americans who died in the war.

Midwest Traveler: Kansas City's WWI museum marks 100 years since the Armistice

WWI centennial in Kansas City reminds us that war is intimate and personal.
Variety
October 25, 2018
The outdoor Hill Theatre is the flagship stage for American Players Theatre in Spring Green, Wis.

Midwest Traveler: High art and low kitsch in quirky Spring Green, Wis.

Spring Green, Wis., is bursting with theater, architecture and kitsch.
Variety
October 14, 2018
Guests at Tettegouche Camp can use canoes to explore pristine Mic Mac Lake.

Tettegouche cabins on North Shore are secluded, historic and only reachable on foot

The whole family will enjoy these rustic cabins — but first you have to earn it.
Variety
October 4, 2018
Visitors can cruise the Sturgeon Bay Ship Canal, which connects Lake Michigan and Green Bay, in this vintage Chicago fireboat.

Sturgeon Bay: the gateway city to Wisconsin's Door County

Sturgeon Bay, Wis., the once-forgotten county seat, becomes a destination in its own right.
Variety
September 21, 2018
Chef Greg Emilis Beard outside his Soul "N" the Wall restaurant. Singer Patti LaBelle comes by every time she's in Detroit, he said.

Midwest Traveler: When in Detroit, eat everything

From ethnic enclaves to soul food, freewheeling Detroit's dining is diverse.
Variety
September 13, 2018
A poster of novelist Willa Cather peeked out of one of the windows of the National Willa Cather Center in tiny Red Cloud, Neb.

Red Cloud, Neb., celebrates 100 years of Willa Cather's 'My Antonia'

Nebraska town marks the centennial of Willa Cather's classic novel.
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