Outdoors

How I Get Outside

A monthly Q&A about the outdoors, adventure and the last best places in the North Star State.

Author Kao Kalia Yang once fished to help feed her family. Now she shares the pastime with her children.

The award-winning Minnesota writer says fishing is great training for being a writer.
June 8, 2025

Twin Cities musician Jeremy Messersmith finds music in the rhythm of hikes

Hiking along the North Shore reminds the Minnesota musician how “anti-human” cities are designed.
May 18, 2025

Alan Page finds magic making syrup in Minnesota’s North Woods

The NFL Hall of Famer and former state Supreme Court justice produces gallons of maple syrup with his family each year.
April 13, 2025