Eden Prairie's Bearpath was Minnesota's first gated community, and 20 years later few developments have followed in its footsteps. It stands alone with its 24-hour guardhouse, mansions and green space.
NONFICTION: Readers will shiver along with Leon Crane as he struggles to hang on in the Alaskan wilderness with only his Boy Scout knife, 40 matches and a parachute.
The 1958 Prairie-style brick dwelling, with a tuck-under garage, sits on a wooded half-acre lot abutting Wirth Park in the North Tyrol Hills neighborhood. You can have it for $799,000.