Wabasha: eagles, Mississippi kayaking & toy museum Photos & story by Lisa Meyers McClintick From posing with an American bald eagle and paddling the serene backwaters of the Mississippi to riding one of the country’s most beautiful hand-carved carousels, Wabasha, Minn., offers much more than being the small-towninspiration for the “Grumpy Old Men” movies. Here are the …
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With the excitement of a birder spotting a rare warbler, my daughter and I quickly sunk to our knees on the edge of the Big Bog boardwalk to study our botanical target: insect-eating pitcher plants. They carried enough of creepy-crawly “eew” factor to convince my 10-year-old daughter, Kylie, to road trip an hour north of …
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Top 10 Things to do in Lutsen and Tofte, Minn. Photos & feature by Lisa Meyers McClintick Looking for one of Minnesota’s most scenic spots and best destinations for adventures? Point the car north and buzz up the North Shore along Lake Superior for a guaranteed great getaway. One of our favorite places to stay …
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Circus Harmony’s flying trapeze at St. Louis. Photos provided by Explore St. Louis. Circus Harmony offers fresh way to have fun and face your fears Sometime in my late 30s, the inner equilibrium that fueled a childhood full of cartwheels, flips off swim rafts and summer pool somersaults disappeared, leading to severe vertigo with any …
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Discover Southern Minnesota’s wildflowers The trill of a red-winged blackbird swaying atop cattails instantly takes me back to growing up on the southern still-rural edge of the Twin Cities. April and May offered a daily scavenger hunt for new clusters and carpets of spring wildflowers. Bloodroot emerged first, poking through the musty leaf litter beneath …
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Head south on the Great River Road Craving a Minnesota or Wisconsin road trip to celebrate the welcome end to winter? Let spring blossoms inspire your route. Some of Minnesota’s most stunning views can be found along the 17-mile Apple Blossom Scenic Drive each spring. This byway, tucked above the Mississippi River Valley in …
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It’s not all tame at the Children’s Museum of South Dakota. T-rex Jr. (above) provides a thrill, as does big mama. T-rex, prairie playland create one-of-a-kind fun Photos and story by Lisa Meyers McClintick To the right, kids line up shoulder to shoulder to fish in a pond, squealing as they haul out and net …
Learn about famed escape artist Harry Houdini and other Wisconsin natives at History Museum at the Castle. Make paper at the Paper Discovery Center, Appleton. Find Houdini, a glass museum, paper history and shopping in Wisconsin’s Fox Cities Photos & story by Lisa McClintick Wisconsin’s city of Appleton, as well as neighboring Neenah and Menasha—anchor the …
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Thousands of once-endangered trumpeter swans spend their winters on the Mississippi in Monticello, Minnesota. Swans use winter as their social & courting season. The trumpeting sound of Monticello’s swans Here’s a glimpse of the thousands of trumpeter swan that winter on the Mississippi River in Monticello, Minnesota, December through early March. Even better, you can hear …
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Even without a polar vortex hitting the Midwest, the beaches of Fort Myers, Florida, beckon winter snowbirds. Eat your way down I-75 to Southern warmth Photos & text by Lisa Meyers McClintick The Berea, Ky, rest stop is filled with regional art. Had enough of the Midwest’s bone-chilling polar vortex? Follow the snowbirds south. Whether you …
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