Dan Kraker is a reporter for Minnesota Public Radio.
In an increasingly digital world, folk schools are sprouting in Minnesota and beyond, teaching traditional crafts and other lifelong skills.
As light pollution affects more of the globe, astrotourism is taking off in remote spots where skies are dark and stars shine bright.
With an approach that harvests trees selectively, instead of clearcutting, profits are deferred.
On a Minnesota egg farm, visitors embrace a more intimate agritourism experience — in which they sleep and even work on the farm.
A growing number of new facilities around the country are designed to give people experiencing homelessness a place to recover after they’ve been discharged from the hospital.
Duluth, Minnesota, is welcoming people who say they are moving away from places like California because of climate concerns.
Bemidji, Minnesota, population about 15,000, is offering people $2,500 to relocate to the Northwoods and bring their remote jobs with them.
High-quality trails take expertise and meticulous work. Professionally built trails can cost up to $70,000 a mile.
The facility would have ancillary benefits for loggers and truckers, and its building materials would keep carbon locked up, expert says.
There’s something more valuable than gold attached to the bottom of your car — and it’s sparking a crime wave across the country.
