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Stories about the outdoor recreation experience in Minnesota.
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Latest Episodes
Sugar Lake Leadership Lodge: Building Better Leaders in the Great Outdoors
Sugar Lake Lodge sits in the Sugar Hills near Grand Rapids, Minnesota — a property Abby Oxborough's family rebuilt from bankruptcy and rubble in the early '90s, drawing on generations of Minnesota hospitality roots. Today, Abby runs Leadership ...
The Northwest Angle: Adventure at the Top of Minnesota
You're on island time now. It just feels different. The Northwest Angle is a geographic oddity — the only place in the contiguous U.S. you can't reach without crossing an international border — and one of the most story-dense square miles in Mi...
Built to Last: Arctic Cat, Thief River Falls, and the People Who Wouldn't Quit
In a town of about 9,000 people in Minnesota's northwest corner, one company has shared space with the place for more than 60 years. This episode tells the story of Arctic Cat and Thief River Falls — a restless founder, a bankruptcy that impact...
1K Miles, gummy clusters, and a pair of Gnomes: Kari Gibbons, Wild Winter Women, and Minnesota's Ultra Spirit
What does it take to walk a thousand miles across Alaska in winter — and finish wishing you could keep going?In this episode, we sit down with Kari Gibbons, a North Minneapolis artist, winter ultra athlete, and founder of Wild ...
