TOFTE, Minn. — It had snowed a few inches overnight, maybe the first snow that would stay for winter, and on a frigid morning earlier this month, Thomas Spence was excited. Spence, who lives just ...

Though he produced as many images as most professional photographers (estimated at more than 10,000), Irwin Denison Norling always considered himself an amateur. Twin Cities journalist Brad Zellar ...

MinnPost’s reporting is free every single day, but it isn’t free to produce. Join 4,800 members with a donation right now. As the days shorten, the waters of Minnesota’s greatest lake draw folks to ...

This Lake Superior town has spectacular mountain views, countless runs, cross-country trails, and plenty of ways to warm up after a day on the slopes.

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I slipped off my snowshoes and hiked on a beaten track of hard-packed snow through the woods to the edge of a rock cliff 200 feet above a shimmering, azure Lake Superior. Cold silence. A chilly ...