The Lone Cypress isn’t just a tree; it’s a California icon that embodies resilience and solitary grace. Standing alone against the elements, it has become the unofficial symbol of Pebble Beach and one ...

By Cheryl Thiede Half the adventure of our annual getaway to Grand Marais, Minnesota, is the journey. My mom, sister and I go ...

The Ely Echo weekly newspaper and its companion pieces - North Country SAVER and North Country ANGLER - provide insight into ...

The osprey population on the Eastern Shore has dropped to just 18 birds, and scientists at William & Mary’s Center for ...

Building Minnesota's North Shore" is a new book full of fascinating facts about everything from Glensheen to Grand Portage.

Duluth, on the shore of Lake Superior in northern Minnesota, is one of the country's best underrated travel destinations, according to new rankings by U.S. News and World Report.

So I was curious to read through Arnold R. Alanen’s “The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore,” just released by the University of Minnesota Press on May 20.

U.S. Highway 41, aka Lake Shore Drive Travel Lake Shore Drive to experience all the best Chicago has to offer. Drive south to north on the 15-mile urban parkway to see Navy Pier, Millennium Park ...

Minnesota's North Shore Scenic Drive is one of the best scenic drives in the country, according to the 2025 USA TODAY 10BEST Readers’ Choice Awards.

Door County motel tops USA TODAY 10BEST national poll, scenic drive places in Top 10 The family-owned lakeside motel in Jacksonport was among 20 roadside motel nominees across the U.S. while the ...

“The Scenic Route: Building Minnesota’s North Shore”: by Arnold R. Alanen (University of Minnesota Press, $49.95). With uncertainty about the economy this summer, families might be looking ...