Join longtime Minnesota fisherman, camper and Midwest travel author Martin Hintz as he guides you on eleven road trips throughout rural Minnesota.

Wine. The word calls to mind vineyards descending stark Spanish hills, vats lining Tuscan villages, fashionable singles crowding California tasting rooms. But anyone who hikes or bikes back roads in the Upper Midwest sees grapevines twining over fence posts and twisting up trees. Smooth, delicious wines are made from those grapes, and from the wild berries and cultivated fruits grown in the region.
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"Minnesota's North Shore is a paradise of trails, waterways, and scenic beauty. It's meant to be explored. Local author and outdoors enthusiast Katie Berg has hiked, biked, and paddled the entire region. Now, she's sharing the best trips with you. From pedaling one of the Midwest's top-rated bike parks at Spirit Mountain to paddling along the shoreline of the Lake Superior Water Trail, experience the adventures that this unparalleled region has to...

"Descriptions and maps to all the major climbing areas in Minnesota and Wisconsin. Two hundred new routes and two new climbing areas have been added for a total of nearly 1,000 routes at 13 areas"--

"With our local camping experts on your side, the very best tent camping in your state is only a quick read away. Hand selected for their appeal to tent campers who love seclusion, beauty, quiet, and security, the 50 campsites described in each of the Best Tent Camping guides represent the best of the best" --

You may have heard that Minnesota's ten thousand lakes are the hoofprints of Paul Bunyan's ox, Babe. "Don't you believe it!" writes Richard Ojakangas, author of the newly released Roadside Geology of Minnesota. Though the lakes, which formed at the end of the most recent ice age, may be Minnesota's most famous features, the glaciated countryside disguises a much longer history of volcanoes and plate collisions-not surprising when you learn that Minnesota...