Greater Minnesota

Photos: Getting paid in sunsets at Voyageurs National Park
In a single day, visitors can swim in crystal-clear waters, catch walleye from a houseboat, spot bald eagles and loons, and gaze at the Milky Way while northern lights ripple across the sky.
Photos: A rendezvous with the past at Grand Portage
The annual Rendezvous Days celebrates and recreates the intersection of Ojibwe people and the North West Company and their people, explorers and traders during its heyday in the late 1700s and early 1800s.
Boundary Waters newbie? Here's how to eat, plan, paddle and get home
You've always wanted to do a Boundary Waters trip but it's a little scary, right? Don't worry. With a little research and planning, it's possible to take a first trip independently. Here's a quick guide.
This mall bought a bookstore to keep it open
The Village Bookstore has been a draw at a Grand Rapids, Minn., mall for more than three decades. The mall intends to keep it that way.
Flooding threatens east-central Minnesota, days after statewide downpours
Storms of this magnitude are rare, but they've been happening more frequently in Minnesota in recent years. This is the sixth so-called "mega rain event" in the state since the year 2000.
Hundreds in Duluth comment on minerals mining near Boundary Waters
Around 500 people filled a "listening session" Wednesday held by the U.S. Forest Service on two controversial mining leases near the Boundary Waters.