Renewed Quest – This Time for the Best Pizza!
A year ago, my brother Teddy and I set out on a quest to find the best burger in Wayzata. We visited nine restaurants, had our fair share of disagreements, and ultimately walked away with full stomachs and several options to recommend and revisit. Having so enjoyed...
A Guide to Minnesota’s Outdoor Must-Dos
For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been planning trips, my passport becoming my most valuable possession. My life was about heading elsewhere, exploring the big, wide world. Cue COVID-19 and a time during which I was unable to leave my house, let...
Exploring Antarctica With Those There Before Me
Outside I saw nothing but churning water and oppressive skies. The late afternoon rainfall slowly increased until a steady stream of water poured down. Two days had come and gone since boarding Le Lyrial back in Ushuaia, Argentina, and not one moment passed without...
Siblings Beefy Bond
My brother Teddy loves hamburgers. Well, actually, he loves cheeseburgers. At every restaurant, regardless of city, that's his order: In part because, born with Down syndrome, he doesn't like change. But more so because he knows what he likes, so why order anything...
A Year Without Travel
In March of 2020 I had planned to visit Peru on my first educational trip with Travel Beyond. I’d spent a summer in Cusco sixteen years earlier and couldn’t wait to return to my old stomping grounds. But then, just two days before my departure, everything changed. The...
Medellin: A City Transformed
Women stood in doorways offering a smile. Children darted across the inclined road, engaged in what appeared to be a game of tag. Laundry fluttered on clotheslines and across balconies, like colorful flags waving hello. Peering down alleyways, intricate street art...
10 Stylish Vacation Rental Getaways In Minnesota
Agua Norte This sustainably built, timber-frame cabin near Grand Marais offers pristine views of Lake Superior. With windows lining three of four walls, you’ll feel surrounded by light and nature. There’s a skylight just above the loft, for stargazing in bed, and a...
Tsum Valley: An Unexpected Slice of Tibet
I sat on the well-worn grass, a visitor on either side. One sported a Spiderman sweater and a smirk. Two streams of mucus poured from the other’s nose, a constant yet unacknowledged presence. I dealt, and they followed my lead, laying each card face up on the...
Yellowstone high country: my connection to hemingway
“The nights were cold, and, if you woke up… you would hear the coyotes. … You could sit in the front of the cabin, lazy in the sun, and look across the valley. … You remembered the elk bugling. … You remembered how this country had looked when you first came into it …...