Outdoors

Take up biking with two easy and scenic trails.

Darkness is the secret to spotting lightning bugs.

Just like a lotus flower has to fight its way through the mud and muck to meet the sun to bloom, we sometimes have to do the same.

As every Minnesotan child knows, helicopter seeds are great flyers - but did you know you can eat them?

The Lake Minnetonka Sailing School offers students a way to learn how to sail and get outside during the summer months.

As winter gives way to spring, the season of physics begins.

Writer Anne Marie Ruff Grewal reflects on the daily brilliance of winter.

The University of Minnesota Extension’s horticulture experts offer a few tips for picking the perfect Christmas tree this year.

Writer Anne Marie Ruff Grewal gives a fresh perspective on an unpopular month.

In October, the trees are shutting down their solar factories for the winter, and celebrating with a grand show of fall colors.

The Minnesota state flower, the lady’s slipper, is an orchid. Columnist Anne Marie Ruff Grewal ruminates on another woodland orchid.

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