As much as I appreciate my formal education and the doors it has opened, I treasure the lessons the people of Minnesota and its land have bestowed upon me. Lessons the sound of my dad’s ...

Aaron Moen of Dassel is a retired Cornell University professor who spends his winters in Minnesota and likes it. He began his career as a wildlife ecologist, focusing on the physiology, nutrition and ...

Red Rock Lake in the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness, near the end of the Gunflint Trail in northern Minnesota. Photo: Kyle Stokes/Axios ...