MOOSE LAKE, Minn. — On a cold, blustery day in April, Bel and I headed to the North Shore to meet up with a rock star named Taylor, or as he’s known on social media, “Agate Dad.” Taylor is famous in ...

The beaches at Grand Marais are excellent hunting grounds for the ancient Lake Superior agate, a semi-precious stone made up of concentric circles of microcrystaline quartz reddened by iron. Here’s ...

DULUTH — When I shared the news last year that I was relocating from Minneapolis to Duluth, many of my Twin Cities friends expressed jealousy. I was moving to the North Shore! At least, that was how ...

Built by a Swedish immigrant fisherman who found he could make more money luring tourists than lake trout, Lutsen Resort has long been an iconic Minnesota property known to every traveler on Hwy. 61 ...

The elusive Lake Superior agate. Rockhounds scour Lake Superior’s shoreline for these rare banded beauties—from the western reaches of the Keweenaw Peninsula to the U.P.’s easternmost Whitefish Point.

Explore the best of Minnesota's North Shore with a sprawling road trip that takes you from Duluth all the way to a small town near the Canadian border.

The Crosby Fire between Duluth and Lutsen continues to burn in a remote ridge area of George H. Crosby Manitou State Park. Visitors are advised to use caution, but George H. Crosby Manitou State Park ...

TWO HARBORS, Minn. - A series of tall-masted replica ships rounded the break wall into Agate Bay just after noon on Thursday — the Pride of Baltimore II announcing its arrival with the sound of a ...

In 1969, the Minnesota Legislature declared the Lake Superior agate to be the state's official gemstone. Moose Lake has dubbed itself the "agate capital of the world" and Agate Days are celebrated ...