Minnesota
Bigfoot? He's a softy compared to the other menacing monsters lurking in the woods near you.
Online or via your cellphone these trips are ready to be downloaded and explored.
Hike these paths before the masses find them.
Sharing is for kindergarten. Take one of these 30 hikes and you can have the wilderness all to yourself.
Lose yourself in a private paradise the crowds have overlooked.
Being bordered by the Great Lakes, the Dakota Badlands, and the rivers of the Mississippi Valley gives Midwesterners plenty of land and water for hiking and camping adventure–even if the local high point is still lower than a Colorado knoll.
Use our comprehensive city-specific pages to find hikes near your hometown or in a city you're planning to visit.
Nine ways to get your cascade fix from Tennessee to Montana.
Shhh! Find silent shores in this isolated Boundary Waters hideaway
With a thousand islands and countless passages, this little-visited treasure is a watery maze. Here's the way in–and out.
Stay dry on spring treks in Minnesota, New Mexico, and more.
Three ways to hike, bike, and paddle your way to freedom in the Twin Cities.
As temperatures rise, Minnesota's North Woods will likely go up in smoke.
Hit the wilderness in search of beasts big and small.
Whether you are after fishing holes or skinny-dipping, Backpacker tracked down the best campsites in the country
Head out with six hard-charging huskies, and winter will never feel more alive.
16 wild ways to find backcountry solitude and big-time scenery. All this, and you can bring the ice chest, too.
Big currents flowing down the Mississippi, recently-blazed trails, and howling coyotes make up only a few of the many attractions that draw crowds to this city's outskirts.
Backpack Lake Huron's shores, kayak the St. Lawrence Islands, and camp along Lake Superior
Find this high point in the largest national forest outside of Alaska.
Blazing foliage and broad Lake Superior views
From paddling Lake Superior to glacier-hopping in Alaska: 6 hair-raising, lung-busting adventures from America's top outfitters
Get lost in the land o' lakes with 3 quiet, crowd-free trails
In Minnesota's Boundary Waters, thousands of blue routes await those willing to dip a paddle.
Our comprehensive guide to the best backpacking you can find in Minnesota.
Can't wait for the snow to melt? Get warmed up at Minnesota's Jay Cooke State Park.
A whale of a Minnesota trail beside a Great Lake.
A watery paradise, a hiker's secret.
Like shimmering rainbows in the night, the northern lights electrify the sky with color.
Stomp and glide at Wild River State Park, where no snow monsters are allowed.
Great lake views in Minnesota's land of moose and wolves.
