summer sequel

A MINNESOTA COUPLE'S NEW LAKE HOME PRESERVES THE SOUL AND CONTINUES THE TRADITIONS OF THEIR FAMILY'S CABIN THAT STOOD ON THE SAME SITE FOR DECADES.

STAYING AFLOAT

CENTURIES AGO, FRENCH CANADIAN FUR TRAPPERS DRAGGED HEAVY CANOES OVER THE LAND AND LAKES OF PRESENT-DAY VOYAGEURS NATIONAL PARK. ON A FIRST-TIME HOUSEBOAT JOURNEY, THE MOST WE LUGGED WAS A COOLER BUT WE SNARED A WEALTH OF SOLITUDE, SUNSETS AND LAUGHS.

A FIRST-TIME HOUSEBOATER

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AGRI(CULTURED)

FOR OUR EIGHTH ANNUAL ROAD RALLY, WE DELVED INTO OUTDOOR ADVENTURE, FARM-FRESH FOOD, AND A THRIVING ARTS AND CULTURE SCENE IN IOWA.

NEIGHBORHOOD - STRAWBERRY HILL FOREVER

WITH ARTIST LAEDAN GALICIA, AKA DINKC, AS YOUR GUIDE, EXPLORE THE COFFEE SHOPS, DIVE BARS AND DIVERSE EATS OF THIS HISTORIC POCKET OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

JOURNEY - RAPID STRIDES

GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN, HAS HAD A HOPPING BEER SCENE FOR YEARS. BUT TODAY, THE CITY'S CULINARY LANDSCAPE IS MORE THAN JUST ITS GREAT BREWS MORE DIVERSE, MORE FRESH, MORE DELICIOUS.

SWEET LIFE HERE COMES THE SUNDAE

MOVING TO A NEW CITY BRINGS UPS AND DOWNS EVEN WHEN IT'S REALLY YOUR OLD CITY. THANK GOODNESS FOR ICE CREAM.

LIVE WELL - VEG OUT

EATING A GREATER VARIETY OF PLANTS HELPS YOUR HEALTH AND THE PLANET'S. HERE ARE SIX TASTY WAYS TO GET IT DONE.

STUDIO SESSION - IN VIVID COLOR

CHICAGOAN EMILY VAN HOFF PIECES TOGETHER FABULOUSLY SATURATED, INTENTIONALLY HAPPY WORKS OF QUILTED ART.

SPACES - HOUSE OF BLUES

RHYTHMIC PATTERNS AND A NAUTICAL PALETTE HIT ALL THE RIGHT NOTES AT A WATERSIDE HOME IN WISCONSIN.

GROW - MOTHER OF ALL PONDS

AQUASCAPE FOUNDER GREG WITTSTOCK BUILT AN OASIS FOR HIS MOST LOYAL CHEERLEADER MOM.

SPRING AWAKENING

Brown County: You might know the southern Indiana region for its namesake state park or shop-packed main street in tiny Nashville. Or maybe you know it as the muse of Impressionist painter T.C. Steele. But do you know the people who call it home? Those producing sweet mash whiskey, farming sustainably or running an artsy inn that stands out among chockablock cabins? Meet three entrepreneurs and the creative pursuits they're bringing to this popular area.

Pats of gold

The first thing to know about Royal Guernsey The first Creamery butter is that the sticks are round.

FEEL the RHYTHM

WITH HER HEART KEEPING TIME, INTERIOR DESIGNER CANDACE GRIFFIN CRAFTED A WARM, PERSONAL HOME THAT'S PERFECTLY ON BEAT WITH HER FAMILY.

Not about to join the 210-mile club?

HERE ARE A FEW FUN WALKS I’?D RECOMMEND ALONG THE OUTERBELT.

I set out to walk 210 miles around Chicago Here's how it went.

I STEP INTO THE WOODS, take a big breath in, let out a heavy sigh, and feel tensions drain.

IRIS OF MY EYE

ONCE SPRING HAS SETTLED IN TO STAY, BEARDED IRISES STAND UP TALL, SHAKE OUT THEIR SKIRTS AND PUT ON A SHOW IN A CLOUD OF NOSTALGIC PERFUME.

YES, TOP CHEF

THIS SPRING, TV’S BIGGEST COOKING COMPETITION RETURNS TO THE MIDWEST FOR THE FIRST TIME SINCE 2008.

SONG OF THE PRAIRIE

SMOKE AND SYMPHONY HERALD THE CHANGING OF THE SEASONS IN THE KANSAS FLINT HILLS, WHERE FLAMES RENEW THE LAND, AND MUSIC CONNECTS US TO IT.

STUDIO SESSION STYLE ON REPEAT

WHICH COMES FIRST: THE COLOR OR THE PATTERN? CHRISTIANA COOP AND AIMEE LAGOS, THE DUO BEHIND WALLPAPER COMPANY HYGGE AND WEST, SAY THE QUALITIES NEED TO BE IN PERFECT SYNCJUST LIKE THEIR PARTNERSHIP.

Real Talk

Through colorful collage, Detroit artist Judy Bowman tells vibrant stories of the Black experience.

Studio Session

In their hometown of Kearney, Nebraska, Jeff and Teegan Nordhues are lighting up the design industry (literally). Their secrets? Mastery, tenacity, integrity and a proprietary blend of terra-cotta.

THE CALM OF THE WILD

WENDING THROUGH THE WATERS, WHISPERING OVER THE PEAKS-NATURAL RHYTHMS SOOTHE IN THE BLACK HILLS OF SOUTH DAKOTA.

BEGINNER'S PLUCK

A pair of condo dwellers from Chicago decamps to farm outside the city, trading dinner parties and oat milk a lattes for a life that moves at a at a walk.

folk lore

In the early 1900s, artists and socialites traveled to an Illinois estate to unwind and create. Now you can, too, at the state's first folk school.

feeling grand

Calling all culinary aficionados: A weekend celebrating female talent beckons you to Mackinac Island this fall.

deeply rooted

Plant-shop owner Cotto shares his top spots in Chicago's flourishing Logan Square neighborhood.

refueling station

Forty strangers partake in a three-hour, chef-driven meal in an unlikely setting: a gas station in a Twin Cities suburb.

prime time

Tapas on patios, spirited festivals, foliage shrouded museums: In Kansas City, Missouri, fall is a long, leisurely and resounding last hurrah to summer.

happy mess

Sugared berries and bittersweet memories mingle with meringues and whipped cream in a dessert that celebrates tousled, summer ease.