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Heart of a Continent: Flying to and touring Voyageurs National Park

Heart of a Continent: Flying to and touring Voyageurs National Park

We are sitting sidesaddle along the port side of the wheelhouse. My daughter and I share this space, while my wife and son relax below deck in the main passenger cabin. The Voyageur is the flagship of the small Voyageurs National Park (VNP) fleet of boats. Nearing the end of our six-hour round-trip tour, we…

Destination: Scare-cation – Nationally acclaimed haunted attractions worth the flight

Destination: Scare-cation – Nationally acclaimed haunted attractions worth the flight

Today’s haunted attractions are not your grandparents’ idea of scary. Anyone of a certain age remembers the haunted houses when we were kids, usually organized as a fundraiser by a local community group. Haunted attractions today are big business. We’re not talking standard jump-scare attractions; the top-tier mega haunts are full-scale productions with intricate costuming,…