>>> WELCOME BACK, WINTERS IN
MINNESOTA CAN FEEL LONG, COLD,
NOT HELP THE GREAT THING ABOUT
OUR GREAT STATE IS THAT THERE
ARE PLACES TO SNEAK AWAY FOR A
WEEKEND, TONIGHT I SPOKE WITH
JANE OLSON.
SHE'S THE EDITOR-IN-CHIEF OF
MINNEAPOLIS ST. PAUL MAGAZINE
WE WENT OVER DESTINATIONS WORTH
WE WILL START WITH THE FIRST
LOCATION ALONG THE NORTH SHORE.
WHAT IS THIS PARTICULAR SPOT
YOU WANT TO TELL PEOPLE ABOUT?
>> IT'S IN MINNESOTA ABOUT 25
MINUTES SOUTH OF GRANDMA RAY
AND IT REALLY IS A DREAM
LOCATIONS FOR ANYBODY WHO WANTS
A YEAR-ROUND EXPERIENCE.
WE ARE TALKING ABOUT EVEN IN
THE WINTER TO GO UP AND THEY
AND SUITES.
IT'S A GREAT BASE CAMP IF YOU
WANT TO GO HIKING AND GO
DOWNHILL SKIING OR GO LOOK AT
SOME OF THE FROZEN WATERFALLS.
IT'S A REALLY GREAT LOVELY
PLACE.
>> I IMAGINE THIS TIME OF YEAR,
MY THOUGHTS ARE IT'S FREEZING
UP THERE, WHY WOULD I WANT TO
BE UP THERE?
WHAT ARE SOME WINTER AMENITIES
THAT CAN HAVE SOMEONE PLANNING
LATE FALL, EARLY WINTER MAYBE?
>> THEY HAVE FIREPLACES SO EVEN
YOU LOVE THE NORTH AND WANT TO
EXPERIENCE LAKE SUPERIOR, MAYBE
YOU'VE NEVER BEEN UP THERE
BEFORE, IT REALLY IS A FOUR OR
FIVE STAR COMPOUND UP THERE AND
SO IF YOU ARE NOT SOMEBODY WHO
DOES A LOT OF ROUGHING IT, THEY
WILL HELP YOU EASE AND TO MAKE
IT REALLY THE BEST FOR YOU AND
THEY KNOW EVERYTHING ABOUT THE
AREA.
THEY KNOW ALL OF THE GREAT
HIKING TRAILS AND WHERE THE
BEST VIEWING OF FALL FOLIAGE
ARE AND THEY HAVE SET IT UP FOR
>> SOMETIMES AND PEOPLE WANT TO
GET AWAY IT MIGHT NOT BE A FAR
DISTANCE.
MAYBE THEY WANT TO GET OUT OF
THE HOUSE AND BE PAMPERED A
LITTLE BIT.
OPTIONS FOR THAT RIGHT HERE IN
THE TWIN CITIES, TOO.
>> I'M A LIFELONG TWIN CITY AND
WE HAVE A LOT OF BOUTIQUES AND
HOTELS.
IF YOU WANT TO GET OUT OF THE
HOUSE OR A CHANGE OF SCENERY,
THERE IS A DARLING BOUTIQUE
HOTEL CALLED THE LAURA HOTEL.
YOU GET THAT CHARMING
EXPERIENCE OF DOWNTOWN
STILLWATER.
IT'S BEEN CONVERTED TO A
PEDESTRIAN AND BIKE ONLY AND IT
REALLY IS A CHARMING GETAWAY ON
THE EDGE OF THE RIVER.
>> WE CAN BRING IT IN TO
MINNEAPOLIS OR ST. PAUL
IN THE CITY THAT YOU WANT TO
BRING UP, TOO.
>> THERE IS A NEW PLACE IN ST.
PAUL OFF THE AVENUE AND ITS
CALL DAVISON ANDERSON AN OLD
MANSION.
HISTORIC SUMMA AVENUE, GO HAVE
A BITE TO EAT ON GRAND AVENUE
IT'S A REALLY GREAT PLACE.
THERE IS A PLACE RIGHT DOWN THE
STREET FROM YOUR STATION.
WHICH IS WHERE OPRAH STATED
WHEN SHE WAS HERE LAST
FEBRUARY.
AND THEY HAVE WORLD-CLASS SPA
AND THEN FABULOUS, I LOVE THE
CONSTANTINE RESTAURANT WE CAN
HAVE A LITTLE SNUGGLE IN THE
CORNER AND HAVE A COCKTAIL AND
THEN IN NORTH LOUP, THE VIEWING
HOTEL THEY HAVE A ROOFTOP HOT
TUB IT'S A LITTLE MINI POOL.
AND THE BAR IS GREAT, THE
NEIGHBORHOOD IS GREAT.
TAP ROOMS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
IT'S REALLY AWESOME PLACE TO
HANG IF YOU WANT A WE CAN GET
>> IF PEOPLE WANT TO COMBINE
THE LAPIS TREAT THEMSELVES
STYLE BUT ALSO FIND THEMSELVES
IN THE BOLD NORTH YOU HAVE AN
OPTION THAT BRINGS THE TWO
TOGETHER.
>> IN RESEARCHING OUR COVER
STORY AND LEARNED A LITTLE BIT
MORE ABOUT WINTERGREEN
DOGSLEDDING LODGE.
IT'S SUPPOSEDLY THE OLDEST
DOGSLEDDING LODGE IN THE U.S.
THE FOUNDER WAS BILL SAGER'S
NORTH POLE AND YOU CAN EITHER
TO LODGING WHERE YOU STAY IN
THE LODGE AND DOGSLED WITH THE
TEAMS AND THE COACHES THAT WILL
HELP YOU DURING THE DAY, OR IF
YOU REALLY WANT TO BE EXTREME,
THEY WILL TAKE YOU OUT ON THREE-
DAY CAMPING EXCURSIONS WHERE
YOU'RE STAYING, AS IF YOU'RE
GOING TO THE NORTH POLE THEY
ALSO HAVE DAY TRIPS IF YOU WANT
TO, THAT IS IF YOU CAN'T, IF
YOU'RE LOOKING FOR SOMETHING
REALLY EPIC THAT WILL BE A
BUCKET LIST.
>> BOOKING THE DOGSLED LODGE
GIVEN THE TIME OF YEAR, THEY
BROKE THROUGH WHEN THE LAST
SNOWFALL HITS OR WITH SOMEONE
HAVE TO WAIT?
>> I DID NOT LOOK AT THAT BUT I
THINK THEY HAVE SNOW AND IT'S
COLDER LONGER UP THERE THAN IT
IS HERE.
YOU CAN'T DO THE TWO OR THREE
MAYBE A HALF DAY OR WHOLE DAY
TRIPS YOU CAN DO.
>> WHAT IS YOUR PITCH TO PEOPLE
WHO THINK IF I'M GOING TO DO A
GETAWAY I WANT TO FLY AND GO
SOMEWHERE FAR.
WHAT WOULD YOU PITCH TO THEM TO
EXPLORE WHAT'S AROUND THEM.
>> WE TRULY HAVE ALL OF THE
SEASONS.
I THINK DULUTH AND THE NORTH
FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY WANT TO
COME AND EXPERIENCE THAT.
ONE OF THE THINGS WE WROTE
ABOUT IN OUR FEBRUARY ISSUE IS
A PLACE NEAR MT. RUSHMORE I
HAVE NEVER GONE TO AND IT'S A
GLAMPING PLACE CALLED UNDER
CAMPUS.
THAT'S ONE OF MY SHORT LIST IT
REALLY LOOKS PRETTY INCREDIBLE.
THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER AND LAKE
PEPIN, DEPENDING ON WHAT TIME
OF THE YEAR YOU WANT TO TRAVEL,
YOU COULD DO THE BIKING UP NEAR
CROSBY AND THE TRAILS AND HE
CAN ALSO GO DOWN LIKE PEPIN AND
CHECK OUT WHAT'S GOING ON ALONG
THE RIVER AND NORTH SHORE UP
NEAR BRAINERD.
WE ARE REALLY FORTUNATE AGAIN
IF YOU PREFER SUMMER TRAVEL OR
FALL COLORS OR YOU ARE SOMEBODY
WHO WANTS TO GET ON THE SKIS OR
EVEN GO TO RED WING THE REALLY
THE STATE.