Marty Walsh, lead volunteer for the Minnesota Driftless Hiking Trail, climbs a hillside on private land near Chatfield, Minn., on April 18. Walsh hopes to secure easements from private landowners to ...

has been walked back by its designer. Some residents in the Driftless say they're still spooked there might be a plan to turn over privately owned land to public control. A few promoters of the area ...

The alarm clock says its time to get up and go fishing. Outside, it’s still dark. The steep valley walls and a thick layer of fog will keep the rising sun — and hence morning — at bay for a while ...

I find it humorously ironic that an entire region of the Mid-West is named and known for something that never got there. I’m talking about the roughly 16,000-square mile ‘Driftless Region’ of ...

This article is published in Explore Magazine's fall & winter 2018 issue, featuring Iowa's scenic byways. This week, The Gazette will publish articles featuring one byway each day online. You can pick ...

Since the last glacier that flattened most of Wisconsin left the southwestern corner of the state untouched (the name Driftless comes from the lack of glacial drift — large rocks and sediment), the ...

With idea to establish a national park in the Driftless area of Southeast Minnesota set aside, the discussion about preservation and promotion continues. Sean Macaday stands on a blufftop of the ...