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14 Best Outdoor Adventures near the Twin Cities
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10 Best Things to do in Ely, Minnesota
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Weekend Guide to the North Shore, MN (Local’s Guide)
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Nine ways to Leave No Trace on the North Shore, MN
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10 Best Backpacking Trips in the Midwest
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How to Canoe the BWCA (Permits, Packing, and Planning)
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13 Best Things to do in Two Harbors, MN
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Best Things to do in Tettegouche State Park
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16 Best Things to do in Grand Marais, Minnesota
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16 Best Hiking Trails near Duluth, Minnesota
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hello stranger // about me

Hi there, and welcome to Hello Stranger. My name is Maddy, and I'm the voice behind the blog. I'm a writer, paddler, photographer, traveller, and freelance editor. I'm committed to exploring the beautiful American Midwest to prove that you can find real adventure anywhere! Toss your email below to keep up with the adventure!

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maddymarq

a girl 🤝 her emotional support puffy ✨💗🤣

I’ve had my @stio pinion down pullover for four years now & it comes everywhere with me— winter hiking, backpacking, sea kayaking, I think I even brought it to Florida once 🌴

Code MADDY-W2440 for 40% off with @stio now through the 15th :)

#stioaffiliate #lettheoutsidein

winter in northern minnesota❄️✨🥾 mini gui

winter in northern minnesota❄️✨🥾 mini guide⬇️

saunas to check out🔥
@saunacamps (Minneapolis!!)
@sisuandloylysauna (Grand Marais)
@cedarandstonesauna (Duluth)

winter hikes🥾✨
Jay Cooke State Park
Day Hill in Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
Cascade River State Park

Cabin Stays❄️
@northern_light_cottages
@elycabincollective
@toftetrails

XC skiing🎿
Pincushion Mountain
Gooseberry Falls State Park
Lester-Amity Trail (Lester Park)

Lighthouses🌊
Two Harbors Light
Split Rock Lighthouse State Park
Grand Marais Light

📍traditional homelands of the Anishinaabe Nation

#winter #minnesota #northshore

weekend on the north shore, minnesota✨☔️🍂

weekend on the north shore, minnesota✨☔️🍂 story time‼️ while we were in Grand Marais, Minnesota today, we were walking behind a man with a takeout box at Artists Point, a popular outdoor space near downtown and right on Lake Superior.

“Someone’s slacking. The trash is full,” he said. He looked around, shrugged, and left his trash on the ground next to the can.

Later, Bella and I came back with a trash bag and picked it up.

Please keep in mind when recreating in rural areas that we do not have the staff to pick up after your trash. There isn’t always a park ranger to come empty the trash whenever it fills. There aren’t the facilities, the resources or the people of a city.

When you’re a tourist in a town, you’re a guest in that town.

When you leave trash on the ground by the lake, it ends up in the lake. Lake Superior holds 10% of the world’s freshwater.

It’s the primary drinking water source for so many, including me.

Your trash is your responsibility, even when it’s inconvenient to you.

Leave no trace ethics do not end at the trailhead.

#minnesota #northshore #grandmaraismn

so you’re thinking of moving to minnesota✨❄️🌊

Sometimes we get snow October - May, so pack a coat🤷🏼‍♀️

#minnesota #midwest #outdoors

i’ve spent the last four years practicing findin

i’ve spent the last four years practicing finding beauty in dark places ✨🍂❄️ learning to love the winter, the parts of a long dark night that are lovely, the bare trees in moonlight.

for me, november and march are always the hardest months to love— they feel gray and colorless, but that’s not always true.

here are some of my favorites from novembers; a reminder to myself to look for the bright spots and hang in there. even in novembers, there is something beautiful here— there is something here worth fighting for 💗

photos 1 & 4 by @emksks 💞

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