Lisa Meyers McClintick has written two editions of Day Trips from the Twin Cities, two editions of The Dakotas Off the Beaten Path, been a longtime award-winning freelance journalist for the Minnesota Star Tribune, Midwest Living, and USA Today. She’s contributed to National Geographic and earned Travel Writer of the Year from Midwest Travel Writers Association in 2019.

Having passionately explored the Upper Midwest for decades (often with her three now-adult children), she’s still drawn to scenic drives, agritourism, local and ethnic eateries, historic areas, interactive art experiences, Lake Superior, and wonderfully wild places, especially in her home state where she volunteers as a Minnesota Master Naturalist. You can read more at www.LisaMcClintick.com.