Your True North isn't a place, it's a feeling. It's the spark of adventure you feel at the end of the road, when the asphalt ends but you keep going. It's the unexpected joys of an unscripted journey. It's leaving behind all the familiar landmarks to head into the unknown and discover something truly awe-inspiring: Yourself.

Everyone's first Minnesota hike is an adventure. Maybe yours is a solo backpacking trek on the mountainous, 300-mile Superior Hiking Trail, awestruck by those huge, Lake Superior waves crashing onto the rocky North Shore. Or maybe it's a hike in the city, one that took you to an urban waterfall and ended with a stubborn ice cream stain on your T-shirt that still makes you smile.

Accessible primarily by canoe, the Boundary Waters Canoe Area Wilderness in northeast Minnesota is one of America's most beautiful and remote places. To truly understand this incredible destination, you have to come experience it for yourself.