FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — You can always find a slice of nature wherever you are, whether it's a bird singing while perched on a skyscraper, a coyote wandering down an alley looking for food or a ...

I was about 6 when I recognized my dad was different from other fathers on our block. While they spent weekends playing golf and mowing lawns, my dad was in our backyard mixing concrete. Hard at work ...