Great destinations, expertly explored.

Specializing in travel writing since 1999, Lisa has enthusiastically covered stories about outdoor adventure, hands-on learning, harvest travel, national parks, and off-the-beaten-path gems that invite readers to explore with intention and pursue new adventures.

Her stories have taken readers through the mud-slick tunnels in a Tennessee cave, behind a thundering herd of South Dakota bison, into the history of Germany’s candle-lit Christmas traditions, into in the dark of Florida’s bioluminescent back bays, and paddling through the northern wild of Manitoba among beluga whales.

Her features and photos have appeared in USA Today’s National Parks and Go Escape travel sections, AAA Living and on websites for Travel Channel and National Geographic. She has been longtime contributor to Midwest Living and Minnesota Star Tribune, both of which consistently rank among the country’s best publications for travel coverage.

She’s been a member of the American Society of Journalists and Authors, the Society of American Travel Writers, and the Midwest Travel Journalists Association, which named her Travel Writer of the Year in 2019.