Alex Lauer

Alex Lauer is the features editor at InsideHook. Since joining the company in 2016, he’s covered a wide range of topics, including cars, the environment, books and business. His reporting broke stories on the rise of Bookshop (the anti-Amazon online bookseller), the fall of Best Made Company (and sale to Duluth Trading) and the false promises of a supposedly “environmentally-friendly” NFT initiative. His hands-on methods — driving in a Sherp (of Kanye West fame) in northern Minnesota and idling in the electric Ford Mustang Mach-E for 12 hours in the middle of winter — offer a reliable and unique perspective on popular issues. Previously, he wrote for City Pages in the Twin Cities after graduating from the University of Minnesota. After starting at IH in New York City, he now lives in Minneapolis, MN. Follow him on Instagram: @alexlauer.

All Articles From Alex Lauer

A Six-Pack in 30 Days? We Put Two Editors to the Test.

Consider this the layman’s guide to uncovering your core

Someone Fit a Tiny Home, Trailer and Off-Grid Power Supply Into a Van

When you put it like that, the price tag is more palatable

10 Tales of Man Vs. Wild, as Told by Our Readers

Tornado bikers. Killer bears. Spilled beers. Let’s review.

Pininfarina’s First In-House Vehicle Can Do a Lot in Two Seconds

Forget Tesla. This electric supercar is coming after Bugatti.

If the Jetsons Had a Log Cabin, It’d Look Like This

Finland's 'Wave House' is not your average weekend crash pad

A Parade of Mind-Bending Custom Motorcycles Has Taken Over the Petersen

The song 'Oh Yeah' by Yello? This is that, visualized.

Someone Made a Drone Video of an Abandoned Village That Nature Reclaimed

Got a bus map and a Chinese-English dictionary? You're next.

The 17 Dos and Don’ts of Outdoor Sex

What to know (and pack) before heeding the call of the wild

Here Are All the Recklessly Fast Cars Testing at Nürburgring Right Now

A mysterious Lamborghini is gunning for Porsche's track record

Don’t Forget to Pack One of These 10 Electric Camping Lanterns

Our picks for backpacking, family trips and photo ops

Zagato Is Rebuilding Long-Lost Porsches From Photos and Sketches

Two 356s — one Speedster, one Coupé — are just the beginning