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

Don’t Call This Trike a Toy. Even Though It Looks Like a Toy.

The Ampere 1 is the roadster of your childhood dreams

The Toys of Winter

20 big-boy toys to help you conquer that mid-winter malaise

A New Startup Lets You Design a Car. Then They 3D-Print It.

So a Hot Wheels alum and former stuntman walk into a bar ...

Meet Vi, the AI Personal Trainer That Lives in Your Headphones

If Mr. Miyagi and Siri had a baby, this is what you’d get

12 Superior Flasks and Travel Cups for Every Type of Adventure

Copper or steel? Personal or shareable? Office or mountaintop?

Who Needs a Boat When You Can Buy a Vintage Sno-Cat?

There's a new sheriff in wildly impractical purchase town

Pair These 10 Winter Blankets With Whiskey and a Fire

Great Lakes quilts, (faux) polar bearskins and weighted throws

The One Thing You Can Do to Stop Food Waste? Eat Ugly.

Imperfect Produce delivers wonky fruits and veggies 30-50% off

30 Under $30: New Year, New Goods Edition

30 products every guy needs for a healthier, handsomer 2018

Sweden’s Iconic Icehotel Is Back, and Wow, That’s King Kong

Hotel suites carved in ice and snow never get old

10 Essentials to Get Your Home Gym Up and Running

Gyms are full and it’s cold outside. Why not stay home?

The 12 Items Your Car Needs to Survive Winter

Gear for bundling up, shoveling out and jump-starting yourself

Welcome to the Midwest’s New Tiny Home Resort

100 acres. Two lakes. And your own private Munchkinland.