Outdoors reporter Steve Featherstone learns the perils of riding for the first time in NY's snowmobiling mecca.

Picture a room with low lighting, the soft buzz of a mini fridge, and the sound of a football match blaring from a huge TV.

"More recent man caves likely still include a TV and bar area, but the sophistication of the design is definitely being amped up," says designer Laura Tribbett. The room's bones favor mature upgrades.

CHANHASSEN, Minn.—With his three-car garage in this Minneapolis suburb already full, Bret Bailey had to keep his racing Porsche in a trailer outside through brutal Minnesota winters. Then one ...