The Garden of the Gods in Elizabethtown, Illinois, in the heart of the Shawnee National Forest, is an otherworldly collection of ancient sandstone formations that […]
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The Green Bay-Area State Park That Serious Hikers and Kayakers Keep to Themselves
Potawatomi State Park in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin sits at the base of the Door Peninsula where the waters of Sturgeon Bay meet Green Bay, offering […]
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The Untouched Minnesota Wilderness That Feels Like It’s Straight Out of a Jack London Novel
Voyageurs National Park in northern Minnesota, along the Canadian border east of International Falls, is one of the most water-dominated national parks in the country, […]
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One of the Oldest and Most Beloved Zoos in America Is Hiding in Plain Sight in the Midwest
The Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden in Cincinnati, Ohio is one of the oldest and most visited zoos in the United States, with a history […]
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The World-Class Art Museum Hiding Inside Detroit
The Detroit Institute of Arts in Detroit, Michigan is one of the finest art museums in the United States and holds a collection so deep […]
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This Southern Indiana Theme Park Gives Away Free Drinks All Day and Still Gets Ranked in America’s Top 10
In the small town of Santa Claus in southern Indiana, a family-owned theme park with one of the most distinctive origin stories in the amusement […]
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A City of 20,000 People Thrived Here 1,000 Years Ago. Almost Nobody in Illinois Knows It Existed.
Across the Mississippi River from St. Louis, in the floodplain of southwestern Illinois, the remains of the largest pre-Columbian city north of Mexico spread across […]
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The NFL Stadium Owned by the Community, Where the Waiting List for Season Tickets Is Multiple Generations Long
In the small city of Green Bay, Wisconsin, a stadium that has been the home of one of the most storied franchises in the history […]
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The Duluth Waterfront Trail Where Giant Freighters Pass Close Enough to Read the Names on Their Hulls
Where Minnesota’s Iron Range meets the western tip of Lake Superior, the city of Duluth rises steeply from the waterfront on a series of terraced […]
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The Michigan National Park With No Roads, No Cars, and No Way In Except By Boat or Floatplane
Floating in the remote northwestern waters of Lake Superior, closer to Minnesota and Canada than to Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, Isle Royale National Park is one […]