Deep in the forests of Michigan’s eastern Upper Peninsula, the Tahquamenon River gathers the amber-stained waters of a vast boreal wetland and sends them cascading […]
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This Indiana Gorge Trail Involves Ladders, Boulders, and a Creek Cold Enough to Keep You Honest
In west-central Indiana, where Sugar Creek cuts through outcrops of Pennsylvanian-age sandstone on its way to the Wabash River, Turkey Run State Park has been […]
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There Are Bald Cypress Swamps in Illinois, and Almost Nobody Outside the State Knows About Them
At the southern tip of Illinois, where the state narrows to a point between the Ohio and Mississippi rivers, the landscape transforms dramatically. The Shawnee […]
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Workers Accidentally Blasted Into This Wisconsin Cave in 1939 and Found Something Extraordinary
Beneath the rolling hills of Blue Mounds, Wisconsin, about 25 miles west of Madison, a cave system of extraordinary beauty lies hidden underground. Cave of […]
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You Can Wade Across the Mississippi River Here, and It’s Only About 10 Feet Wide
In the lake-studded forests of northwestern Minnesota, a modest stream trickles out of a shallow, clear lake over a jumble of smooth rocks and begins […]
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This Ohio Park Has 17 Roller Coasters and the Highest-Capacity Sports Venue on Earth
On a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie near the city of Sandusky in northern Ohio, one of the most celebrated amusement parks in the […]
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The Rosa Parks Bus Is Here. So Is Lincoln’s Chair. So Is the Plane Lindbergh Flew Across the Atlantic.
In Dearborn, Michigan, on the grounds of the enormous complex that Henry Ford created as a tribute to American ingenuity and history, one of the […]
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This Indiana Living History Museum Lets You Step Into the 1830s and Have a Real Conversation With It
In the northern suburbs of Indianapolis, along the banks of the White River near the city of Fishers, one of the finest living history museums […]
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You Can Stand in the Living Room Where Lincoln Paced Before Becoming President
In a quiet neighborhood of 19th-century homes in the heart of Springfield, Illinois, the house where Abraham Lincoln lived for 17 years before becoming president […]
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The Milwaukee Museum With Wings That Open Like a Bird Every Morning at 10 a.m.
On the shore of Lake Michigan in downtown Milwaukee, a building that looks like a great white bird about to take flight has become one […]