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FastPlans/Sample La Crosse 26 Aug 2013 | 02:46 pm
The biggest asset of this three-college town is its location, right on the Mississippi River in southwest Wisconsin's coulee country. Its scenery and festivals draw tourists year-round. Getting there...
Destination: Mackinaw City 23 Aug 2013 | 02:37 am
At the top of the Michigan mitten, a little village has seen a lot of action over the centuries. Iroquois war parties, French explorers and British soldiers passed by on the Mackinac Straits, which l...
Cheap fall getaways 23 Aug 2013 | 02:05 am
Fall is the busiest travel season of the year we all know the nice days are numbered, and we're going to try our darndest to make them count. But with pretty much everyone heading out to look for f...
Cheat the heat 21 Aug 2013 | 05:15 am
When heat wraps itself around your shoulders like an electric blanket with static cling, theres only one thing to do: Look for cold water. You'll find it tubing on a spring-fed river, such as the So...
Road trip: Wisconsin River 16 Aug 2013 | 08:06 am
At Prairie du Sac, the Wisconsin River finally breaks free. Lined with so many dams and reservoirs it's often called the nation's hardest-working river, the Wisconsin devotes itself to play after it ...
Braking for blooms 16 Aug 2013 | 08:04 am
In late summer and early fall, bicycle trails burst with blooms. They're a favorite habitat for wildflowers because theyre on disturbed ground and have open, sunny edges. Many trails skirt lakes and...
FastPlans/Fun in the Porkies 15 Aug 2013 | 02:10 pm
On Michigan's Upper Peninsula, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park is gorgeous, with 90 miles of trails through old-growth forest, 25 miles of Lake Superior shoreline and four inland lakes. Hik...
Hiking Minnesota's North Shore 13 Aug 2013 | 10:09 pm
It took me nearly 20 years of hiking on the North Shore to tackle Eagle Mountain. Its the highest point in Minnesota, but its not exactly on the shore; its 14 miles inland, as the crow flies. I wa...
FastPlans/Alexandria's lakes 5 Aug 2013 | 01:30 am
Did Vikings really arrive in Alexandria in 1362? Who knows, but it's fun to speculate about it while basking on one of the lakes that surround the "birthplace of America,'' only two hours northwest of...
Life on Mille Lacs 2 Aug 2013 | 02:49 am
Big Mille Lacs is up north, but it isn't a wilderness lake. It's more like a big pond, its vast surfaces dotted with powerboats, its depths thoroughly probed. A highway rings its 100 miles of shore, ...
