TWT Travel Binder: Minnesota
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Midwest, Minnesota, The Americas, USA
Its famous symbol is a huge cherry perched on an even bigger spoon.
Its most famous town, Lake Wobegon, is entirely fictional.
It’s the home of Prince’s Paisley Park
and a senator who used to be a hit on Saturday Night Live.
Its state fair is the epicenter of on-a-stick cuisine,
its land dotted with 1,000 lakes.
Minnesota sounds like an altogether magical, American place.
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Minnesota.
TWT Travel Binder: Wisconsin
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Midwest, The Americas, USA, Wisconsin
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Wisconsin.
TWT Travel Binder: Ohio
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Midwest, Ohio, The Americas, USA
As a child, driving to visit relatives in Ohio was a wonderful opportunity
to play the Alphabet Game; the state has towns with names like Xenia and Zanesville.
As adults we’d like to eat our way through the foodie heaven of Cleveland and wander through its
world-class art museum, see the glorious parks of Columbus,
and take a long, leisurely drive through pastoral Wood County (see photo below).
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Ohio.
TWT Travel Binder: Missouri
August 20, 2009 by Melanie
Filed under Midwest, Missouri, The Americas, USA
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Missouri.
TWT Travel Binder: Illinois
Adam and I visited Chicago in 1999 to attend our friends’ wedding
at the tail end of our honeymoon;
the beginning of September is a gorgeous time to be in the city.
Park spaces are lush and full of friendly local people
soaking up the last sun they’ll see for months,
but tourist numbers are low due to the return of the school year.
It’s a great time to visit the Field Museum, Art Institute, Navy Pier and Second City,
take an architectural tour cruise on the Chicago River, eat your way through town,
and have an after-dinner cocktail at Signature Room at the 95th,
the penthouse bar at the John Hancock Building, to see clear across the twinkling Midwest.
Here are some resources to help you plan your own “travels with two” to Illinois.
