Bemidji: Minnesota Nice Weekend Getaway
Bemidji likes to be known as the “First City on the Mississippi.” Today it is one of the tourist capitals of the state. Tourism arrived ...
Bemidji, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Duluth: On the Inland Sea Weekend Getaway
A visit to Duluth is a must. Descending the bluff into town sprawled along the shore of Lake Superior, the largest body of freshwater ...
Duluth, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Ely: A Boundary Waters Primer Weekend Getaway
Saying you’re taking a trip to the Boundary Waters is a little like saying you’re taking a trip to South America. It sounds exotic ...
Ely, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Grand Rapids and the Iron Trail: Home on the Range Weekend Getaway
Until the discovery of iron ore in the late 1800s, logging was the chief industry in northern Minnesota; Grand Rapids, at the navigational ...
Grand Rapids, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Itasca State Park: Little House in the Big Woods Weekend Getaway
It was Minnesotan Charles Lindbergh who said, in a speech from the steps of his boyhood home in Little Falls in 1973, “Parks symbolize ...
Lake Itasca, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Lake Pepin Loop: 85-Mile Splendor Weekend Getaway
Lake Pepin, the widest part of the Mississippi River (at Lake City, Minnesota, and Pepin, Wisconsin), is bounded by Kellogg, Minnesota, ...
Red Wing, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Lanesboro: Bicycles and Buggies Weekend Getaway
Less than a decade ago, very little was happening in this southeastern corner of Minnesota. Lanesboro was a sleepy little town with ...
Lanesboro, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Minnesota Travel Guide by Fodor's Weekend Getaway
This travel guide is a chapter on Minnesota excerpted from the book "Fodor's USA." It covers the entire state of Minnesota region ...
Saint Paul, MN - Fodor's USA
National Parks of Minnesota Weekend Getaway
This chapter is an excerpt from the book "Guide to the National Park Areas: Western States" and contains National Parks, National ...
Saint Paul, MN - Guide to the National Park Areas: Western States
Okoboji: The Other Great Lakes Weekend Getaway
What the Northern Lakes area is to Minnesota, Okoboji is to Iowa. Okoboji is the catchall term for the Iowa Great Lakes recreation ...
Milford, IA - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Park Rapids: Forest Getaway Weekend Getaway
A hundred years ago, most of the people drawn to the woods around Park Rapids were loggers and farmers. Those industries continue, ...
Park Rapids, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
Stillwater: Where Past Meets Present Weekend Getaway
Less than forty-five minutes from the Twin Cities, with numerous residents who commute to work in Minneapolis or St. Paul, Stillwater ...
Stillwater, MN - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Amana Colonies: Blood, Sweat, and Prayers Weekend Getaway
With a history that began during the Renaissance, the German-born Amana Church in America is the result of hundreds of years of religious ...
Cedar Rapids, IA - Quick Escapes: Minneapolis/St. Paul
The Amusement Parks of Minnesota Weekend Getaway
This chapter describes these Minnesota Amusement Parks: Camp Snoopy in Bloomington, Como Park Amusement Park in Saint Paul, Paul Bunyan ...
Saint Paul, MN - The Amusement Park Guide