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America's Best Small Towns for Travelers, Part 4
President Dwight D. Eisenhower’s boyhood home in Abilene, Kansas. Photo © Carl & Peggy Backes.
For my latest blog series, I’ve been sharing some of my favorite small towns in the United States—which, as I’ve explained in the first part of the series, I consider travel-worthy
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Colorado Awaits 2012 Winter Solstice Celebration
Don’t have enough money for a plane ticket to the Mundo Maya this December? Mexico, Belize, Honduras, and Guatemala will all be in full ceremony/celebration mode as we approach the December 21, 2012, famed end of the Long Count. Luckily, the winter solstice event will be celebrated outside t
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Summer in Denver: Shopping, Dining, and Entertainment
No longer just a place for business travelers or folks passing through en route to the nearby Rocky Mountains, Denver offers tourists a one-of-a-kind experience with all things local.
The idea of supporting local businesses is becoming hot all across the country, and Denverites have turned it into
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Trails and Resources for Bicycling in Denver
The Cherry Creek Bike Path and Platte River Greenway are the main activity paths within the city, but each extends beyond the county lines with offshoots to many other popular paths for bicycling, running, and other sports.
For more about where and when to bicycle around the Denver metro area, go
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Your Two-Day Best of Denver Itinerary
Welcome to Denver, where urban style and outdoor casual coexist and residents enjoy more sunny days year-round than cities in California or Florida. Between the exciting attractions in the city, such as the Museum of Contemporary Art Denver, Commons Park, and the Red Rocks Ampitheatre, and the eas
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My Favorite U.S. City: Madison, WI
The Mad City, or Madtown. A quirky capital amidst the cows, its unofficial motto is “77 square miles surrounded by reality.” Like many capital-university cities, Madison is a hodgepodge of university life, state government, and, well, normal folks. This one ensconced gorgeously among f
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Advice for Kayakers and Canoeists
© Laura Martone.
With the weather warming up in the Big Easy, where I’m currently working on the third edition of Moon New Orleans, it’s no wonder that I have boating on the brain. As a follow-up to yesterday’s late-night post about boating safety, I thought I’d focus on tw
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America's Best Small Towns for Travelers, Part 5
Crooked Tree Arts Center, Petoskey, Michigan. Photo © Laura Martone.
Four weeks ago, I started a lengthy series about America’s best small towns for travelers. In the first few parts, I covered nine of my favorite small towns (each of which has a population of less than 10,200), ranging from
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Rustic Road Tripping in Scenic Wisconsin
A road sign marks one of Wisconsin’s designated Rustic Roads. Photo © Sarah Smith, licensed Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivatives.
Travel media have consistently voted Wisconsin one of the greatest road-touring states in the country. Much of this comes from natural beauty; a good deal
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Discover Wisconsin's Door County
Door County is a perfectly realized Midwestern escape from the madding crowd. Photo © Matthew Arata, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Your idea of Wisconsin may be aw-shucks farmers waving from tractors, cows named Bessie, or anglers casting a line into a stream. Fair enough. But Door C
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The Four-Day Best of Door County
Winter sunset at the Anderson Barn, Ephraim, Wisconsin. Photo © James Jordan, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
At only 45 miles from one end to the other, Door County is misleadingly small if you’re looking at a map. There’s so much here that even with a full weekend, you’ll likely visit jus
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Plan a Trip to Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin
Sturgeon Bay ship canal north pier lighthouse and moonrise. Photo © James Jordan, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Sturgeon BayThe anadromous leviathans for which Door County’s gateway community is named once crowded the harbor waters in such plenitude that ships would literally run aground
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Wisconsin's Economy and the History of the Butter Battle
Butter is so important in Wisconsin that some cities have apparently established a butter monarchy. Photo © Rochelle Hartman, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
To demonstrate the importance of the dairy industry in Wisconsin, consider the Butter Battle, also called the Oleo Wars. Oleomargarin
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Wisconsin's Potawatomi State Park
Scenic view of Lake Michigan from Potawatomi State Park. Photo © Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, licensed Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivatives.
Unfolding along the western edge of Sturgeon Bay and flanked by Sherwood and Cabot Points, Potawatomi State Park (920/746-2890) is
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Visiting Gills Rock and Northport in Door County
The Plum Island Rear Range Lighthouse is visible just across the water from Northport. Photo © Richie Diesterheft, licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-Alike.
Door CountyNorth of Ellison Bay, Highway 42 cuts east and then bends 90 degrees north again into the tightly packed fishing vil
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Wisconsin's Door County: Where and When to Go
An abandoned campground at Potawatomi State Park in Wisconsin. Photo © Rick Techlin, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
Wisconsin’s Door County by region.
Planning a trip to Door County? Here’s a helpful guide to the best places to check out and the best times of year to visit.
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The St. Croix National Scenic Riverway
Near Taylor Falls along the St. Croix Riverway, with Minnesota on the left and Wisconsin on the right. Photo © Wendy, licensed Creative Commons Attribution.
St. Croix ValleyEstablished in 1968 as one of the original projects in the National Wild and Scenic Rivers System, this 252-mile riverwa
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Whitefish Dunes State Park in Door County
Whitefish Dunes State Park. Photo courtesy of the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
Door CountySome say Whitefish Dunes State Park (920/823-2400), eight miles northeast of Sturgeon Bay, is the most pleasant park in the state system. The beach is indisputably so, with miles of mocha-colore
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Wisconsin's Newport State Park
Along the shore of Lake Michigan in Newport State Park. Photo © Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources, licensed Creative Commons Attribution No-Derivatives.
Door CountyNot much is wild in Door County anymore, but the state’s only designated wilderness park is here; the rough, isolated, ba
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Peninsula State Park in Door County
Eagle Tower in Wisconsin’s Peninsula State Park. Photo © Richie Diesterheft, licensed Creative Commons Attribution Share-alike.
Door CountyThe park comprises 3,800 variegated acres stretching from the northern fringe of Fish Creek, past Strawberry Channel, past Eagle Bluff, past Nicolet
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