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Highlights

Minnesota is a shopper’s dream! The area hosts the largest

mall in the country, Mall of America in Bloomington, featuring

520 stores, 60 restaurants, 7 nightclubs and the largest U.S.

indoor amusement park - Camp Snoopy. The

Minneapolis/Saint Paul area also offers incredible downtown

shopping and neighbourhoods packed with quaint shops and

boutiques. With NO SALES TAX on clothing, your shopping

bags are bound to be full!

Two times the city, twice the experience! Minneapolis and

Saint Paul are two distinctive cities, neighbours located along

the banks of the Mississippi River that together offer travellers

an incredible variety of culture, entertainment, sightseeing,

first-class lodging and unlimited dining options. Hotels in

suburban Bloomington offer free shuttles to and from the

airport and Mall of America.

The new light rail line makes it even faster and easier to get

around -- connecting the best shopping, hotels, nightlife and

entertainment the area has to offer. Take the Hiawatha Line

from the Minneapolis/Saint Paul International Airport to the

heart of Minneapolis' downtown and back to Mall of America

in Bloomington, or hop on one of our city busses to go to

Saint Paul or points in between. It’s easy and economical!

Minnesota's 10,000 lakes offer boating, fishing and many

outdoor recreational opportunities. Nature in the cities is

abundant, for instance, the Minnesota Valley National WildlifeRefuge has recorded over 200 species of birds, and is just 2

miles from MSP International Airport! In addition, golf at

world-class resort spas in northern Minnesota and within the

metro area at courses that have hosted the PGA, the US

Open and other professional golf tournaments.

Don’t miss the North Shore Drive along Lake Superior – now

designated as an All American Road for its unique scenic

beauty. The Sawtooth Mountains on one side, and the largest

lake in the world on the other, provide spectacular views and

scenic overlooks.

In the US:

Explore Minnesota Tourismwww.exploreminnesota.com

E-mail: [email protected]

In the United Kingdom:

Great Lakes of North AmericaCellet Travel Services, Ltd.

Telephone: 01564 794 999Fax: 01564 795 333

www.greatlakesnorthamerica.co.uk

E-mail: [email protected]

Explore More:

Minneapolis – Vibrant. Beautiful.

Cosmopolitan. Naturally sophisticated.

You'll love our style!

www.minneapolis.org

Saint Paul – Classy. Stately. Charming.

Delightfully appealing. You’ll love it here!

www.visitsaintpaul.com

Bloomington – Home of Mall of America,

33 affordable hotels, light rail, free Mall and

airport shuttles!

www.bloomingtonmn.org

Mall of America – Shop ‘til you Drop!Experience 520 stores, 60 restaurants and

attractions galore. And, No Sales Tax on

Clothing!

www.mallofamerica.com



Come with us to an exciting and

relatively unknown area of the

United States of America. An area

approximately the size of Europe

with thousands of sparkling lakes,

rivers and streams, including the five

Great Lakes – virtually vast ‘inland

seas’ – and the mighty MississippiRiver, mile-upon-mile of wide sandy

beaches, scores of photogenic

lighthouses, some of the world’s

highest sand dunes and dramatic

inland landscapes carved by Ice Age

glaciers.

The Great Lakes of North America

region is also a land of deep forests

filled with wildlife, endless rolling

prairies rippling with fields of grain,

and a huge number of outdoor

adventure opportunities, ranging

from canoeing, fishing and golf to

skiing, dog sledding and

snowmobiling.

On its shores and inland are the

homes of more American Indian

tribes than in any other area east of

the Mississippi River and welcoming

towns and villages founded in the

18th and 19th centuries by French,

English, German, Swiss, Scandinavian

and numerous other national groups.

Then there are the legendary cities:

magnificent Chicago, third largest city

in the USA, with its spectacular

skyscrapers and superb museums

and performing arts – not forgetting

great shopping, dining and nightlife;

handsome, historic Philadelphia, the

‘birthplace of America’ and exciting,

dramatically-sited Pittsburgh with its

modern art museums; Detroit, where

America’s motoring industry and

irresistible Motown music were born;

Cleveland, the birthplace of rock ‘n’

roll and the great river city of

Cincinnati; Indianapolis, home of the

world-renowned Indy 500 races; the

treasure-filled ‘Twin Cities’ of

Minneapolis and Saint Paul, best

known for the bargain-filled Mall of

America; and vibrant Milwaukee

Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota,Ohio, Pennsylvania, Wisconsin

GREAT LAKES –GREAT STATES

INTRODUCTION

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CONTENTS

4 REGIONAL MAP and

GREAT LAKES FACTS

5 GREAT LAKES – Great

Outdoor Adventures

6 ILLINOIS – My Kind of

Town, My Kind of State

10 INDIANA – Motoring Magic

and More14 MICHIGAN – Where the

Four Lakes Meet


Shopping

18 MINNESOTA – Water,

Water, Everywhere

20 OHIO – The All-American

State

23 PENNSYLVANIA –

Through Ben Franklin’s Eyes

26 WISCONSIN – City and

Country Adventures


Driving Tours

The Great Lakes of North America region is also a

land of deep forests filled with wildlife, endlessrolling prairies rippling with fields of grain, and a

huge number of outdoor adventure opportunities.

where you can enjoy everything

from a tour of a Harley-Davidson

plant to a visit to an historic Great

Lakes sailing ship.

And – great news – it’s so easy to

get there via flights from the UK into

Chicago, Cleveland, Cincinnati,

Detroit, Minneapolis-Saint Paul and

Philadelphia as well as flights from

Ireland into Chicago and

Philadelphia. So what’s keeping you?

Come on over!

Hiking in Wisconsin

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania is surrounded by three rivers Steamboats in Cincinnati



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Set along the Canadian border between the Midwest andnorth-eastern USA.

INCLUDEDIllinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, Pennsylvania and

Wisconsin.

LAND AREAApproximately 364,000 square miles.

CLIMATEUsually a pleasant fresh spring, a hot sunny summer, a beautiful

vibrant autumn and a crisp cold winter.

TIME ZONES The eastern part of the region – Pennsylvania, Ohio and all but

portions of north-western Indiana and Michigan – are in theEastern Standard Time Zone (five hours behind the UK) and

Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin are in the Central Time Zone (sixhours behind the UK).

UK & IRISH CONTACTS The Great Lakes of North America Tourist Office

c/o Cellet Travel Services Ltd, Brook House,47 High Street, Henley-in-Arden, Warwickshire B95 5AA

Tel: 01564 794999 E-mail: [email protected] visit www.greatlakesnorthamerica.co.uk

Callers from Ireland should dial +44 1564 794999www.exploreminnesota.com

www.michigan.org

www.EnjoyIndiana.com

www.travelwisconsin.com

www.visitpa.com

www.DiscoverOhio.com

www.gochicago.com

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You may have heard about the

great fishing, boating and beaches

along Pennsylvania’s and Ohio’s

Lake Erie waterfront, or even about

the water sports available in

Pennsylvania’s Delaware River Gap

region, but did you know that

Pennsylvania has more than two

dozen ski resort areas, that you can

hang-glide in Hyner View State Park

or view the eastern USA’s largest

herd of elk from a special scenic

drive in the ‘Pennsylvania Wilds’? Or

that in Ohio you can bike along 800

miles of trail or hike through the

state’s south-eastern Hocking Hills

where towering bluffs, natural

caves and other amazing

formations add to the allure of therugged terrain?

While in Chicago, you can sail out

into Lake Michigan or play golf or

beach volleyball along its shore. Or

you can head south along

legendary Route 66 and its

connecting roads for the deep

woodlands, numerous rivers and

streams, and campsites of the

268,400-acre Shawnee National

Forest. While there you can climbup dramatic rock formations, view

waterfalls and a wide range of

wildlife, boat or stroll along six rivers

and creeks, picnic and go

horseback riding.

Indiana also has its recreation-

filled parklands – notably its

largest, Brown County State Park –

but its special treat is the Indiana

Dunes National Lakeshore, sited

only 50 miles south-east of

Chicago and offering 15,000 acres

of dunes, beaches and wooded

trails.

In Michigan you can explore the

world’s largest and highest range of

freshwater sand dunes by dune

buggy. And, with 3,200 miles of

shoreline wrapped around two

peninsulas and surrounded by

three Great Lakes, Michigan is also

great for water sports and

photography – particularly as it has

more lighthouses (nearly 120) thanany other state. Then there are its

public golf courses – more per

capita than any other state – and, in

winter, skiing, dog sledding and

snowmobiling.

Minnesota is particularly well

known for its 1,500 miles of

Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Wilderness along the Canadian

border, but you can also play golf

on more than 450 courses,

participate in numerous winter

sports and follow in the steps of those filmic Grumpy Old Men, Walter

Matthau and Jack Lemmon, by

going ice fishing.

Golfers rave about Wisconsin’s

courses but if you prefer water

sports you can always white-water

raft down its turbulent rivers and

play hide-and-seek by kayak

amongst the sea caves of the 21

islands constituting its Apostle

Islands National Lakeshore. And

where better to canoe than along

the 250 miles of the St. Croix

National Scenic Riverway, keeping

your eye out en route for glimpses of

eagles, ospreys, owls and beavers?

With four of the Great Lakes, much of the mighty Mississippi River and

thousands of other lakes and rivers within its borders, it’s hardly surprising

that the Great Lakes of North America region is a Mecca for boaters,

swimmers, fishermen and jet skiers. What may be lesser known is the

region’s huge range of land-based outdoor adventures. Biking in Wisconsin

Camping in Illinois’ Shawnee National Forest Dog sledding in Minnesota

If you prefer water

sports you can always

white-water-raft down

its turbulent rivers and

play hide-and-seek by

kayak amongst the sea

caves of the 21 islands.

GREAT LAKES

GREAT OUTDOORADVENTURES

Sailboats at Mackinac Island, Michigan



Begin by heading south from the

city on legendary Route 66, which

bisects Illinois for 300 miles on its

2,400-mile journey to Los Angeles

and the Pacific Ocean. All along the

way are reminders of the carefree

post-World War II years when

Americans set out to discover theirown country. There are perky little

diners and mom and pop

restaurants, Art Deco-style motels

and flamboyant neon signs, drive-in

movies and old-timey petrol

stations, particularly in

and around

Springfield, 200 miles

south of Chicago.

Here, in the state

capital, you’re also at the

heart of the ‘Land of

Lincoln’ where a visit to the

fascinating new

Abraham

Lincoln

Presidential Library & Museum is an

absolute must. Far from being a

mere paean to a past president, the

museum is filled with colourful

dioramas depicting Lincoln’s private

and public life and the

turbulent Civil War and

slavery times in which he

lived. There are also

dramatisations using both

live actors and holograms,

and provocative interactive

exhibits.

While in the city,

you can visit

Lincoln’s

You may set out from the UK for Illinois with only

one thing in mind – to spend as much time as

possible in stunning, scintillating Chicago,

America’s third largest city and the major gateway to the Great Lakes region. Frank Sinatra’s

“ my kind of town” and poet Carl Sandburg’s “city

of the big shoulders” is vibrant, full of architectural

and cultural attractions, fun and a great place to

shop! But, then – to make your trip even more

memorable – consider spending a few more days

on a treasure hunt through the rest of the state.

www.gochicago.com

MY KIND OF TOWN AND MYKIND OF STATE

ILLINOIS


Chicago's Lake Michigan skyline and Navy Pier; below: A figure of Abraham Lincoln

at his namesake Springfield museum

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BY MARY MOORE MASON

ILLINOIS STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Springfield

POPULATION: 12,419,293

SIZE: 56,400 square miles

NICKNAMES: Land of Lincoln

TIME OF STATEHOOD: December

3, 1818

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home, law office and tomb, both

the historic Old State Capitol and

the handsome present day State

Capitol and the Dana-Thomas State

Historic Site, one of America’s most

perfectly preserved early Frank

Lloyd Wright houses. Just 20 miles

to the north-west is the restored

frontier town of New Salem where

‘Honest Abe’ spent his young

adulthood as a shopkeeper,

postmaster, surveyor and captain of the local militia.

Other cities with Lincoln

associations include Galesburg in

western Illinois where you can visit

the birthplace cottage of his Pulitzer

prize-winning biographer Carl

Sandburg. From here it’s a quick trip

east to historic Peoria, overlooking

the Illinois River, or west to the Great

River Road paralleling the mighty

Mississippi River. Along the road are

such interesting towns and cities as

picturesque Galena, where you can

visit the home of General/later US

President Ulysses S. Grant; Nauvoo,

site of an early Mormon settlement;

the Quad Cities area, where you can

view current and historic farm and

industrial equipment at the John

Deere & Company Pavilion, and

Alton, one of a number of river

towns offering both riverboat

cruises and casino gambling.

To its south are Cahokia, the

state’s oldest (1699) town, and the

Cahokia Mounds, the remarkable

remains of the largest prehistoric

American Indian city north of

Mexico. Bordered by Kentucky and

the Ohio River, southern Illinois is an

area of deep forests, state parks,

lakes and dramatic rock formations,

whereas much of central Illinois,

bordered to the east by the Wabash

River, is rolling, fertile agricultural

country punctuated by university

and commercial cities and by the

Amish farming communities of

Arthur and Arcola.

To the north are Rockford,

Illinois’s second largest city and

home to such magnificent public

gardens as Anderson Japanese

Gardens; Woodstock with its wealth

of Victorian architecture; Aurora, site

1Lie back and enjoy the stunning

skyscraper scenery on a Chicago

Architectural Foundation River

Cruise. The 90-minute cruises down

the Chicago River run from early May until late November. Another

option: a guided architectural

walking tour.

2Enjoy the numerous

attractions on Navy Pier,

jutting out into Lake Michigan and

housing everything from good

restaurants and the Chicago

Shakespeare Theatre to the Chicago

Children’s Museum, a huge Ferris

wheel and a musical carousel.

3 Attend a concert of the Grant

Park Orchestra and Chorus at

the stunning new Frank Gehry-

designed Pritzker Pavilion in

lakefront Millennium Park.

4Learn about President Lincoln

and his family and the time in

which they lived at Springfield’s

Abraham Lincoln Presidential

Library and Museum.

5 Spend a half-hour chatting

about Route 66 with Bill Shea,

85, the colourful owner and

manager of Springfield’s Route 66Gas Station Museum. Then order a

batter-covered hotdog (don’t dare

call it a corndog!) on a stick at the

nearby Cozy Dog Drive In.

ILLINOIS

A statue of Ulysses S. Grant in Galena, once his home; right: cruising down the Chicago River.

Boating in Shawnee National Forest; right: Bill Shea and his wife at Springfield’s

Route 66 Gas Station Museum

Bordered by Kentucky and the Ohio River,

southern Illinois is an area of deep forests, state

parks, lakes and dramatic rock formations.

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of the new Chicago Premium

Outlets discount shopping mall;

Gurnee, where families enjoy the

theme parks Six Flags Great America

and its new Six Flags Hurricane

Harbor; Ravinia, in Highland Park,

where the Chicago Symphony

Orchestra performs throughout the

summer; Schaumburg, home of the

massive Woodfield Mall, and

Wilmette, where you can view the

majestic Baha’i House of Worship

and relax on a beach overlooking

Lake Michigan.

Just south on Lake Michigan,

Chicago’s skyline is dramatised by

some of the world’s most stunning

skyscrapers, including the Sears

Tower, the highest building in North

America. The area’s other

architectural and artistic treasures

include tranquil Oak Park’s array of

Frank Lloyd Wright-designed

Prairie-style homes and Chicago’s

numerous modern sculptures –

here a Picasso, there a Calder or an

Anish Kapoor – both in the city

centre and in the new lakefront

Millennium Park. That’s not to forget

the magnificent, world-class – and

recently expanded – Art Institute of

Chicago, the Field Museum, the

Adler Planetarium & Astronomy

Museum and the Shedd Aquarium.

Then there are the world-

renowned Chicago Symphony

Orchestra, some 200 theatres, a

variety of jazz, blues and comedy

clubs, opera, ballet and some 5,600

restaurants in the central business

district alone. As for the fabulous

shopping, where do you begin (or

Illinois, particularly Chicago, has appeared in so many

films that it’s hard to make a choice. The University of

Chicago campus was the departure point for Meg

Ryan and Billy Crystal’s memorable car journey in

When Harry Met Sally ; Matthew Broderick and his

mates admired some of the same Art Institute of Chicago paintings you will

view in Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ; Julia Roberts, Dermot Mulroney and/or

Cameron Diaz pop up in scenes along the Chicago River, Lake Shore Drive

and the Drake Hotel in My Best Friend’s Wedding; John Goodman, as baseball

legend Babe Ruth, hit a home run or two in Wrigley Field in The Babe, and

John Belushi and Dan Aykroyd generally run amok in the ‘Windy City’ in The

Blues Brothers. Incidentally, if you’re heading north drive through suburban

Winnetka – this is where young Macaulay Culkin outfoxed Joe Pesci and a

fellow burglar in Home Alone. (John Candy also spent some time here in

Uncle Buck .)

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A reminder that 300 miles of Route 66

pass through IllinoisCynthia Howe

A red hot night in Blue Chicago

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stop)? Just for starters there are

North Michigan Avenue’s

‘Magnificent Mile’, lined by major

department stores, vertical malls

and scores of shops; the chic little

side streets with boutiques

boasting top designer labels, and

State Street’s landmark Marshall

Field’s, the birthplace of the

department store. In addition there

are numerous other

neighbourhood shopping areas

and the huge malls surrounding

the city.

Speaking of neighbourhoods,

you shouldn’t leave Chicago

without visiting at least one of its

numerous and colourful ethnic

enclaves such as Little Italy,

Greektown or the Ukranian Village,

or without enjoying one of the

many flamboyant annual parades

or festivals. To best experience

these areas take a Chicago

Neighborhood Tour or go on a free

tour with a Chicago Greeter

specialising in your particular area

or subject of interest.

ILLINOIS

Anish Kapoor's Cloud Gate sculpture enh ances Chicago's Millennium Park

Millennium Park's Frank Gehry-

designed Jay Pritzker Pavilion

Just south on Lake Michigan, Chicago’s skyline is

dramatised by some of the world’s most stunning

skyscrapers, including the Sears Tower, the

highest building in North America.

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Mary Moore

Mason , the London-

based editor of

Essentially America

magazine has been

to Chicago on several splendid

shopping (and cultural) safaris and

has the credit card bills to prove it.

✈ GATEWAY FROM THE UK

AND IRELAND: Chicago

is served from London

Heathrow by direct American

Airlines, British Airways and

United Airlines flights; from

Manchester by bmi and

American Airlines, which also

links Glasgow and Chicago

(summer only). There is also a

service from Heathrow via

Amsterdam by KLM/Northwest.

American Airlines and

Aer Lingus offer direct flights

from Dublin.

Grant Wood's American Gothic in the

Art Institute of Chicago



But however the state residents got

their name, one thing is for sure –

Indiana has produced its fair share

of famous people, among them:

actors James Dean and Steve

McQueen, entertainers and

musicians Cole Porter and Michael

Jackson, TV celebrity David

Letterman, Garfield cartoonist Jim

Davis and US President Abraham

Lincoln, who spent some of his

early years in the state.

Fly into Indianapolis, the modern,

centrally-located state capital,

ascend to the top of its 284ft-tall

1902 Soldiers’ and Sailors’

Monument and you’ll see why

Indiana is known as ‘The Crossroads

of America’. For jutting out from

Monument Circle like spokes from awheel are roads going in all different

directions – Indianapolis, they say, is

bisected by more highways than

any other city in America.

Among them is America’s first

federally funded interstate highway

– the National Road, nowdesignated an All-American Road.

And among the places to which

they lead are several museums

exhibiting splendid automobiles

dating back to the 1900s when

Indiana – with 60 car

manufacturers – ranked second in

the USA for the number of cars it

produced.

But before you head out to the

Auburn Cord Duesenberg Museum

in Auburn or to South Bend’s

Studebaker National Museum,

you’ll want to visit the ‘Racing

Capital of the World’s’ Indianapolis

Motor Speedway Hall of Fame. It

tells the story of such premiere

annual events as the Indy 500, theFormula One United States Grand

Prix and NASCAR’S Allstate 400 at

the Brickyard. After you gawk at the

winning cars you can spin around

the speedway’s track on a bus tour

– just don’t expect to travel

more than 20mph!

You can also visit the

handsome 1888 Indiana

Statehouse and the

recently expanded

Indianapolis Museum of

Art, attend a concert or

exhibition at the

Artsgarden,

or spend

an afternoon at White River State

Park, near downtown, where youcan learn more about the state’s

history at the Indiana State

Museum, and about its Native

American heritage at the Eiteljorg

Museum of American Indian

and Western Art,

which doubled in

size in 2005. If

travelling with

children, make

sure to include a

visit to the

Indianapolis Zoo’s

unique new Dolphin

Adventure Pavilion

and to the

There are several theories as to why the good people of Indiana are known as Hoosiers.

Some say the name comes from a French word for a country person while others think it refers

to someone who dwells in the hills. Perhaps it was the name given to the workmen employed by

a builder named Samuel Hoosier, or maybe the name comes from a call of “who’s here?” It

seems no one knows for sure – not even the Hoosiers.

www.EnjoyIndiana.com

MOTORING MAGIC AND MOREINDIANA

INDIANA STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Indianapolis



NICKNAMES: Hoosier State

TIME OF STATEHOOD:

11 December 1816


Monument Circle is the hub of Indianapolis; below: actor James Dean is an Indiana icon

A vintage auto at South Bend’s

Studebaker National Museum

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BY TINA EDISS



Dinosphere: Now You’re in Their

World exhibition in the splendid

Children’s Museum of Indianapolis.

HIT THE ROAD

If you love the outdoors a road trip

in Indiana will reveal surprisinglandscapes. You can enjoy

towering mountains of sand at the

Indiana Dunes National Lakeshore

along Lake Michigan, follow the

twists and turns of the Ohio River

Scenic Byway or the Indiana

Uplands Wine Trail and find beauty

underground at such stunning

southern Indiana caves as Squire

Boone Caverns, discovered in 1790by pioneer Daniel Boone and his

brother.

All along the way you can bike,

hike, canoe, fish, golf and ski.

Abraham Lincoln spent his early

years (1816 – 1830) in southern

Indiana and the area is now hometo the Lincoln Boyhood National

Memorial and related sites. Exhibits

at the History Center in Indianapolis

Considering its passion for sports,

it’s hardly surprising that some of

the best films about Indiana have

featured baseball and basketball.

Huntingburg’s League Stadium in

south-western Indiana was a setting for the 1992 film A

League of Their Own which followed the fortunes of aWorld War II women’s baseball team, including Geena

Davis and Madonna, led by grumpy manager Tom Hanks.

The Athenaum, a popular Indianapolis landmark known

for its theatre and beer garden, was a backdrop in Eight

Men Out , inspired by a baseball scandal and featuring

John Cusack and Charlie Sheen. And Hoosiers, starring

Gene Hackman, Dennis Hopper and Barbara Hershey, was

filmed in the Hinkle Fieldhouse in Indianapolis as well as

in the Hoosier Gymnasium in Knightstown, east of

Indianapolis on the Historic National Road. The smalltown of Milan in south-eastern Illinois was the home of

the film’s inspiration – a real-life basketball team which

beat all odds to win a state championship in 1954.

1

Visit Historic New Harmony in

south-western Indiana’s scenic Wabash River Valley. Established by

the early 19th-century Harmony

Society as a utopian community, it

has been called “a vacationer’s

dream and a researcher’s paradise”.

2Rent a rustic cabin in hilly

south-central Indiana's Brown

County State Park, the largest in

the state and full of opportunities

to hike, bike and enjoy the area's

artisan heritage. It's also

particularly beautiful during the

fall foliage season and located

between Columbus, famous for its

architecture, and Bloomington,

home of Indiana University.

3Enjoy a ride on the new

Voyage, one of the world’s

longest, fastest roller coasters at

Holiday World, and then cool off at

Splashin’ Safari, Indiana’s largest

water park. Both are in the same

facility located in the town of Santa

Claus in southern Indiana.

4Watch a fun-filled

performance or visit the

museum in the Circus Hall of Fame,

sited in Peru in central Indiana.

5 Learn more about Indiana’s

farming practices and unique

Native American heritage at the

Museum at Prophetstown, set in a

state park named for the American

Indian ‘Prophet’, Tenskwatawa and

his famous brother, Tecumseh, who

persuaded 14 rival Indian tribes to

form a coalition for their own

protection.

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South Bend’s University of Notre Dame

Sandy beaches and huge dunes overlook Lake Michigan

If you love the outdoors a road trip in Indiana will

reveal surprising landscapes. You can enjoy

towering mountains of sand at the Indiana DunesNational Lakeshore along Lake Michigan and follow

the twists and turns of the Ohio River Scenic Byway.

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and at Fort Wayne’s Lincoln

Museum also reflect Indiana’s

Lincoln heritage.

South Bend, near the northern

border with Michigan and only

100-some miles east of Chicago, is

not only home to the renowned

University of Notre Dame, it’s also

the gateway to Elkhart and the

picturesque Amish Country where

you can enjoy the food, overnight

hospitality and 19th-

century lifestyle of this

unique group of

people.

Columbus in central

Indiana is a showcase

for buildings of world-

class architects,

including Eero Saarinen

and IM Pei, and the

Ohio River town of

Madison is proud of its

mid-19th-century

architecture – it has 133 blocks onthe National Register of Historic

Places, plus plenty of antique

shops.

If you love a good festival – and

there are many in Indiana! – visit

Fairmount in east-central Indiana

“Where Cool was Born”. That’s Cool

as in James Dean who was born

here in 1931. He was killed in a car

crash in California in 1955 aged just

24, but lives on in such films as East

of Eden, Rebel Without a Cause and

Giant , as well as in

Fairmount’s James

Dean Gallery, the

Fairmount Historical

Museum and in its

annual late

September James

Dean Festival. The

highlight is the

James Dean Look-a-

Like competition. It’s

good, family fun in a

nice town – not just

Small Town America but Small Town America in the 1950s. Cool.

British freelancer

Tina Ediss – a

regular freelancer

for Britain’s national

newspapers –

recently added Indiana to the list of

18 American states she has visited.

✈ GATEWAYS FROM THE UK

AND IRELAND: Indiana is easily

accessible from Cincinnati and

Chicago, both served by daily

direct air service from the UK.

Chicago is also served by air

service from Dublin.

The world-renowned Indianapolis Motor Speedway

An Amish boy enjoying

watermelon

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A good place to base yourself is in

attractive Traverse City. Set beside a

bay between two peninsulas, it has

sandy beaches, a charming Victorian-

era downtown and plenty of

welcoming hotels.

An easy drive north, followed by

a short ferry ride, takes you across to

Lake Huron’s Mackinac Island. This

tranquil, car-free gem, with its

Victorian architecture and spectacular

hilltop fort, makes for a popular day

trip or for a longer stay in a B&B or in

The Grand Hotel, with its sweeping

veranda and great views of the town.

For a real taste of the great

outdoors, continue over theMackinaw Bridge to Michigan’s

Upper Peninsula, offering miles of

open countryside as well as state

parks, which are particularly

appealing to

hikers and

backpackers.

A STATE FOR ALL SEASONS

The pleasures of northern Michigan

aren’t confined to the long summer

days. Skiing is very popular in winter

and places like Crystal Mountain, 30

miles south-west of Traverse City,offer challenges and tuition for all

ages and abilities.

But then all of Michigan is full of

winter fun, from

snowmobiling to ice

fishing. At Thunder Bay near

Alpena horse-drawn

sleighs drive up close

to herds of elk, while

at Sleeping Bear

Dune National

Lakeshore rangers lead

snowshoe hikes.

In spring, golfers start sizing up

options for the season – and there

are many to choose from. For

instance, Gaylord, about three hours

north of Detroit, has 25 courses and

24 hotel properties within a 30-mileradius.

Michigan is also famed for its

cherry production; there’s no nicer

time to visit the orchards than in

May when the trees are full of

blossom. The farm shops and

wineries make good places to stock

up on local produce. And with all

those trees, leaf peeping in the

autumn becomes a state-wide

pastime. Most people in Britain think

only of New England in the autumn;

those in the know recommend

Michigan. Whatever the season,

Grand Rapids’ Fredrik Meijer Gardens

and Sculpture Park is a delight. Set in

Michigan’s second largest city, the125-acre attraction features the

state’s largest tropical conservatory,

indoor and outdoor gardens and a

three-storey-tall sculpture of a

Leonardo da Vinci horse. While in

south-west Michigan you should

also swing by Lansing’s fascinating

Michigan Historical Museum, which

provides insight into the state from

prehistoric to modern times.

And then there’s the big city life

in places like Detroit, which has been

rapidly emerging in recent years to

provide a mixture of downtown

entertainment and world-class

culture. For many people, the city is

Auto tycoon Henry Ford

and a Model T Ford

Michigan – the only state with shorelines on four of the five Great Lakes – is quite naturally the

place to go for a swimming, boating or fishing holiday. But it’s not just the vacation

opportunities offered by Lakes Erie, Huron, Michigan and Superior, and their 3,200-miles of

coastline, but also the rivers and smaller inland lakes that make Michigan such a favourite

holiday destination. For here you can drift down a river in a canoe, catch a prize fish, climb300ft-tall sand dunes and admire photogenic lighthouses.

www.michigan.org

WHERE THE FOUR LAKES MEET MICHIGAN

MICHIGAN STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Detroit

POPULATION: 5 million

SIZE: 79,610 square miles (12th in

size among the 50 states)

NICKNAMES: The Great Lakes State

TIME OF STATEHOOD: May 11,

1868 (32nd state)


Downtown Detroit’s dramatic skyline

BY DONALD HISCOCK

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forever connected with music and

the history of the motorcar. Fans of

both are well provided for.

The Motown Historical Museum,

home of the Motown Sound, is filled

with rare photographs and

memorabilia connected with such

recording artists as the Supremes,

Stevie Wonder and Marvin Gaye. And

The Henry Ford Museum in nearby

Dearborn houses 12 acres of exhibits

under one roof covering all aspects of the development of the automobile

in American life. The adjacent

Greenfield Village is an open-air

museum devoted to the

appreciation of America’s past

through a collection of historic

buildings. For instance, you can visit

Thomas Edison’s laboratory and the

Wright Brothers’ bicycle shop, both

carefully maintained to give visitors a

unique glimpse of earlier times.

For sports fans, Detroit has twomodern stadiums. Comerica Park is

home to baseball’s Tigers and nearby

is Ford Field, home of the Lions

football team. Both teams play right

in the heart of downtown, making

the place vibrant, especially on match

days. Just a short distance away are

the cultural showpieces of the

Charles H. Wright Museum of African

American History and the renowned

Detroit Institute of Fine Arts.With all towns in Michigan

displaying a strong sense of civic

pride there is always pleasure to be

had from just taking potluck and

exploring as your fancy takes you. In

your travels you might even find a

working Dutch windmill or a

recreated Bavarian village.With its idyllic setting focused on the past and its

popularity with honeymoon couples of today, it’s

no wonder that Mackinac Island was chosen as the

location for the romantic 1980 movieSomewhere

in Time, starring the late Christopher Reeve as a

playwright staying at the Grand Hotel who travels back in time to woo

an actress, portrayed by Jane Seymour, whose portrait he has seen in

the hotel.

1

Celebrate the Wright

Brothers’ first flight, tour theInternational Space Station

and enjoy the amusing rides at

Kalamazoo’s Air Zoo.

2 Enjoy a drink or a meal of

Polish cuisine in Cross

Village’s Legs Inn, a medieval-

looking stone, timber and

driftwood landmark building

set on a high bluff overlooking

Lake Michigan.

3Go on a wine-tasting

adventure in a 19th-

century barn at Baroda,

located in the rolling hills of the

state’s south-western region

and offering wines, fruit

brandies and microbrews.

4 Take a scenic railway ride

at Owosso’s Steam

Railroading Institute. They may

even put you in the driver’s seat

of the famed Polar Express!

5 Explore Thunder Bay

National Marine

Sanctuary and Underwater

Preserve. Located near Alpena,it covers 448 square miles of

Lake Huron and more than 100

shipwrecks, spanning a

century of Great Lakes

shipping history.

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The magnificent Mackinac Bridge;

right: Detroit’s Motown Museum

Touring Mackinac Island's Knob Hill; right: there’s great golf at Thunder Bay

For a real taste of the great outdoors, continue

over the Mackinaw Bridge to Michigan’s Upper

Peninsula which offers miles of open countryside

as well as state parks, which are particularly

appealing to hikers and backpackers.

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THINGS

TO DO5FUN

THINGS

TO DO5

British freelance

writerDonald

Hiscock lived in

Michigan for several

years and loved it so

much that he frequently takes his

family back there for holidays.

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Detroit is served by British

Airways from London Heathrow

and by KLM/Northwest Airlines

from London Gatwick.



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For a start there’s Minnesota’smagnificent Mall of America, the

largest shopping and entertainment

centre in the USA with 520 shops,

numerous restaurants and cinemas,

and the country’s largest indoor

family theme park. Not only is it

conveniently sited in Bloomington

between Minneapolis and Saint Paul,

it’s linked by light rail with both

Minneapolis and the ‘Twin Cities’ ’

international airport, regularly served

by flights from London.

Then there’s the treasury of shops

in and around both Philadelphia and

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, both

located in a state, like Minnesota,

which has no sales tax on clothing.

Downtown Philadelphia alone has

more than 2,000 department stores

and shops, including those in the

Gallery at Market East, America's

largest indoor urban shopping

centre. And King of Prussia, only ahalf-hour’s drive away, claims to be

the nation's largest retail shopping

destination. In addition to

Pittsburgh’s downtown ‘Golden

Triangle’ shopping areas there’s the

new Galleria at Pittsburgh Mills 33

miles north-east of the city.

Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue,

also known as ‘the Magnificent Mile’,

is a shopaholic’s dream, offering six

major department stores – Saks,

Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus

among them – as well as numerous

boutiques and designer showcases.

There’s more of the same on such

chic side streets as Oak Street, and

don’t miss State Street’s majestic, 10

storey Marshall Field’s, the birthplace

of department stores (Gordon

Selfridge worked there before

establishing his grand emporium in

London’s Oxford Street).

In Indiana’s downtown

Indianapolis there’s a choice of the

numerous shops in Circle Centremall, anchored by a popular

Nordstrom department store,

boutiques along trendy

Massachusetts Avenue and antique

shops in Fountain Square. And in

northern Indiana, as well as in other

Amish areas throughout the region,

you can find unique Pennsylvania

Dutch arts, crafts and foods.

Both Madison and Milwaukee,

Wisconsin offer unique shops in

picturesque areas. In Madison you

can browse and buy in the eclectic

speciality shops lining State Street

mall, which is sited between the

handsome State Capitol and the

University of Wisconsin. In Milwaukee

the place to go is the trendy and

historic Third Ward, a restored

warehouse district crammed with art

galleries, restaurants, outdoor cafes

and antique shops.

Visitors to Ohio will love

Columbus’s Easton Center, which

offers not only shops but live

improvisation comedy dinner shows

at night; the Cleveland area’s Aurora

Premium Outlets and new

retail/residential Crocker Park

complex, and Cincinnati’s new

Cincinnati Mills. And if you’re into

handcrafted pottery head for the

artisan shops around Zanesville and

Logan.

When in Detroit, visit Pure D Vinyl,

a clothing and record store that pays

homage to all things associated with

the motor-manufacturing city that

also inspired the popular Motown

sound. Then cruise through the three

main shopping areas: Greektown,

New Centre Place and The Riverfront

Shops.

And finally, if you’re in a Christmas

mood, no matter what time of the

year, head straight for Bronners, the

world’s largest Christmas shop. It’s

located in Frankenmuth, Michigan's

‘Little Bavaria’, just an hour's drive

north of Detroit. The Christmas

presents you bring back to the UK

will make somebody happy, even if it

is the middle of August.

Shop until you drop in the Great Lakes region? You bet! Where else

can you find so many opportunities for retail therapy, such amazing

bargains – particularly in the numerous discount outlet malls – such

great exchange rates for your UK currency – and, at some places,

absolutely no tax on clothing and shoes.

Minnesota’s Mall of America is the largest shopping and entertainment centre in the USA

The Philadelphia area’s huge King of

Prussia shopping mall

Chicago’s North Michigan Avenue, also known

as ‘the Magnificent Mile’, is a shopaholic’s dream,

offering six major department stores –

Saks, Nordstrom and Neiman Marcus among

them – as well as numerous boutiques and

designer showcases.

GREAT LAKES

GREAT SHOPS



The state is huge, as large as

England and Scotland combined,

but with a mere five millionMinnesotans. So holidays here are

all about open roads, glorious

woodlands, endless forest, and

some of the nicest – plus some of

the most entertaining –

people on the

planet: just think

of cartoonist

Charles ‘Peanuts’

Schulz, writers F.

Scott Fitzgerald and

Garrison Keillor,

singers Judy

Garland, Bob

Dylan and

Prince.

The main gateway, with direct

international flights from Europe, is

Minneapolis-Saint Paul, two friendly

neighbours across the Mississippi

River from one another, which have

been dubbed the ‘Twin Cities’.Minutes from the airport is one of

America’s biggest tourist

attractions, the Mall of America in

Bloomington. With 520 stores, this

is a favourite weekend break

for British shoppers, who

also love Camp Snoopy,

America’s largest

indoor theme park,

complete with five thrill

rides. Linking

Minneapolis, the mall

and the airport is the

new Hiawatha Line

light rail transit

system.

Cosmopolitan Minneapolis is

spiked with skyscrapers, buzzes

with students and has a vibrant

music scene. Its wealth came from


A riverboat cruises down the Mississippi at Saint Paul

Spectacular High Falls; bottom: a Snoopy figure at

the Mall of America’s Camp Snoopy

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BY PAUL WADE

Minnesota is

nicknamed ‘The

Land of 10,000

Lakes’ – but the

true total is closer

to 15,000!

And that’s not

counting the state’s

substantial

frontage, both on

one of the Great

Lakes, Superior,

and, for more than500 miles, on the

legendary

Mississippi River.

You can step across

it at its birthplace in

Bemidji, but by the

time it gets to the

Iowa border it’s half

a mile across. So

with all this watery

wonder, it’s not

surprising that the

native Dakota

Indians named this

area Minnesota,which in their

language means

‘sky-tinted water’.

MINNESOTAWATER, WATER EVERYWHERE

www.exploreminnesota.com

MINNESOTA STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Saint Paul

POPULATION: 4.9 million


NICKNAMES: North Star State

TIME OF STATEHOOD:

May 11, 1858



flour; mills here used to grind

enough to make 12 million loaves

of bread a day. Today, with more

than 100 theatres and more seats

per capita than any other US city

except New York, the performingarts are huge; for instance, this is

where The Lion King premiered. It’s

also the home of the acclaimed

Guthrie Theatre, which moves into

a new riverside home in 2006, and

of both the recently revamped

Walker Art Center and Minneapolis

Sculpture Garden, and the

Minneapolis Institute of Art.

By contrast, Saint Paul, the state

capital, is more demure, with its own

art and science museums, a

cathedral and neighbourhoods of

handsome Victorian homes, brick

sidewalks and wrought iron railings.

The Minnesota Children’s Museum is

outstanding, while the annual Winter

Carnival (January 27 – February 5,

2006) is the oldest and largest in the

USA, with ice castles, a snow queen

and even car races on ice.

AN OUTSTANDING

GREAT OUTDOORS

But it is Minnesota’s endless and

unspoiled great outdoors that is such

a pleasure. You won’t find moredramatic views than along the North

Shore Scenic Drive. This 154-mile

route from Duluth to Grand Portage

near the Canadian border is wedged

between the Sawtooth Mountains

and Lake Superior. On the rocky

coast, stop to see the tumbling

waters at Gooseberry Falls and

photograph cliff-top lighthouses

with evocative names such as Split

Rock. Deep in the Midwest, the lake is

like an inland ocean, flecked with

sailing boats. And in the autumn

(known in America as fall), the trees

change colour with a fiery flourish.

Another magnificent drive is the

Great River Road, running 575 miles

alongside the Mississippi and one

of America’s prestigious National

Scenic Byways.

In the north-east, on the border

with Canada, there seem to bemore lakes than there is land.

Voyageurs National Park, 300 miles

north of the Twin Cities, is the only

water-based National Park in the

USA. And further to the east, in the

Boundary Waters Canoe Area

Wilderness, you can follow 1,500

miles of canoe trails through 1,300

lakes free of motorised craft. The

pleasures of paddling a canoe or

fishing for giant northern pike reallyare timeless. Most visitors to

Voyageurs National Park go

between May and August to bike,

camp, fish and hike, but those in

the know reckon that autumn is

best, when canoeists can enjoy the

fall colours with fewer visitors and

few insects.

Also, take time to delve into

Minnesota’s past. For centuries,

American Indians of all nations

harvested pipestone from the

quarry at the Pipestone National

Monument in south-westernMinnesota. And the Ojibwe have

two important sites: the Mille Lacs

Indian Museum (north of the Twin

Cities) and the Grand Portage

National Monument (near the

Ontario border). The arrival of

European settlers and early pioneer

days are recalled at Saint Paul’s

impressive Historic Fort Snelling.

Minnesotans have mixed feelings about the double

Oscar-winning Fargo. Everyone, however, is looking

forward to the 2006 release of A Prairie Home

Companion – its name inspired by the popular local

radio show hosted by humourist Garrison Keillor.Directed by Robert Altman and starring Meryl Streep, Kevin Kline, Woody

Harrelson and Keillor himself, the film was mostly shot in downtown

Saint Paul’s Fitzgerald Theater where the radio show is performed.

1Stroll past the 1.2 million-

gallon aquarium in

Bloomington’s Mall of

America. It’s home to

everything from sharks and agiant octopus to Minnesota

walleye, muskies and catfish.

2Visit Minneapolis’s

excellent, interactive Mill

City Museum for great views

of the city and an

introduction to its flour-

milling heyday.

3 Attend one of Garrison

Keillor’s live radio

broadcasts of A Prairie HomeCompanion at various

venues throughout the

Minneapolis/ Saint Paul area.

4Board a wanigan, or

floating cook shack, at

Grand Rapids’ Forest History

Center. It will provide insight

into the days when logs and

men floated down the

Mississippi to the sawmills.

5Turn up in Hibbing for

Bob Dylan Days in May,

when you can join the town

folk and visiting fans for a

week-long birthday bash

centred on Zimmy’s bar and

grill (inspired by Dylan’s real

name, Bob Zimmerman).

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The Split Rock Lighthouse overlooking

Lake Superior

Minneapolis’s landmark spoon and

cherry sculpture

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✈ GATEWAY FROM THE UK :

Minneapolis/Saint Paul

International Airport is

served by KLM/Northwest

Airlines from London Gatwick

via Detroit (direct service may

be reintroduced for the peak

season 2006) and by Icelandair

from London Heathrow andfrom Glasgow, both via

Reykjavik, during most of

the year.

Prolific, award-

winning London

freelancerPaul

Wade frequently

visits his American

relatives in Minnesota.

FUN

THINGS

TO DO5FUN

THINGS

TO DO5

Cosmopolitan

Minneapolis is spiked

with skyscrapers, buzzes

with students and has a

vibrant music scene.



Say Ohio to an American, and up pop

visions of sport, from gridiron football to

golf. Ohio State University football

games are sell-outs, with crowds of more

than 100,000, while golf’s Golden Bear,

living legend Jack Nicklaus, is an Ohioan.

Ohio has examples of everything that

made the United States what it is, from

presidents and inventors to artists and

writers. No wonder there is cutting-edge

space technology here as well as the

best roller coasters on the planet – let

alone the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame

Museum.

Start with Cincinnati, down in thesouth-west corner, on the banks of

the broad Ohio River. Nicknamed the

‘Queen City’, it flourished on river

trade, and you can still stand on the

levee, waiting for a real paddle

steamer such as the Delta Queen. At

nearby Paramount’s Kings Island, you

can challenge your kids to ride the

USA’s longest wooden roller coaster,

The Beast. But do it before you sip

your brew in German-style beer

gardens and order Cincinnati’s

favourite dish: a mild chili served

‘three, four, or five ways,’ piled with

spaghetti or onions or beans or the

lot!

With the southern state of Kentucky

just over the water, slavery was an issue

in Cincinnati in the 19th century. At the

new National Underground Railroad

Freedom Center, you can learn about

the debate and war that tore America

apart some 140 years ago. Then visit the

former home of Harriet Beecher Stowe,the author of Uncle Tom’s Cabin . So

moved was she by the tales she heard

here, that she incorporated some of

them in her book, particularly the true

story of how a slave she called Eliza

dramatically escaped to freedom across

the frozen Ohio River.

Where is the best theme park in the

world? Many argue it is in Sandusky, in

northern Ohio. Here, on the shore of

Lake Erie, Cedar Point has received that

accolade not once, but for eight years in

a row. What's more, the Millennium

Force and Top Thrills Dragster, along

with Cedar Point's other thrill rides, offer

some of the fastest, tallest and scariest

rides in the universe.

CLEVELAND’S

ROCK’N’ROLL TRIBUTE

An hour to the east, Cleveland has

blossomed as a destination for pop

music lovers, thanks to the Rock and Roll

Hall of Fame and Museum. This openedin 1995, some 40 years after disk jockey

Alan Freed popularised the term rock ’n’

roll on local radio station WJW. He played

‘black music’ that caught on with white

audiences ... and the rest is living history.

The dramatic glass and steel museum is

chock-full of memorabilia such as Jimi

Hendrix’s guitar and John Lennon’s

mock-military Sergeant Pepper uniform.

Next door, kids of all ages explore the

Great Lakes Science Center, with its six-

storey domed screen OMNIMAX theatre.

The city also boasts world-class classical

culture, with a fine Museum of Art

Long known as the Buckeye State, thanks to its

once-numerous chestnut (buckeye) trees, Ohio

really is the All-American State. Set between

Lake Erie to the north and the broad swing of theOhio River along its southern border, it’s a land

of farms as well as industry, with a population of

diverse races and backgrounds.

THE ALL-

AMERICAN STATE

OHIO

Cedar Point on Lake Erie is renowned for its roller coasters

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BY KATHY ARNOLD

www.discoverohio.com

OHIO STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Columbus


SIZE: 40,952.6 square miles

NICKNAMES: Buckeye State

TIME OF STATEHOOD:

March 1, 1803




(where admission is free) and the

renowned Cleveland Symphony

Orchestra.

Ohio and aeroplanes go together.

Two years ago Dayton celebrated the

centenary of an achievement that

changed the way we live. In 1904, a

couple of brothers, who were engineers

and also ran a bicycle shop, decided that

flying was a better way to travel. They

were the Wright Brothers, inventors of

the aeroplane. Their 1905 Wright Flyer III ,

the first plane that could actually

manoeuvre in the air, is the main

attraction at Dayton’s Carillon HistoricalPark. On the edge of town, at the Wright-

Patterson air base, The National Museum

of the United States Air Force keeps

aviation fans happy for hours, with more

than 300 missiles and aircraft from the

Wright Brothers to the present day.

Ohio natives like to travel in style:

John Glenn, later a US Senator, was the

first American in space orbit, while

fellow-Ohioan Neil Armstrong was the

first man on the moon. In the Armstrong

Air and Space Museum in Wapakoneta,

north-west of Columbus, you can see a

moon rock that Armstrong collected

after his size 9 left boot made that ‘one

small step for mankind’. Ohioans are aninventive lot, dreaming up everything

from disposable nappies to Formica.

But the greatest inventor of them all

was born in a brick cottage in Milan, near

Lake Erie. Fronted by a low, white picket

fence, Thomas Edison’s modest

birthplace has family photographs –

and, next door, models of his inventions,

which ranged from the electric light to

the phonograph and talking pictures.

And, your guide could well be one of his

great-great-great-grand-nieces!

This is a land of four distinct seasons.

Summers are long and hot, ideal for the

annual county fairs (88 of them!) as well

as for roadside stands laden with the

sweetest corn on earth. In the autumn,

the leaves turn gold and scarlet, while

bright orange pumpkins, carved for

Halloween, decorate porches. Winter

can be cold, with a couple of heavy

snowfalls; spring is a concentrated

jumble of colour, not a long, slow

progression as in England.

Down in the south are the pretty

Hocking Hills, rolling along the Ohio

River. But some of the undulations in

the state’s landscape are man-made.

Long before Europeans arrived, the

local Native Americans had a

structured civilisation that has left some

10,000 burial mounds. One of the

largest and best-preserved in the USAis the 2,500 year-old Serpent Mound,

some 90 minutes east of Cincinnati.

Most impressive from the air, this 20-

foot wide and five-foot high bank of

earth snakes its way through trees for

some 440 yards.

Also giving an insight into a past way

of life are the 35,000 members of the

world’s largest Amish community.

Located between Columbus and

Cleveland, most of them are farmers, but

the community also includes fine

woodworkers and cabinet-makers. Visit

the region to see horse-drawn buggies

and wagons and farmers working

without modern machinery. Men wear

black, wide-brimmed hats; women still

wear white bonnets. They all have

hearty appetites, as you’ll see from the

portions at any Amish restaurant.

And what about Columbus, the state

capital? A favourite spot is the turn-of-

the-century, red-brick German Village,with its trendy art galleries and

restaurants. Other highlights include the

hands-on COSI, Ohio’s Center of Science

and Industry, and the fine Museum of

Art. And out on the Statehouse lawn are

monuments that proudly

commemorate famous Ohio sons,

including four of the seven US

Presidents born in the state, all of whom

were ‘proud to be a Buckeye!’

1Sit under the stars in Chillicothe,

watching Tecumseh! , a drama

about an 18th-century American

Indian chieftain. It finishes with the

Shawnee leader, on horseback,

silhouetted against the moonlit sky.

2 Join a thrilling Italian Job-type

car chase at Cincinnati’s

Paramount’s Kings Island. Your

vehicle will be a fast-track coaster.

3View memorabilia from guitar-

great Buddy Guy, the

Pretenders and U2, all 2005

inductees to Cleveland’s Rock

and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum.

4Experience real Americana by

attending the annual Ohio State

Fair in Columbus – it’s reputedly still

the biggest in America.

5Enjoy watery fun and palm trees

year-round at Sandusky’s

Kalahari Waterpark Resort. The

state’s largest indoor waterpark

covers 80,000 square feet of wet and

wild fun, including indoor surfing on

the patented Flow Rider®.

OHIO

An Amish farmer on the way to market

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Long resident in the

UK, award-winning

travel writerKathy

Arnoldwas born in

Columbus, Ohio.

The superb 1994 Shawshank Redemption, starring Tim

Robbins and Morgan Freeman as fellow prisoners who

redeem themselves through an unlikely friendship,

was shot in Mansfield’s Ohio State Reformatory. Oscar-

winning Ohio film stars and directors include Clark

Gable, Paul Newman, Halle Berry and Steven Spielberg. Martin Sheen, who

portrays the US president in TV’s popular West Wing series is also from Ohio.

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AND IRELAND: Continental

Airlines provides summer flights to

Cleveland International Airport in

the north of the state from London

Gatwick and Delta Air Lines

provides year-round service from

London Gatwick to

Cincinnati/Northern Kentucky

International Airport to the south.

Continental also offers connections

from Dublin and Shannon to

Cleveland over Newark, New Jersey.

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He doubtless would still feel right at

home in Elfreth’s Alley, the oldest

continuously-occupied street in the

USA, at Independence Hall where he

was a guiding light to America’s

founding fathers, and at the numerous

local establishments he helped to

found – such as the American

Philosophical Society (today boasting

more than 200 Nobel Prize winners),

the Pennsylvania Hospital (the first

public hospital in America) and the

prestigious University of Pennsylvania.

He also would be amazed, possibly

amused, by the numerous likenesses

of his folksy visage that adorn the city.

Although his home at Franklin Court

has long since disappeared, he would

be interested in the site’s museum

dedicated to his lifetime achievements

as well as in TheFranklin Institute

Science

Museum’s

Ben’s

Electrical

Spectacular exhibition. After all, he wasthe inventor of the lightning rod –

among other things we now take for

granted.

You can imagine him fiddling with

the 21st-century technology at the

new National Constitution Center,

where a visitor can be sworn in on a TV

screen as the next president of the

USA, or even sitting down for a fusion

cuisine meal under a huge statue of

Buddha at the Buddakan restaurant –

though rarely a churchgoer, he

believed in freedom of all religions

and, reputedly, loved good food and

wine.

As a well-travelled man who served

as a diplomat in both London and

Paris, Franklin probably would be

impressed by the great interstate

highways and scenic byways that now

span his state. Among them: Interstate

30, also known as The Lincoln

Highway, the first coast-to-coasthighway in the USA; Interstate 76,

America’s first modern toll road, and

Route 6, rated by National Geographic

as one of America’s most scenic drives.

Being an adventuresome fellow as

well, he might even borrow a Harley-

Davidson from the York motorcycle

factory in south-central Pennsylvania

and zoom off through Lancaster

County, admiring the Amish farmers’

neat homes and impressive barns

while wondering why they still choose

to travel by horse and buggy.

Upon reaching vibrant skyscraperPittsburgh in south-western

Pennsylvania, he would be impressed

by its dramatic setting and its three

outstanding museums – the Carnegie

Museum of Art, the Andy Warhol

Museum and the recently expanded

Carnegie Museum of Natural History.

And as a musician who played four

instruments and was the inventor of

the glass armonica musical

instrument, he might also want to

If America’s own Renaissance Man, Benjamin Franklin, were to return to his adopted state

during his 300th birthday celebrations this year he would be mighty pleased – not just with

the commemorations but with the fact that his adopted city of Philadelphia

and the surrounding state have turned out so well.

THROUGH BEN FRANKLIN’S EYESPENNSYLVANIA

PENNSYLVANIAgreat lakes of North america

The Philadelphia skyline; below: a bust of Benjamin Franklin

Although his home at Franklin Court has long since

disappeared, he would be interested in the site’s

museum dedicated to his lifetime achievements.

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www.visitpa.com

PENNSYLVANIA STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Harrisburg



NICKNAMES: The KeystoneState

TIME OF STATEHOOD:

Dec 12, 1787

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attend a concert of the world-renowned Pittsburgh Symphony

Orchestra.

Then he would be off again, this

time to the north-west for a visit to the

Lake Erie Maritime Museum and

perhaps for a paddle off the sandy

shores of Presque Isle State Park. After

all, as a man who charted the Gulf

Stream currents on his trips across the

Atlantic and who invented swim fins

(flippers), he should feel right a home

on the water. His role as a former journalist and publisher might also

inspire him to look into the region’s

newsworthy form of energy known as

‘black gold’ by visiting Titusville, where

America’s first oil well was drilled.

Heading back toward Philadelphia,

he would be relieved to learn at the

National Civil War Museum in

Harrisburg, the state’s capital, and

again at the Gettysburg National

Military Park, how the republic he

helped found survived a brutal mid-

19th-century Civil War and how

President Abraham Lincoln freed the

slaves. And, as one interested in

botany, he might also be tempted to

swing south past Philadelphia for a

quick look at some of the 11,000 kinds

of plants and the numerous

illuminated fountains in the 1,050-acre

Longwood Gardens.

But that still would leave so much

for Franklin to see before he retired tohis resting place in Philadelphia’s

Christ Church Cemetery. There are

the great forests of north-central

Pennsylvania with their elk, deer,

bears and bird life; the appealing

Pocono Mountain resorts to the

north-east, the charming Delaware

and Brandywine river towns and thegreat Valley Forge Revolutionary War

battlefield to the south-east, and the

beautiful Southern Allegheny and

Laurel Highlands Regions in the

central and south-west regions. And

that’s without even mentioning

those things that modern Americans

seem to particularly value –

numerous golf courses, great

shopping malls, and theme parks

that would entertain their children

for hours. Franklin would just have to

come back again, perhaps on his

400th birthday.

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Can it really be 30 years since the first of the five Rocky films

burst across our screens starring an unknown Sylvester

Stallone as its prize-fighter hero? (And there’s another one

in the pipeline!) Or for that matter, just over 20 years since

Harrison Ford, disguised as an Amish farmer, set out to

solve a murder in Witness? Both films have numerous associations with

Philadelphia. For instance, who can forget Stallone’s triumphant race up the

steps of the Philadelphia Museum of Fine Arts or ignore his statue, inspired by

Rocky III , outside the First Union Spectrum sports and entertainment complex in

South Philly? And then there was the memorable 30th Street Station scene

where a young Amish boy, later befriended by Ford, witnesses the murder of an

undercover agent, not to forget the wonderful footage of traditional Amish life

around Lancaster, Pennsylvania, which occupies most of the film.

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USAirways offers daily flights

year-round from London Gatwick

and Manchester and seasonal

service from Glasgow.

British Airways links London

Heathrow with Philadelphia.

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Strolling along Pittsburgh’s Allegheny River; right: Philadelphia’s Independence Hall

Although journalist

Sally Montgomery

now lives and works

in London, she has a

particular fondness

for Pennsylvania, the state – then a

British colony – to which her Scotch-

Irish ancestors emigrated in the early

18th-century.

1Celebrate Ben Franklin’s 300th

birthday by taking a walking

tour of his favourite sites in

Philadelphia (www.gophila.

com /itineraries) or by

attending some of the

entertaining 2006

commemorative events.

www.benfranklin300.org

2 Ascend Mount Washington

by incline railroad to

admire what USA Today praises

as one America’s most

spectacular views – of

peninsula-sited Pittsburgh and

its three rivers, the Allegheny,

Monongahela and Ohio.

3Learn more about the

interesting history and

unique lifestyle of the Amish

people on a Lancaster County

Farm and House Tour while

sampling their delicious food and

shopping for their

appealing crafts, particularly

handmade quilts

www.amishfarmandhouse.com.

4Explore 1,000ft-deep, 50-

mile-long Pine Creek Gorge,

‘Pennsylvania’s Grand Canyon’

before continuing west to Lake

Erie along Route 6, one of

America’s most scenic byways.

5 Admire two of iconic

architect Frank Lloyd

Wright’s masterpieces –

Fallingwater, his only remaining

house with its setting, original

furnishing and artwork still intact, and nearby Kentuck

Knob, both in the beautiful

Laurel Highlands, south-east of

Pittsburgh.

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Before you visit, decide whether you

are more a city or outdoors type of

person. If the former, begin your visit

in southern Wisconsin’s lively

waterfront Milwaukee, the state’s

largest city, or in lovely, lakeside

Madison, its state capital. If the latter

– particularly if you are into water

sports and wildlife watching – head

first for northern Wisconsin.

The state’s rugged scenery is

defined by its two Great Lakes –

Michigan to its east and Superior to

its north – and by a western border

marked by the mighty Mississippi

River. There are also some 15,000

inland lakes, many scooped out by

the great Ice Age glaciers that

created a landscape ranging from

deep forests in the north to rich

prairie land and gentle dells to the

south.

Milwaukee has a wealth of

colourful waterfront areas. Its Lake

Michigan frontage is punctuated by

the sail-like roof structure of its

recently expanded Milwaukee Art

Museum, and by the new Pier

Wisconsin™ leading to Discovery

World – the James Lovell Museum of

Science Technology and Economicsand the three-masted S /V Denis

Sullivan , a re-creation of a Great

Lakes schooner. The Milwaukee

River’s RiverWalk, on the other hand,

is lined by restaurants, brewpubs,

nightclubs, shops and art exhibitions.

If you’re also interested in the

visual and performing arts you

should head for the Historic Third

Ward Arts District, where converted

warehouses and new buildings

house theatres, an opera company,

art galleries and the Milwaukee

Institute of Art and Design. There are

even more opportunities to view

theatre and ballet as well as to

attend a concert of the Milwaukee

Symphony Orchestra in thedowntown theatre district. Known as

the ‘City of Festivals’, Milwaukee is

home to the eleven-day

Summerfest!, rated by the Guinness

World Records 2006 book as the

world’s largest music festival.

Founded in the 1840s by Germans

and known for its breweries, the city

also offers tours of the Miller Brewery

as well as of the local Harley-

Davidson factory and museum.

Other sights of note include the

Milwaukee Public Museum with its

acclaimed Butterfly Wing exhibits,

the William F. Eisner Museum of

Advertising and Design, the Boerner

Botanical Gardens and a zoo.

Madison has its own dramaticsetting – on an isthmus between

two large lakes. It’s dominated by the

majestic, domed State Capitol and

by the University of Wisconsin

campus sprawling on lakeside hills

and linked with the Capitol by State

Street. Great for people-watching,

this pedestrian-only promenade is

home not only to restaurants and

shops but to the new Overture

Center for the Arts, the Madison

Museum of Contemporary Arts and

the Madison Children’s Museum.

Nearby Spring Green is the site of

Taliesin, iconic architect Frank Lloyd

Wright’s home, studio and school,

Wisconsin is a great state for visitors who love

fishing, boating, hiking and exploring wild and

wonderful outback country, as well as savouring

locally-brewed beer in colourful city pubs,

admiring (even riding) Harley-Davidson

motorcycles and cheering on one of America’s

most legendary professional football teams, the

Green Bay Packers.

WISCONSIN

WISCONSIN STATE FACTS

STATE CAPITAL: Madison



NICKNAMES: The Badger State

TIME OF STATEHOOD:

May 29, 1848

Fishing on one of Wisconsin's 15,000 inland lakes

CITY AND COUNTRY ADVENTURES

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and of the House on the Rock, a

stunning complex atop a high rock

outcrop. Its interior is nearly as

impressive as the exterior ,with an

awesome ‘Infinity Room’ extending

218ft above the valley. Also in this

region are Lake Geneva, a 19th-

century resort known for its

millionaires’ mansions; the pretty

Wisconsin River town of Prairie du

Chien, founded by early French fur

traders; Baraboo, once the winter

home of the famous Ringling

Brothers circus and now the site of the Circus World Museum, and the

surrounding Wisconsin Dells with

their numerous family attractions.

Central Wisconsin communities

range from picturesque Mississippi

River towns to Oshkosh – renowned

as the site of the world’s largest

aviation event, EAA AirVenture

Oshkosh – and industrial Green Bay,

founded in the 17th century by

French fur traders, Wisconsin’s oldest

community and best known for its

football team, the Green Bay Packers.

But it is northern Wisconsin – a

land of lakes, rivers, waterfalls,

beaches, forests and islands – that is

particularly attractive to those who

love the great outdoors. Lake

Superior’s 21 Apostle Islands, most

easily reached by ferry from

mainland Bayfield, are known for

their stunning rock formations, sea

caves, beaches and six lighthouseswhich can be seen by boat or by 50

miles of hiking trails. The 250 miles of

St. Croix Scenic Riverway is

wonderful for canoeing, wildlife

watching and hiking. And the

picturesque, 75-mile-long Door

County peninsula, jutting out into

Lake Michigan, boasts more state

parks (five), lighthouses (10) and

miles of shoreline (250) than any

other county in the USA. Among its

attractions are quaint villages,

numerous art galleries, scuba diving

among 19th-century shipwrecks,

sailing and sea kayaking.

It’s also worth mentioning that

Wisconsin is home to the largest

number of Native American tribes

(11) east of the Mississippi River. The

majority of their 5,000 earthen

mounds (98 per cent of all those in

America) are found in central and

western Wisconsin; the OneidaNation hosts five-day tours of four

northern Wisconsin reservations

(www.oneidanation.org ), and other

attractions include tribal museums

and festive pow-wows involving

food, arts and crafts, music and

dancing.

1Visit the elegant Ten Chimneys

estate of legendary stage actors

Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontaine.

Located in Genesse Depot in south-

eastern Wisconsin (a short drive

from either Milwaukee or Chicago) it

was a frequent retreat for such stage

and screen luminaries as Katharine

Hepburn, Helen Hayes, Laurence

Olivier and Noel Coward.

www.tenchimneys. org

2

Take a Waterfall Tour of north-

eastern Marinette County, the‘Wisconsin Waterfall Capital’,

located within an hour of Green Bay

and its interesting National

Railroad Museum.

www.marinettecounty.com/

waterfls.htm

3Learn about the late 19th-

century/early 20th-century

settlement of Wisconsin by Germans,

Swiss, Scandinavians, Irish and other

Europeans at Old World Wisconsin,the Midwest’s largest outdoor

museum of rural life. Set on 600 acres

at Eagle, 35 miles from Milwaukee, it

includes more than 60 original

historic buildings.

www.wisconsinhistory .org

4Shop for Wisconsin cheeses,

other speciality food and fresh

fruit and vegetables at Milwaukee’s

new Public Market. It’s set in the

historic Third Ward District, which is

alive with art galleries, antique

shops, cafés and restaurants.

5Kayak or canoe along the

Apostle Islands National

Lakeshore, known for its wealth of

stunning rock formations, sea

caves, unspoiled beaches and

historic lighthouses, or along the St.

Croix National Scenic Riverway, one

of the most picturesque and least-

developed areas of the Midwest

and also great for wildlife- and bird-watching. For the Apostle Islands,

visit www.nps.gov/apis ; for the

scenic riverway, www.nps.gov/

sacn/ index.htm

WISCONSIN

The impressive recently-expanded Milwaukee Art Museum

Wisconsin is home to 11 Native

American tribes

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Virginia Blair , an

American outdoor

writer now living in

London, recently

visited Wisconsin for

the first time and returned full of praise

for its spectacular scenery, canoeing,

fishing and handsome men.

Madison’s scenically-sited State Capitol and nearby

University of Wisconsin were backdrops for I Love Trouble,a 1994 film starring Nick Nolte as a Pulitzer-Prize-winning

columnist and Julia Roberts as a cub reporter on the trail

of a corporate conspiracy story. More recently the same

sites have featured in Last Kiss, a film produced by former University of

Wisconsin student Tom Rosenberg , the Oscar-winning producer of Million

Dollar Baby and starring Zach Braff, who made a name for himself in the film

Garden State, with US TV actress Rachel Bilsen, Harold Ramis and Blythe Danner.

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AND IRELAND: Although there

are no direct flights from the UK

or Ireland into Wisconsin its key

destinations can be reached by

flights from the UK into Chicago

or Minneapolis/Saint Paul, which

are one to two hours’ drive away.

There are also direct flights from

Ireland into Chicago.

But it is northern

Wisconsin – a land of

lakes, rivers, waterfalls,

beaches, forests and

islands – that is

particularly attractive

to those who love the

great outdoors.



Day 1ARRIVAL CHICAGO

Transfer to your Chicago hotel and

spend the afternoon discovering

the Windy City. This city offers

excellent cultural and sportsactivities. This evening try a famous

Chicago-style pizza and afterwards

check out some of the many

famous Chicago Blues and Jazz

clubs.

Overnight:Chicago, Illinois

Day 2CHICAGO TO MADISON

196 miles/312 km

Begin your morning with a walking

tour of Chicago, Illinois, noted for its

architecture, particularly around the

area known as the Loop. En route,

shop along the ‘Magnificent Mile’ of

Michigan Avenue and stroll along

the Lakefront of Lake Michigan.

Then take in one of the best views

of the city from the top of the Sears

Tower Skydeck. In the afternoon

drive to Madison, the capital of

Wisconsin, enjoying beautiful

lakeside views along the way.

Overnight:Madison, Wisconsin

Day 3

MADISON TOMINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL

270 miles/432 km

Continue your travels across

Wisconsin, America's freshwater

playground, to the Twin Cities of

Minneapolis and Saint Paul,

Minnesota. Suggested stops along

the way include Baraboo, where

you can visit the Circus World

Museum, and the resort towns of

the Wisconsin Dells. Here boat and

amphibious ‘duck’ tours of the

Wisconsin River offer magnificent

views of the Sandstone bluffs of the

Lower and Upper Dells.

Overnight:Saint Paul, Minnesota

Day 4MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL

Take a morning tour to discover the

unique attractions of the Twin Cities

of Minneapolis and Saint Paul and

in the afternoon ‘shop 'til you drop’

at Bloomington’s famous Mall of America. With more than 500

stores, 14 movie theatres, Camp

Snoopy, and Underwater

Adventures, there will be no

shortage of activities.

Overnight: Saint Paul, Minnesota

Day 5MINNEAPOLIS/SAINT PAUL TOGRAND RAPIDS

173 miles/279 km

Travel north through the ‘Land of

10,000 Lakes’ to Grand Rapids,

Minnesota. Nestled in tall timber on

the western edge of the Mesabi

Iron Range, the city was not only

the birthplace of Judy Garland, but

is rich with the dual heritage of iron

mining and logging.

Overnight: Grand Rapids,

Minnesota

Day 6GRAND RAPIDS TO ASHLAND

175 miles/280 km

Return to Wisconsin for Bayfield, the

gateway to the Apostle Island

National Lakeshore, a magnificent

natural wilderness region. A cruise

among the islands of Lake Superior,

the largest body of fresh water in

the world, will give you a

memorable and lasting impression

of this unspoiled area. Later, take a

ferry to Madeline Island, the largest

of the Apostle Islands, where you

can tour the old trading post and

Indian burial grounds.

Overnight: Ashland, Wisconsin


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Day 7ASHLAND TO MARQUETTE

185 miles/298 km

Continue into Michigan and

explore the picturesque Keweenaw

Peninsula. See historic Fort Wilkens

and visit the Delaware Copper Mine

before travelling on via the L'Ansse

Indian Reservation to Marquette.

Overnight: Marquette, Michigan

Day 8MARQUETTE TO ST. IGNACE

162 miles/261 kmFollow scenic State Road 28 to

Munising for a cruise past Lake

Superior’s Pictured Rocks National

Lake Shore with its sandstone cliffs,

caves, arches and columns.

Afterwards drive to Tahquamenon

Falls State Park near Newberry to

view two striking waterfalls on the

Tahquamenon River and to

Paradise where you can visit the

Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum.

The Whitefish Point Lighthouse in

this Lake Superior ‘Graveyard of

Ships’ is also open for tours. Then

take State Route 123 to St. Ignace.

Overnight:St. Ignace, Michigan

Day 9ST. IGNACE

Take the ferry to spend the day on

Mackinac Island, a timeless resort

island of the 19th century where no

motor vehicles are allowed. Take a

horse-drawn carriage or rent

bicycles. Visit Fort Mackinac,

perched on a bluff overlooking the

harbour. Be sure to stop by the

Grand Hotel to enjoy the

magnificent view from the veranda.

Return to St. Ignace in the late

afternoon.Overnight:St. Ignace, Michigan

Day 10ST. IGNACE TO DETROIT

288 miles/461 km

Journey through Michigan to

Detroit and the Motor City, USA,

home of Motown. Stay in nearby

Dearborn, home of the Henry Ford

Museum and Greenfield Village, a

living history museum which

explores the industrial revolution

and achievements of famous

Americans such as the Wright

Brothers and Thomas Edison.

Overnight:Dearborn, Michigan

Day 11DEARBORN TO CLEVELAND

140 miles/225 km

Make your way to the ‘New

American City’, Cleveland, and The

Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and

Museum. In the evening enjoy one

of the many restaurants located in

the riverside Flats.

Overnight:Cleveland, Ohio

Day 12CLEVELAND TO SOUTH BEND

260 miles/416 km

Drive to Indiana, the ‘Hoosier State’

to visit the Northern Indiana AmishCommunity. Then continue to South

Bend, home of world-famous Notre

Dame University and home to one of

America's great industrial legacies,

the Studebaker Corporation.

Overnight:South Bend, Indiana

Day 13SOUTH BEND TO CHICAGO

99 miles/158 km

Stop at the pristine Indiana Dunes en

route to Chicago. Spend your last

afternoon shopping along State

Street and Michigan Avenue before

your final evening of exciting

nightlife.

Day 14DEPART FOR HOME

A cruise among the

islands of Lake

Superior, the largest

body of fresh water in

the world, will give you

a memorable and

lasting impression of

this unspoiled area.

Visit the twin Cities of Minneapolis and Saint Paul

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DAY 1ARRIVAL CHICAGO

Spend your first night at a resort in

Chicagoland. Play a round of golf,

enjoy a spa or try your luck at a

casino.

Overnight: Chicagoland area

Day 2CHICAGO

Spend the day touring Chicago's

many attractions such as the Adler

Planetarium and Astronomy

Museum and the Field Museum or

take a Chicago Architecture

Foundation cruise on the Chicago

River.

Overnight: Chicago, Illinois

Day 3CHICAGO TO ELKHART

96 miles/160 km

Travel through Northern Indiana and

visit the Indiana Dunes National

Lakeshore Park. Then journey

through the back roads to Amish

Country.

Overnight: Elkhart, Indiana

Day 4ELKHART TO GRAND HAVEN

128 miles/201 km

Depart for Holland where proud

Dutch heritage abounds. In May

you'll see millions of tulips in bloom

in preparation for the annual Tulip

Time Festival. Continue to Saugatuck,

a quaint artists' community and the

nationally recognized Oval Beach. A

trip out on the Star of Saugatuck will

offer you a view of the ghost town,

Singapore. Downtown Grand Havenboasts unique shops and restaurants,

as well as nightly summer

performances of the ‘World's Largest

Musical Fountain’.

Overnight: Grand Haven, Michigan

Day 5GRAND HAVEN TO PETOSKEY

223 miles/359 km

Travel up the coast of Lake Michigan

to Sleeping Bear Dunes, a

picturesque National Park. Time

permitting, take a side trip along the

Pierce Stocking Scenic Drive near

Empire for a breathtaking view of

Lake Michigan. The trip north on US-

31 takes you through Elk Rapids,

Charlevoix and Bay Harbor, a new

community located on the southern

shore of Little Traverse Bay. Then, take

a quick jaunt to nearby Walloon Lake

where Ernest Hemingway spent his

childhood summers.

Overnight: Petoskey, Michigan

Day 6PETOSKEY TO MACKINAC

ISLAND

36 miles/58 km

As you head north, stop off for a visit

in Harbor Springs. From here the

scenic M-119 ‘Tunnel of Trees’ brings

you to Cross Village and the famed

Legs Inn Restaurant offering

authentic Polish cuisine, unique

architecture and spectacular views.

Once you arrive in Mackinaw City,

head for the Mackinaw Crossings and

Center Stage Theatre for a live

performance. Walk the streets in

search of maritime souvenirs and the

ultimate sweet treat: Michigan fudge.

The Mackinac State Historic Parks

operates three properties in

Mackinaw City, including Mill Creek,

Colonial Michilimackinac and Old

Mackinac Point Lighthouse. Take a

ferry to Mackinac Island, and enjoy ahorse-drawn carriage ride.

Overnight: Mackinac Island,

Michigan

Day 7MACKINAC ISLAND TO

ESCANABA

147 miles/235 km

Cross the famous Mackinac Bridge to

Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Rising

nearly 200 feet above the ground is

Castle Rock, offering magnificent

views of the Straits of Mackinac. The

Museum of Ojibwa Culture is a

National Historic Landmark

portraying Native American life in this

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Exploring the Indiana Dunes National

Seashore Park



area more than 300 years ago. Travel

through Gulliver to visit the "haunted"

Seul Choix Point Lighthouse &

Museum and on to Garden to view

the Fayette ghost town. In Escanaba,

find out more about what inspired

Michigan’s own Jeff Daniels to write,

direct and star in Escanaba in da

Moonlight , an hilarious film about

local guys on a hunting trip.

Overnight: Escanaba, Michigan

Day 8ESCANABA TO DOOR COUNTY

142 miles/227 km

Follow the 125 miles of shorelinearound Menominee County. At the

heart of the community of

Menomonie’s historical downtown

district is the Great Lakes Memorial

Park Marina. It is dedicated to all

sailors of the Great Lakes who have

lost their lives since the Griffon, the

first sailing vessel on the lakes, was

lost on a voyage starting in Green Bay

waters in 1679. As you cross the state

line into Door County, you'll be

greeted by quaint communities with

unique shops and exceptional

restaurants. Stop by Al Johnson's

Swedish Restaurant in Sister Bay to

see the goats grazing on the grass

roof. Door County is also home to

several wineries and tasting rooms.

Overnight: Door County, Wisconsin

Day 9DOOR COUNTY

Spend the day relaxing and exploringthe quaint harbour towns of Door

County, where you'll find more miles

of shoreline, more lighthouses and

more state parks than any other

county in the nation. No trip here

would be complete without the

experience of a fish boil. This tradition

dates back to the Scandinavian

settlers and lumberjacks, and features

whitefish steaks, onions and potatoes

in salted water boiled in a huge pot

over an open fire.

Overnight: Door County, Wisconsin

Day 10DOOR COUNTY TO MILWAUKEE

170 miles/272 km

Follow the Lake Michigan shoreline

south through Two Rivers – home of

the Ice Cream Sundae – to

Manitowoc. A visit to the Wisconsin

Maritime Museum offers you a

chance to tour an actual submarine,the SS Cobia. In Milwaukee, try one of

the ethnic neighbourhood

restaurants in the ‘City of Festivals’.

The two biggest names in Milwaukee

are Harley-Davidson and Miller Beer.

Harley-Davidson's history dates back

to 1903, when the first motorcycle

built by William S. Harley and Arthur

Davidson rolled out. Miller Brewing

Company offers a free plant tour

which provides an up-close look at

the brewhouse, packaging centre

and historic caves.

Overnight: Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Day 11MILWAUKEE TO CHICAGO

92 miles/147 km

As you head south toward the

‘Windy City’, be sure to stop off in

Racine and Kenosha before crossing

the state line into Illinois. If shopping

is your bag, plan a visit to GurneeMills Mall, a shopping destination

located next to Six Flags Great

America. Or, stop in Woodfield,

‘Chicago's City in the Suburbs’, for a

world-class shopping experience

before arriving at Chicago O'Hare to

depart for home.

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