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Wisconsin
Though proud of its blue-collar, sud-sipping, brat-noshing image, Wisconsin has a lot to offer the luxury traveler. Bustling Milwaukee and collegiate Madison offer urbane city pleasures. Outdoor attractions include the Wisconsin Dells and innumerable lakes (including two Great ones; Superior and Michigan), as well as thousands of square miles of forestland.
Activities and Attractions:
Get a dose of big-city culture in Milwaukee, with its excellent museums, including the Milwaukee Art Museum. The extensive collection includes everything from antiquities to impressionist masters, but what most people remember most is the gull-winged, 747-sized sunscreen on the roof.
If your tastes run toward modern, be sure to also visit the Madison Museum of Contemporary Art. Other attractions found in Wisconsin’s second-largest city include fine dining, farmer’s markets, and nightlife. While in the capital region, stop by Taliesin, Frank Lloyd Wright’s iconic studio and summer home.
Now go outside. A good place to start is at the Wisconsin Dells, a five-mile-long gorge filled with startling sandstone formations created by a cataclysmic pre-historic flood. Lake Michigan, practically a freshwater ocean, offers water sports ranging from waterskiing to scuba diving shipwreck sites. The state’s other 15,000 or so lakes are typically small, shallow, and warm—ideal for lazing away a summer day by swimming or fishing for walleye.
When it comes time to eat, don’t turn your nose up at the bratwurst and beer options. The state’s large German and Scandinavian populations insure that the sausages are the real thing. As for beer, Wisconsin offers a huge number of microbrews sure to please the pickiest palate. And don’t forget to sample at least one of the dozens of varieties of cheese produced here in America’s Dairyland.
Insider Tip:
Ever harvest your own caviar? Sturgeon can be found in the state’s waterways. Lakes Winnebago and Butte des Morts offer a spearfishing season in February.
-Exclusively for Perfect Escapes by Nicole Clausing |
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