Midwest U.S. Vacations

Endure endless highways and mind-numbing fatigue—try to scale the highest "mountains" in seven heartland states.

NoDak is going back to the things that once made it a wide-open frontier: bison, Indians, and prairie grass.

You bet. Grass prairies, wooden bridges, gullies, and the Illinois River create the region's best biking.

In this stretch of Michigan—white-sand beaches and gushing waterfalls—time stands still. Take that as an invitation.

Watch herons and egrets raising their young in the rookeries of Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan.