Day Trips® from the Twin Cities: Getaway Ideas For The Local Traveler

by Lisa Meyers McClintick

Overview

Rediscover the simple pleasures of a day trip with Day Trips from the Twin Cities. This guide is packed with hundreds of exciting things for locals and vacationers to do, see, and discover within a two-hour drive of the Minneapolis/St. Paul metro area. With full trip-planning information, Day Trips from the Twin Cities helps make the most of a brief getaway.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780762779383
Publisher:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, Inc.
Publication date:	08/07/2012
Series:	Day Trips Series
Edition description:	First Edition
Pages:	232
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Lisa Meyers McClintick is an award-winning travel writer and photographer who is passionate about her home state of Minnesota and the Upper Midwest. She contributes frequently to Midwest Living, AAA Living, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune and blogs at www.10000Likes.com.

Table of Contents

introduction xi

using this guide xiii

north

day trip 01

lindbergh's hometown 2

little falls, mn 2

day trip 02

paul bunyan & family fun 8

brainerd, mn 8

day trip 03

lakeland luxuries 16

nisswa, mn 16

pequot lakes; mn 23

day trip 04

iron ore & trading posts 26

mille lacs lake, mn 26

crosby-ironton, mn 30

day trip 05

rushing rivers & thick forests 33

pine city, mn 35

hinckley, mn 35

sandstone, mn 38

moose lake, mn 39

cloquet, mn & carlton, mn 41

day trip 06

cooler by the lake 43

duluth, mn 43

northeast

day trip 01

lower st. croix river valley 56

taylors falls, mn 56

st. croix falls, wi 60

osceola, wi 61

day trip 02

loggers, skiers, fat tires & fish 63

hayward, wi 63

cable, wi 68

east

day trip 01

minnesota's trendy grande dame 72

stillwater, mn 72

day trip 02

the chippewa river valley 78

menomonie, wi 78

chippewa falls, wi 81

aau claire, wi 84

southeast

day trip 01

Wisconsin's great river road 88

Stockholm, wi 88

Depin, wi 92

alma, wi 93

buntain city, wi 96

day trip 02

boots, pottery & romance 98

red wing, mn 98

day trip 03

eagles, toys & grumpy old men 104

lake city, mn 104

wabasha, mn 107

day trip 04

stained glass, Shakespeare & spice 111

winona, mn 111

day trip 05

bluff country americana 117

lanesboro, mn 117

south

day trip 01

chic boutiques & antiques 126

rochester, mn 126

day trip 02

outlaws & academics 133

northfield, mn 133

day trip 03

nature & nurture 138

fairbault, mn 138

owatonna, mn 142

southwest

day trip 01

follow the minnesota river valley 146

Jordan, mn 146

belle plaine, mn 149

henderson, mn 150

st. peter, mn 151

day trip 02

a taste of germany 154

new ulm, mn 154

west

day trip 01

mysteries & water skis 162

spicer, mn 162

new london, mn 165

northwest

day trip 01

city of granite & gardens 168

st. cloud, mn 168

day trip 02

saints, scribes & lake wobegon 175

st. joseph-collegeville, mn 177

avon-albany, mn 179

freeport, mn 180

sauk centre, mn 180

day trip 03

land of vikings & lakes 182

alexandria, mn 182

appendix a regional information 187

appendix b festivals & celebrations 192

index 198