Midwest Things to see and do Articles
The Midwest Road Trip Travel Guide – The Top Five Ways to Get a Nosebleed in the Midwest – Midwest, USAThe Top Five Ways to Get a Nosebleed in the Midwest
Midwest, USA
A lot of people picture the Midwest as a vast, flat expanse of nothing in particular. Or, sometimes, people picture the Midwest as a vast, flat expanse of corn. I can’t argue with either, really. Having grown up here, I am the first to [...]
Indiana’s Weird Museums
Indiana, USA
There’s something about the obscure and unusual that makes Hoosiers proud. You won’t find the World’s Largest Ketchup bottle anywhere else, for example. Celebrities who were born around here, whether they have since forsaken their homelands or not, as many have, are made into excuses to sell souvenirs and draw tourists. Natural [...]
West Baden Springs National Historic Landmark
West Baden Springs, Indiana, USA
West Baden Springs National Historic Landmark
Location: West Baden Springs, Indiana
Equipment: Appetite for history
Time: 2 hours from Evansville (by bus)
Cost: $10/adult tour
What was once a spa hotel is now a tourist destination in central Indiana. West Baden Springs National Historic Landmark, while a mouthful, was, in its [...]
Mammoth Cave
Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA
Tour of Mammoth Cave
Equipment: Athletic shoes, light sweater
Time: 2.5 hours/tour
Cost: $11 adult
Take a walk into the forest. Trees thick enough to block the sun overhead, bugs you can’t identify scurrying to flee your feet, and you’re suddenly subdued group of fellow explorers create a palpable sense of anticipation. Your [...]
Introduction
USA
Road Trip (noun): a journey via automobile, sometimes unplanned or impromptu.
Why road trip?
Why not?
It may be more culturally expansive to travel to far off countries and explore unfamiliar cultures than to hop in the car and head out for a couple of days, but when you get right down to it, travel is travel. [...]
Getting There – Chicago, Illinois, USAGetting There
Chicago, Illinois, USA
By Plane
There are two major airports that service Chicago directly:
O’Hare International (800-832-6352)
10000 Bessie Coleman Drive
O’Hare is huge. This is a very busy airport with a long standing reputation for being good at what it does. In 2003, a poll in the U.S. edition of Business Traveler Magazine named O’Hare ‘the World’s Best [...]
Getting Around
Chicago, Illinois, USA
The best way to get the Chicago experience is definitely on foot. Most attractions are within a reasonable enough distance to facilitate it, and there’s a lot to miss stuck in a vehicle – the famous wind, the smell of Lake Michigan, the street vendors…
Driving a car is a hassle for a [...]
Excursions
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Despite the never-ending possibilities for amusement a city the size of Chicago provides, you might still wish to get away and do some small-scale traveling while you’re in the area. What could there possibly be to do in the Midwest besides Chicago? If you’ve got a couple days, a ride, and possibly a [...]
Attractions – Chicago, Illinois, USAAttractions
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Chicago must have something pretty special to draw visitors from all over the world, not to mention keep the three million plus who call the city ‘home’ in place. Chicago’s special something isn’t that mysterious, though; the secret is having a little bit of everything. There’s plenty of shopping, there are sports, famous [...]
10 (Plus 2) Things I Love About Indianapolis
Indianapolis, Indiana
The sky above Broad Ripple, #7 on John’s list.
I would never want to live anywhere but Indianapolis, Indiana. I’ve lived across the United States and no place has ever tempted me to stay. Denver had the allure of the Rocky Mountains, Ann Arbor had the beauty and [...]
