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Wisconsin Department of Tourism

Tuesday, March 22nd, 2011

A four-season travel destination that offers both rural and urban vacations, Wisconsin owes much of its popularity to its natural beauty and waterways. Wisconsin is home to two Great Lakes: Superior and Michigan, as well as the world’s most famous river, the Mississippi, and 15,000 inland lakes.

In spring and summer, travelers enjoy the water by fishing, sailing and canoeing or the land by golfing on the best natural golf course landscape in the country. With 46 state parks and 12 state and national forests, the fall offers spectacular scenic touring while the winter lends itself to cross-country and downhill skiing, dog sled races and snowmobiling.

Wisconsin is rich in urban experiences. Milwaukee attractions offer performing arts, professional sports teams, ethnic festivals, nationally-acclaimed zoo and natural history museum, fine restaurants and shopping. Madison, the state’s capital, features the Capitol building, beautiful University of Wisconsin campus and bustling atmosphere.

Wisconsin’s rural and forested areas await nature and adventure lovers. With 250 miles of shoreline, five state parks and 10 lighthouses, visit Door County, often called the “Cape Cod of the Midwest.” Or escape to private cottages, hotels, resorts and outdoor recreation at Wisconsin’s Northwoods, a spectacular wooded area attractions full of lush forests, sparkling lakes and rushing rivers. The Apostle Islands National Lakeshore at Wisconsin’s northern tip is a scenic chain of 21 islands where visitors enjoy kayaking, sailing and fishing, performing arts, shopping and fine dining

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Door County Wisconsin Travel Guide

Sunday, March 20th, 2011

According to my spanking new GPS, I am nowhere. Literally. I am in a place that does not exist, for the second time in as many days. Door County, Wisconsin, with roughly 300 miles of coastline and quaint New Englandy towns, may be one of the most visible targets when it comes to getaways. But there are pockets that remain elusive, that confound even the latest in supposedly fail-proof technology.

To vanish into nowhere (“Not Found” in the blunt parlance of personal navigation devices), you first have to follow Wisconsin’s crooked-finger peninsula north toward the tip to Ellison Bay. Pass through the tiny fishing town off the main tourist track, follow Porcupine Road to Ellison Bluff Road, and then keep going, even though driving down this narrow, rough stretch of back street feels like one long wrong turn. Ellison Bluff Road ends abruptly in a glen just steps away from a view that’s the stuff of dreams—perhaps even nightmares.

Picture an eagle’s nest made of metal and bolted into the side of a sheer cliff. This is what Ellison Bluff County Park offers. There, a short hike beyond the end of the barely paved road, only a small steel boardwalk attached to the crumbly-edged bluff stands between you and the violently churning waters of Green Bay hundreds of feet below. If you fall, you might indeed be Not Found.

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