USA - Great Lakes (Chapter)

This is the Great Lakes chapter from Lonely Planet’s USA guidebook.

Don’t be fooled by all the corn. Behind it lurks surfing beaches and Tibetan temples, car-free islands and the green-draped night-lights of the aurora borealis. The Midwest takes its knocks for being middle-of-nowhere boring. So consider the moose-filled national parks, urban five-ways and Hemingway, Dylan and Vonnegut sites its little secret.

• Absorbing the skyscrapers, museums, festivals and foodie bounty of Chicago
• maps
• Beach lounging, berry eating and surfing on Michigan’s Gold Coast
• transport
• restaurants & accommodation
• Slowing down for clip-clopping horses and buggies in Amish Country

Coverage includes: Illinois, Chicago, Around Chicago, Galena & Northern Illinois, Springfield & Central Illinois, Southern Illinois, Indiana, Indianapolis, Bloomington & Central Indiana, Southern Indiana, Northern Indiana, Ohio, Cleveland, Around Cleveland, Erie Lakeshore & Islands, Amish Country, Columbus, Athens & Southeastern Ohio, Dayton & Yellow Springs, Cincinnati, Michigan, Detroit, Around Detroit, Lansing & Central Michigan, Lake Michigan Shore, Straits Of Mackinac, Upper Peninsula, Wisconsin, Milwaukee, Madison, Taliesin & Southern Wisconsinthis Part Of Wisconsin Has Some Of The Prettiest Landscapes In The, State, Particularly The Hilly Southwest. Architecture Fans Can Be Unleashed At Taliesin, The Frank, Lloyd Wright Ubersight, And Racine, Where Two Of His Other Works Stand. Dairies Around Here Cut, A Lot Of Cheese., Along The Mississippi River, Door County & Eastern Wisconsin and Apostle Islands & Northern Wisconsin.