{"id":80222,"date":"2021-08-19T15:35:11","date_gmt":"2021-08-19T20:35:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/?p=80222"},"modified":"2021-08-19T16:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-08-19T21:19:13","slug":"youre-not-midwest-until-youve-had-these-31-iconic-experiences","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2021\/08\/youre-not-midwest-until-youve-had-these-31-iconic-experiences\/","title":{"rendered":"You don&#8217;t really know the Midwest until you have these 26 iconic experiences"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Note:<\/strong>\u00a0All travel is subject to frequently-changing governmental restrictions\u2014please check federal, state, and local advisories before scheduling trips.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Midwest covers a huge swath right in the center of the U.S., and includes 12 states, according to the Census Bureau: Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, and Wisconsin. Though unflatteringly referred to at times as &#8220;flyover states,&#8221; you&#8217;d be remiss not to spend some time checking out the amazing experiences these underrated states have to offer. Just be careful, you may love the region so much that you decide to visit every year or even fall in love with one of these states and decide to call it home\u2014it happens all the time! But just remember, you don&#8217;t really know the Midwest until you have these iconic experiences. Think we&#8217;ve missed something? Tell us in the comments below.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/2015\/04\/5-awesome-island-vacations-midwest\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>RELATED:<\/strong> 5 awesome island vacations\u2014in the Midwest!<\/a><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Ride the Black Aconda at Noah\u2019s Ark in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Wisconsin-Dells-Resort-Hotels.d6059846-aaResortHotels.Travel-Guide-Accommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wisconsin Dells<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>2. Kiss the bricks on a tour of the<a href=\"https:\/\/imsmuseum.org\/plan-your-visit\/kiss-the-bricks\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Indianapolis Motor Speedway<\/a>, home of the Indy 500.<\/p>\n<p>3. Snap a selfie in the reflection of \u201cThe Bean\u201d in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Chicago-Hotels.d178248.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>4. Marvel at Calatrava\u2019s sailboat-like architecture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Downtown-Milwaukee-Milwaukee-Hotels.0-n6059651-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Milwaukee<\/a> Art Museum.<\/p>\n<p>5. Go to the &#8220;Great Minnesota Get Together,&#8221; aka the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Minnesota-State-Fairgrounds-Hotels.0-l501812-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">State Fair.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>6. Spot buffalo on a roadtrip through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Badlands-National-Park-Hotels.0-l6129940-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Badlands<\/a> of South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81242\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/badlands.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"548\" \/><\/p>\n<p>7. Follow the Yellow Brick Road to marvel at 2,000-plus pieces of memorabilia at the Oz Museum in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Wamego-Motels.d183247-aaMotels.Travel-Guide-Accommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wamego, Kansas<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>8. Instagram Spoonbridge and Cherry at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Minneapolis-Sculpture-Garden-Hotels.0-l6074522-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Minneapolis Sculpture Garden<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>9. Climb Michigan\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Sleeping-Bear-Dunes-National-Lakeshore-Hotels.0-l6320584-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sleeping Bear Dunes<\/a>, then roll all the way down.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/sleeping-bear-dunes.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>10. Get up early to shop the farmers market in the Old Market district in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Omaha-Hotels.d2670.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Omaha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>11. Enjoy the quiet beauty\u2014and enchanting wild horses, prairie dogs, and bison\u2014in North Dakota&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Theodore-Roosevelt-National-Park-Hotels.0-l6025896-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Theodore Roosevelt National Park<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81249\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Theodore-Roosevelt-National-Park..jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><\/p>\n<p>12. Do the &#8220;Iowa wave&#8221; at the Children&#8217;s Hospital at Kinnick Stadium in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Kinnick-Stadium-Hotels.0-l6105978-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Iowa City<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>13. Survey all of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/St-Louis-Hotels.d178309.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">St. Louis<\/a>&#8216; City Museum from a cage 6 stories up.<\/p>\n<p>14. Talk about <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Lake-Ozark-Hotels.d177772.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake of the Ozarks<\/a> like it&#8217;s The Hamptons.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81246\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/lake-of-the-ozarks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"599\" \/><\/p>\n<p>15. Get the meat sweats at one of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Kansas-City-Hotels.d6058374.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kansas<\/a>&#8216;s great &#8216;cue joints, like\u00a0Joe&#8217;s Kansas City Bar-B-Que.<\/p>\n<p>16. Compare <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Branson-Hotels.d6058734.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Branson<\/a> to Las Vegas.<\/p>\n<p>17. Pose with a pitchfork to re-create Grant Wood&#8217;s famous painting in front of the American Gothic House in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/American-Gothic-House-Hotels.0-l553248621532649087-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Eldon, Iowa<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>18. Snack on squeaky cheese, aka cheese curds, from Mars Cheese Castle in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Kenosha-Hotels.d7098.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kenosha<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_81243\" style=\"width: 810px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-81243\" class=\"wp-image-81243\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/cheese-curds.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"533\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-81243\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Cheese curds with some tasty ranch on the side.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>19. Sip a brandy old fashioned at an iconic Wisconsin Supper Club like Ishnala Supper Club in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Wisconsin-Dells-Resort-Hotels.d6059846-aaResortHotels.Travel-Guide-Accommodation\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Lake Delton<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>20. Cheer for (or against) the Cubs at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Chicago-Hotels.d178248.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Chicago<\/a>\u2019s historic Wrigley Field.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-39862\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Orbitz-Chicago-Things-never-to-say-to-a-Chicagoan-Wrigley-Field.jpg\" alt=\"Chicago's Wrigley Field\" width=\"1000\" height=\"667\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Orbitz-Chicago-Things-never-to-say-to-a-Chicagoan-Wrigley-Field.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Orbitz-Chicago-Things-never-to-say-to-a-Chicagoan-Wrigley-Field-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Orbitz-Chicago-Things-never-to-say-to-a-Chicagoan-Wrigley-Field-600x400.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/11\/Orbitz-Chicago-Things-never-to-say-to-a-Chicagoan-Wrigley-Field-400x267.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>21. Flinch at the roaring flames at a genuine <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Destinations-In-Door-County.d6059811.Hotel-Destinations\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Door County<\/a> fish boil in Wisconsin.<\/p>\n<p>22.\u00a0 Suddenly become a \u201ccar person\u201d at The Henry Ford in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Detroit-Hotels.d178255.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Detroit<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>23. Shriek yourself hoarse on the Maverick at Cedar Point in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Sandusky-Hotels.d6034855.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Sandusky<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>24. Do the one-two punch of both <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Mount-Rushmore-National-Memorial-Hotels.0-l6059492-0.Travel-Guide-Filter-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mount Rushmore<\/a> and Crazy Horse in South Dakota.<\/p>\n<p>25. Watch the sunset over Lake Michigan at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/Chesterton-Hotels.d7214.Travel-Guide-Hotels\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indiana Dunes National Park<\/a> in Northwest Indiana.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-81245\" src=\"https:\/\/www.orbitz.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/indiana-dunes-state-park.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"513\" \/><\/p>\n<p>26. Take a shot at, or be a spectator at RAGBRAI, Iowa&#8217;s week-long bike race that spans the state.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Try it all in this decidedly American region. 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