Quick Escapes from Minneapolis/St. Paul: 25 Weekend Trips in and Around the Twin Cities: 25 Weekend Getaways from the Twin Cities - Softcover

Pack your bags, grab this guide, and hit the road to an amazing variety of destinations for a few hours to a few days of traveling fun and adventure. Drive the shoreline of the inland sea, ride the Alpine slide at Lutsen, lunch at the historic Nanibijou Lodge, or simply skip stones across Lake Superior in the North Shore Escape. Visit the phantom University of Okoboji, with its very real rubgy tournaments in the Okoboji Escape. Explore the highest falls in the Midwest, the largest pick-it-yourself amethyst mine, or the region's excellent boating and fishing in the Thunder Bay Escape. This guide contains information on travel directions, destination highlights, activities for morning, afternoon and evening, choice restaurants, picnic sites, and lodgings, special events and festivals, shopping, local sources of information and detailed, helpful maps. (5 1/2 x 8 1/2, 336 pages, b&w photos, maps)