Guides and Itineraries for traveling the Midwest and beyond
Taking a day trip to Red Wing, MN is an amazing little road trip! Especially since it’s only an hour away from the Twin Cities and you can see a lot in just one day. Or stay a night or two and make it an enjoyable staycation. Red Wing is famous for their Red Wing […]
This North Shore Itinerary is one of the prettiest drives you can do in Minnesota. Imagine sparkling water to your right, majestic evergreen trees to your left, and the curvy road ahead of you. Bliss. On this itinerary, you will drive along the scenic highway 61, which starts in Duluth and ends shortly after Grand […]
In normal, non-pandemic times, the Mall of America brings in around 40 million people a year. So, imagine my surprise when I was here in December of 2020 (at the height of the pandemic) and there was nobody at the Mall of America… It was so surreal, almost like we were in a museum, or […]
Hinckley is the ultimate, quintessential “halfway stop” on your way up to the North Shore in Minnesota. In other words, this town has everything you could want in a quick stop. Like, gas stations, clean bathrooms, fast food, but there’s one place that everybody visits when coming to Hinckley… and that is Tobies Restaurant and […]