Upper Midwest

Summer travel to Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Michigan is a great way to get above the heat for your summer vacation. Summer vacations in this region are usually focused on getting you out of the hot city and into a relaxing lake resort, waterpark or camping site.

For travelers who want the comforts and activity of a city, check out Madison, WI, Ann Arbor, MI, or Minneapolis, MN for a great summer vacation destination. These cities are all college towns so you will find low cost restaurants, apartment sublets, and activities during the summer season.

If you are looking for a family playground with water parks, entertainment, boat tours, and golf resorts, try the tourist filled summer vacation land called Wisconsin Dells, WI.

Door County, Wisconsin - This county is the entire peninsula that juts northeast into Lake Michigan northeast of Green Bay, Wisconsin. Beautiful summer memories of vacations from long ago seem to linger here.

If your main concern is cooler temperatures, Lake Superior and Lake Michigan cools the surrounding summer vacation destinations of Traverse City, MI, Duluth, MN, and the ski resort area of Lutsen, MN on Lake Superior's north shore.

If you are looking for a sense of adventure this summer, try the Boundary Waters area of northern Minnesota. You rent a canoe and head off into the wilderness with a map of the lake chains and bare bones camp sites.