Bachelor party, challenge level: wholesome time, tiny Midwestern town, Thursday night, 7 people total, best man (me) arriving in town a few hours before.
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posted by gregoryg
on Apr 22, 2013 -
15 answers
As a Midwestern expat living in the South, I have more Southern literature, magazines, blogs, and podcasts than I can shake a stick at. How do I find the Midwestern equivalents?
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posted by mostly vowels
on Jan 19, 2013 -
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Looking to make a video time capsule with my friends. What questions should I ask, what should we put in it.
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posted by Sreiny
on Dec 15, 2012 -
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I'm driving from northern New Jersey to Ann Arbor, MI tomorrow via I-80, and returning to DC on Sunday via 76/70/270. What can I do to make these journeys less boring?
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posted by schmod
on Nov 20, 2012 -
16 answers
In late August we'll be driving from upstate NY to the Black Hills in S. Dakota, almost entirely on I-86 in NY and I-90 the remainder of the way. We take this trip to visit relatives periodically and over the years we've found some good but brief diversions along the way to give small breaks from the monotony -- great Japanese gardens in Rockford, IL; the kitschy Spam Museum in MN; Amish restaurants in Shipshewanna, IN; the West side market in Cleveland on weekends (our timing is bad for that this time); Carr's cheese in Mauston, WI. We take 2 days out (stay in W suburbs of Chicago), 3 days back (stays in Tomah, WI and Bowling Green, OH). Any recommendations are gratefully accepted, noting that we don't want to get detoured from our route (nothing that's more than 15-20 mi from the interstate, pretty much) because we do have a destination with relatives waiting to see us, and that it'll probably be mid-week travel each way.
posted by aught
on Jul 31, 2012 -
7 answers
[Very last minute U.S. Midwest travel filter] Going to be in Bloomington for a conference and then have a couple days planned in Chicago...what to do with the three extra days?
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posted by wallawallasweet
on Jun 5, 2012 -
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We live in the sticks. I'd like to take my 7-year-old out to where the people are! Can you help me conceive an awesome, week-long-ish trip for $1000 or less?
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posted by youandiandaflame
on Feb 20, 2012 -
18 answers
I'm looking for a good book about the Scandinavia to Midwest America immigrant experience (non-fiction).
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posted by Lutoslawski
on Jan 9, 2012 -
14 answers
My wife really likes run down tourist attractions and old fashioned "medical" spas, both of which are found in Hot Springs, Arkansas. For her birthday this month I need something closer to Indiana (within 200 miles of Indianapolis). Recommendations?
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posted by ChrisHartley
on Jan 9, 2012 -
12 answers
Need routing help, RV traveling from Winnipeg to Memphis ... our usual route has closures and detours.
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posted by batikrose
on Sep 20, 2011 -
3 answers
I'm moving from Small Town, Midwest to Big Metro Area, East Coast within the next month. What do I need to know to prepare myself mentally for the transition?
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posted by Lobster Garden
on Mar 16, 2011 -
29 answers
Why, in the middle of winter (now, in Central MI), would a farmer plow under only a strip of land in the middle of his (previously harvested but un-tilled) field?
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posted by Chrischris
on Mar 4, 2011 -
17 answers
Help me edumacate myself on Ohio SB 5! As a former resident of WI, I could find news easily enough because the internet already existed when I lived there and I was familiar with online sources. In my attempts to read more about Ohio, I just don't know where to turn. Obviously national media is out as it's been crap at covering recent events in the midwest. Is there an Isthmus equivalent? A few possibly wonky blogs that are right on?
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posted by mandymanwasregistered
on Feb 26, 2011 -
4 answers
I need some advice on how to build a database-driven site around an archive of ephemera (mostly flyers). Essentially, I want to build an online archive of scanned rave flyers from the Toronto-London-Detroit rave scenes (plus some Midwest US flyers). Here's what I have:
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posted by LMGM
on Feb 2, 2011 -
9 answers
Stripper shoes / stripper clothes stores in or between Akron, OH - Columbus, OH - Indianapolis, IN? Bonus, along or near I-70 or I-71.
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posted by sandra_s
on Dec 5, 2010 -
2 answers
Midwestern Urban Fiction: What are the great novels that exemplify or characterize (as opposed to "are set in") any of the industrialized cities of the U.S. Midwest (St. Louis, Chicago, Detroit, the Twin Cities, etc.)?
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posted by jjjjjjjijjjjjjj
on Nov 3, 2010 -
25 answers
Looking for an indoor/outdoor venue for our wedding/party in the greater Chicago area, that isn't astronomically expensive, and would offer some pretty scenery, and accomodate my ridiculous desire to dress my dog up as a ring bearer.
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posted by booknerd
on Oct 18, 2010 -
10 answers
I’m thinking of going on a solo backpacking trip with a dog and am looking for location ideas.
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posted by mjcon
on Sep 10, 2010 -
10 answers
Looking for suggestions for drive through the midwest of things to see and roads to take.
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posted by batikrose
on Sep 9, 2010 -
11 answers
What are some must-see scenic drives and attractions to be found on a one-way roadtrip West from Cincinnati, OH to Seattle, WA. Mid-40s opposite-sex couple who love photography, don't like hiking very much but appreciate a good hot spring, and are what you would call "foodies". We're thinking about the Badlands and Black Hills, but what else? Also, what stretches of road can we avoid to stave off boredom, and where should we drive instead of them? We can go a bit out of our way, but would like to be back at our jobs within a week.
posted by matildaben
on Aug 4, 2010 -
11 answers
Is taking a roadtrip through the midwest over a couple weeks during the winter (around the holidays) a horrible idea? Tentative idea is Detroit to Tulsa via a bunch of stops to see things/cities/people. Tentative route - Detroit to Fargo via I-94 (via Chicago, Milwaukee, St Paul), Fargo to Kansas City via I-29 (via S. Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska) and then down to Tulsa.
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posted by emily37
on Jun 23, 2010 -
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Late-March roadtrip from Toronto to San Francisco, or wherever we end up by the time we have to head back. We've got two weeks, or sixteen days if we really need it. There's three of us. We currently have no plan and only vague notions of freedom on the road and driving into podunk towns to see giant balls of twine. As such, we have tons of logistics questions, which I will attempt to summarize:
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posted by chrominance
on Mar 4, 2010 -
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I'm visiting a friend in CoMo this weekend for a little less than a week and I'd like to immerse myself in some heartland goodness. What should I eat along highway 40 between KC and STL?
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posted by rhizome
on Dec 9, 2009 -
18 answers
Gotta-Get-Away Filter: I'm trying to book a weekend away with my darling fiancée in late september or early october for our combination birthdays/two year anniversary.
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posted by Oktober
on Aug 26, 2009 -
4 answers
In September, I've got 10 days to see everything I can see from Minneapolis to Portland, OR along the route of Amtrak's
Empire Builder. Know anything about these places? I'm looking for some Metafilter reconnaissance about my route.
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posted by the jam
on Aug 23, 2009 -
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I want to go on a photography weekend trip next month. I'm in Chicago, and want to drive no more than 6-8 hours to a destination. With my preferences (inside) in mind, I'd like advice on where to go. Help?
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posted by hijinx
on Aug 12, 2009 -
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I'm looking for americana music that comes from, or is roughly evocative of, the (romanticized?) rural West and Midwest.
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posted by archagon
on Mar 26, 2009 -
19 answers
Roadtrip Filter: what can I stop and see for fun when I drive from Boston to St. Louis this weekend?
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posted by inatizzy
on Feb 25, 2009 -
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Summer isn't THAT far off . . . already trying to come up with camping/hiking spots in the Midwest for once it gets warm. Help! Looking for specific recommendations for spots in the IL/IA/WI area, plus whatever other random camping and backpacking tips you want to throw my way. Bonus points for places I can bring my dog, although I don't mind leaving her with my parents for a week either.
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posted by lblair
on Feb 12, 2009 -
18 answers
Where should we go for a winter weekend getaway within 2 hours drive of Chicago?
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posted by sandor
on Nov 21, 2008 -
9 answers
Short version: is there a secret source
online (so not IKEA) for attractive,
cheap platform beds? I can't drive to pick one up (unless the source is less than 50 miles from Champaign, IL), so online is the only option.
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posted by scrim
on Aug 31, 2008 -
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YARQ: Yet Another Roadtrip Question. My wife and I are taking a circle tour kinda-sorta of the Great Lakes, going west from Chicago, up the Mississippi, through the UP, east to Montreal, south through Vermont and Adirondacks, and down to Pittsburgh before heading home. Basic question here: what should we do?
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posted by sandor
on Jun 23, 2008 -
19 answers
Within 5 days, where should we take a roadtrip in Kentucky/Tennessee/other close-ish areas?
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posted by Quidam
on Dec 25, 2007 -
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I have a semi-unexpected week's vacation starting next Saturday, and a yen to do some leisurely road-tripping. I have no shopping to do, no planned events to attend, no one I owe a visit, and in general nothing to recommend any city within 500-ish miles of Oklahoma City over any other. So... what events of unusual interest are happening December 8th - 15th in the Central U.S.? Santa Fe or St. Louis; Denver or Memphis; Kansas City or Austin or any other metropolis within a day's drive of Oklahoma - anything going down in your burg that week that would justify a visit?
posted by ormondsacker
on Dec 1, 2007 -
10 answers
Road Trip filter: My girlfriend and I live in Chicago, and we want to take a road trip somewhere for the long weekend.
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posted by AceRock
on Aug 28, 2007 -
28 answers
Where is a good online map depicting the U.S. as it appeared in 1865? I'm particularly interested in the topography of the Midwest and West. Thanks!
posted by jackypaper
on Aug 23, 2007 -
6 answers
