It would be helpful to know which weekend.


Chicago may have some weekend festival going on that interests you.

Have you thought of trying to go to Wrigley and see a Cubs game if they are at home?

what sort of budget are you looking at it terms of hotel stays?


You said planes/trains/autos---what about boats?

http://www.michiganmaritimemuseum.org/
http://www.glnmm.org/

Along Lake Michigan coast in Michigan you have a bunch of coastal towns and they have museums on boats and lighthouses. Same with Wisconsin.

You would be about 4 hrs from Detroit so you could drive up and tour one fo the auto museums there.

Ceder Point Amusement park is about 4 hrs drive away in Sandusky, Ohio along Lake Erie.

Green Bay is 3 hours away.
The National Railroad Museum is there
http://www.nationalrrmuseum.org/en-U...t/default.aspx

Madison and Wisconsin Dells area are also about 3 hrs away.