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Old Jul 7, 2015 | 11:59 am
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Originally Posted by christravelblog

in short UNIQUE is most important and can be nature or culture. and i prefer to fly a place where i not have to fly back later to see more....

going to look at the few suggestions now. more help Always appreciated. i'm in the US once or twice a year and every time have this time. the "big" cities i will cover as i travel to another each time; need places now I would not end up for my business.
Originally Posted by MSPeconomist
For special nature:

Culture? Quebec City, Minneapolis/StPaul, Chicago itself, Washington DC, Montreal, Toronto, New Orleans (but not in summer), Denver (plus maybe Colorado Springs)
This is a pretty good list, but it's a little tougher if you want to avoid big cities and have already been to northern Michigan.

Here are a few different ideas, not as great as the the ones above, and some would be drives rather than flights:

- Drive to Green Bay, tour Lambeau field (the ULTIMATE in culture for those of us who are Packers fans ), and then continue on to northern Wisconsin. Rent a house on a lake for a weekend.

- Nashville

- Memphis

- Madison
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