30 Things Every Midwesterner Should Experience | Midwest Living

30 Things Every Midwesterner Should Experience

Peaceful lakes, sweeping vistas, state fair food -- here is our list of 30 essential Midwest experiences. Consider this a checklist for this year's travel, in case it's time to renew the senses.

Feel your breath vanish

Feel tiny in the grand presence of South Dakota's massive Badland buttes (left). You'll be struck into reverential silence. We promise.

Feel your breath vanish, your face flatten, and your stomach drop to your knees as you rocket from zero to a record-setting 120 mph on the Top Thrill Dragster, in four seconds flat. Hold on. You're headed for a terrifying joyride of 90-degree twists and turns that tops out 42 stories above Cedar Point Amusement Park in Sandusky, Ohio. The park boasts more "scream machines" than any place, anywhere.

Badlands National Park

Cedar Point Amusement Park

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