Fun Midwest Spring Getaways

Each May, the Dutch-theme Tulip Time festival blooms in Pella, one of many Midwest towns throwing huge street parties to greet spring. More than 150,000 visitors come to toast Pella's Dutch heritage—and to be dazzled by 300,000 tulips blooming in red, pink, purple, yellow, coral and white. Vendors sell peppery bologna sandwiches and buttery pancakes called poffertjes. Cobblers and blacksmiths work in the pretty Pella Historical Village. The Tulip Time parade, a twice-daily spectacle, melds Dutch tradition with Main Street Americana.

Read more about Pella's Tulip Time and other spring festivals.