State Fairs

• Celebrate Summer at the State Fair

  The state fair started here in the Heartland, as a festival of who we are. Today, these late-summer celebrations co...

• State Fair Favorites  

  Have a particular fair food that you crave every year? The time has come! Here's a sampler of blue-ribbon attractio...

Illinois

Iowa

• Pella: Authentically Dutch, thoroughly modern

  Savor a fabled springtime fest in a traditional, storybook downtown in central Iowa.

Michigan

• Michigan Autumn Cider Tours

  Autumn is apple-harvest time in Michigan. Savor the bounty with a visit to any of the state's more than 150 cider m...

Minnesota

• Festivals of New Ulm, Minn.

  Enjoy the one-of-a-kind festivals in small-town Minnesota.

• Walnut Grove, Minn.

  The Ingalls family lived here less than three years when Laura was a child, but they had a lasting impact on Walnut...

Missouri

• Mark Twain's Hometown of Hannibal, Mo.

  Tour Mark Twain's house in Hannibal, Missouri and plan on attending the National Tom Sawyer Days held every July.

North Dakota

Ohio

• Columbus, Ohio Arts Festival

  Judges select only 300 artists out of 1,500 applicants to show and sell their works at the festival.

• Worthington, Ohio

  This cozy Ohio community boasts traditions only found in the Midwest.

Wisconsin

• Wisconsin's Cranberry Festivals

  The foliage is beautiful and the activities are fun; why hesitate to come?

• Door County Fish Boil

  Don't miss a Door County fish boil, which has been named in Midwest Living magazine's 2003 "Best of the Midwest."