Scenic Drives

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• Favorite Midwest Parks for Fall Color  

  Whether you're up for a short ramble or a more adventurous outing, we've got ideas throughout the Midwest for parks...

• 11 Quilt Barn Trails to Explore  

  Take a scenic drive to discover these roadside gems--colorful quilt designs painted on barns--and to enjoy the coun...

• The Mother of All Road Trips: Route 66  

  Unplug from the modern everyday on a nostalgic, kitschy, friendlier-than-a-front-porch run down the Midwest stretch...

• 25 Great Midwest Spots to See Fall Color  

  Take a scenic drive; explore a city, state or national park; or wander the tree-shaded streets of a small town.

• Best Midwest Road Trips: Lake Superior Circle Tour  

  The 1,200-mile Lake Superior Circle Tour is one of the world's greatest drives. Check out our 21 photos for a sampl...

• 12 Midwest Backroad Scenic Drives  

  On these great drives through the countryside, the journey is just as important as the destination.

• Discover 9 Little-Known Fall Drives  

  Let yourself relax into a slower gear with one of our beautiful fall drives through largely undiscovered parts of t...

• The Mother of All Road Trips: Route 66  

  Unplug from the modern everyday on a nostalgic, kitschy, friendlier-than-a-front-porch run down the Midwest stretch...

• The Magic of Midwest Covered Bridges  

  Take a trip back in time to historic covered bridges in counties throughout the Midwest.

• Scenic Fall Drives

• Ultimate Drives

  The autumn colors have hit their peak. Now it's time for you to hit the road. Choose from 10 great types of road tr...

• Fall Midwest Art Tours Guide

  Take three Midwestern scenic drives filled with places to shop for pottery, photography, glass, paintings and sculp...

• East-Central Iowa Scenic Drive

  Cruise some of the prettiest land around.

• Southeast Iowa Scenic Drive

• Scenic Drive on Iowa's Mississippi River

  The river towns of Burlington and Fort Madison stand on the banks of the Mississippi River, serving as gateways to ...

• Kansas Flint Hills Scenic Drive

  Savor the open grasslands of this gorgeous expanse.

• Blushing Blossoms of Southwest Michigan

  A scenic spring drive amid fruit trees and a festival of bloom.

• Scenic Drive through Southwestern Michigan

  Follow the spring breeze from the beaches of Lake Michigan through lush orchards and vineyards to the quaint resort...

• Scenic Drive through Northern Minnesota

  Enjoy a drive through an area of communities that started life as lumbering and fishing camps.

• Minnesota's Mississippi Bluffs

• Minnesota's North Shore Driving Tour

  Fishermen and loggers arrived on the North Shore more than a century ago.

• Scenic Drive through Southeast Nebraska

  Cruise the painterly landscape of hills and river bluffs.

• North Dakota's Sheyenne Valley Scenic Byway

• Scenic Drive through Northern Wisconsin

  An autumn tour reveals tree-lined main streets, solitary beaches, and sunsets that splash pink and orange across th...

• Door County Driving Tour

  This 90-mile route samples the best of this compact area's attractions, including a ferry trip to Rock Island.