13 Reasons to Love Door County in Winter | Midwest Living

13 Reasons to Love Door County in Winter

Winter transforms one of the Midwest's iconic vacation spots, revealing another side of this Lake Michigan peninsula's rare and fragile landscape and offering more chances to connect with its warm and artful spirit.

A colorful essence

The community itself is a little like the park, artist Sandra Martinez reflects at her studio near Jacksonport. The Labor Day exodus reduces the area's population to its colorful essence -- heavy on artists, chefs, entrepreneurs and corporate refugees. Creative types, including Sandra and her husband, fiber artist Wence, are working, but interruptions are few enough to be welcome. "There's a real chance to interact with this wacky place and build relationships with the people who make it what it is," Sandra says.

Martinez Studio

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