LIFESTYLE → OFF THE EATEN PATH Issue 872 · August 4, 2021

The North Midwest: Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa

The North Midwest: Minnesota, North Dakota, and Iowa


Naomi Nachman, with Zvi, Gabriella, and Leora Nachman

Our summer travel has begun, and we’re trying to get through a few more states. We discovered a great app called “Countries Been,” which displays a map of the world and allows you to fill out which countries and/or states you’ve visited. You can do it by country or break it down by state or province. We’ve been using it to track our US progress, and we only have about seven or eight states left.

When we plan our trips, we always try to combine a few states at once. So our next stop was Minnesota, Iowa, and North Dakota for another three-state trip. Summer is the best time to visit the north-midwest region of the US, since these states have very cold weather during the winter.

Using our Delta points, we flew to Minneapolis, Minnesota, for Memorial Day weekend. I’d heard that Minnesota is a beautiful state that boasts over 10,000 lakes, and we were excited to see the local sites. We landed Thursday midday and headed straight to the local pizza shop, Basil Pizza, for delicious pizza and wraps; it was an awesome welcome for us weary travelers.

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