Travel & Visitors Guide - Dec. 5, 2005
100 things to do near Milwaukee
As much as you love Milwaukee, let's face it, sometimes you just gotta get away for a day or a weekend. You can't spend every waking moment shopping the Third Ward, bar hopping on Water Street or whiling away your day in a warm cafe.
Tags: Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, ferry, Spring Green, Kenosha, Racine, Madison, Chicago, Green Bay, Wausau, 100 things

Travel & Visitors Guide - Aug. 15, 2004
Lake Express offers fast and comfortable cross-lake trip
Before the Lake Express Ferry sailed into service this summer, getting to the western shores of Michigan meant one of three options -- and none of them nearly as good as this one.
Tags: lake, ferry, michigan, muskegon, badger

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 2, 2004
Lake Express restores traditional ferry link
Ferry service returned to Milwaukee for the first time since 1980, with completion of the Lake Express' maiden voyage Tuesday afternoon.
Tags: lake express, ferry, luddington, muskegon, michigan

Travel & Visitors Guide - Sept. 9, 2003
Milwaukee finds new home in Manistee
The City of Milwaukee is moving to Manistee, Michigan, this fall. Actually it's the steamship S.S. City of Milwaukee, the last remaining traditional Great Lakes passenger/train ferry. Read about it in Beyond Milwaukee.
Tags: steamship, lake, Manistee, Michigan, ferry

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 9, 2002
S.S. Badger offers a unique travel experience to Michigan
When we think of Michigan we often think twice, as visions of hours spent in a hot car in slow-moving Windy City traffic are quickly conjured. But the S.S. Badger, which plies the waters of Lake Michigan every day from May through September, offers if not a quick, at least a painless, unusual and fun way to make the trip.
Tags: Badger, Manitowoc, Ludington, ferry

Travel & Visitors Guide - June 27, 2001
The other side of the big pond
The dunes in Ludington, Mich., can grow as tall as 180 feet, but they aren't home to camels. Rather, these impressive amber sand mounds are traversed by Jeeps, motorbikes, hikers and tourists. They're one of the most impressive sights to be found in western Michigan, just across the water from Manitowoc.
Tags: Ludington, Michigan, ferry, dunes