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Kansas City offers a wealth of attractions. The striking landscape includes wide boulevards, beautiful parks, fantastic architecture and more than 200 fountains. The city’s diversions include world-class museums, a vibrant arts scene, superb shopping and great blues and jazz clubs.
Put aside the rush of your daily routine and indulge in a getaway that puts balance back in your life. The hospitality of an Iowa destination helps shuffle those priorities to make ‘what really matters most’ at the top of the list. Iowa’s all-season playground provides an ideal backdrop to connect with family and friends. To awaken your spirit of adventure. And satisfy your appetite for urban cultural pleasures. Discover the changes that spending quality time together in Iowa can make in your life.
San Francisco is often called “Everybody?s Favorite City,” a title earned by its scenic beauty, cultural attractions, diverse communities, and world-class cuisine. Measuring 49 square miles, this very walk-able city is dotted with landmarks like the Golden Gate Bridge, cable cars, Alcatraz and the largest Chinatown in the United States. A stroll of the City?s streets can lead from Union Square to North Beach to Fisherman?s Wharf, with intriguing neighborhoods to explore at every turn. Views of the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay are often laced with fog, creating a romantic mood in this most European of American cities.
When visiting Springfield, you can put your wallet away. Missouri?s third-largest city offers plenty of things that are free to see and do, including educational historical sites, inspiring arts, the wonderful outdoors and more.
At 5,920 feet above sea level, Sun Valley takes the warmer months to new heights. Powdery slopes give way to perfect greens. High-speed quads on Baldy transport hikers and bikers to high-alpine terrain. And all that winter snow melts into summer whitewater adventures and blue-ribbon fishing. Add in all the festivals, concerts and gallery walks and you’ll see why there’s a lot to the Go Higher spirit even when winter takes a well-deserved vacation.
It is our pleasure to welcome you to one of the fastest growing metropolitan areas in Illinois and we believe you will find McLean County a warm and friendly place both to visit and do business. Our goal is to help you learn more about our area and assist you in making plans to visit Bloomington-Normal.
Bloomington-Normal offers excellent facilities, accessibility and superb services at an affordable cost. Centrally located along Interstates 55, 74 and 39, and only 2 ? hours from Chicago, St. Louis and Indianapolis, the Bloomington-Normal Area is Central Illinois? premier meeting, convention and tourism destination
Did you know….
v On Feb. 5, 2006, the Super Bowl returned to the Motor City for the second time. The Super Bowl drew a television audience of 885 million.
v Ford Field, the site of the Super Bowl, opened in 2002. The Lion?s new den is one of a kind?65,000 seats, domed with a giant glass wall revealing the picturesque Detroit skyline.
v Michigan was the 4th largest travel destination for Canadians in 1999 with 1.23 million overnight visitors.
v The Michigan Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus celebrates its 33rd Anniversary in the year 2008.
v Michigan has more freshwater coastline than any other state in the U.S.
v Michigan has more public golf courses than any other state in the country ? approximately 800 ? and more golfers per capita than any other state.
v Stand anywhere in Michigan and you are within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.
v Detroit Metro Convention & Visitors Bureau was the world?s first convention and visitors bureau, having been established in 1896. In 1996, Detroit hosted the International Association of Convention & Visitor Bureaus annual meeting as part of this centennial celebration.
v The Mackinac Bridge is the world?s longest suspension bridge.
v Michigan has more than 150 waterfalls and all but two of them are located in Michigan?s Upper Peninsula.
v Michigan has 131 recreational trails, with approximately 1,400 total trail miles. Twenty-nine more trails are in the process of being developed per the Rails-to-Trails Conservancy.
There is no place quite like Delaware. Escape to ?Chateau Country? for riveting landscapes made famous by Andrew Wyeth?s paintings. Watch the sun rise over the ocean at the Great Dune near Lewes and a great blue heron as it takes flight from the marshlands of Bombay Hook Wildlife Refuge. This year, retrace history along the Nanticoke and Broad Creek rivers with the Captain John Smith Reenactment Voyage.
Our state capital, Dover, is home to one of the most beautifully preserved capitol complexes in the nation, captured by the First State Heritage Park. Old New Castle is a charming town to visit with its original cobblestone streets, colonial homes and guided historical tours. And don?t forget the coastal town of Lewes, which tells the story of Delaware?s seafaring past that dates back to the 1600s.
Enjoy the best opera, dance, drama and music or get inspired by a showcase of galleries featuring our state?s finest artists. Shop tax-free at Delaware?s brand name outlet stores, boutiques and antique shops.
We invite you to experience the wonder and diversity the First State has to offer. Delaware, it?s good being first.
