Sweet summertime in Minnesota
A recent survey by www.kayak.com, one of the favorite meta-search sites of the Travel team, found that 64 percent of respondents plan to be tourists in their home state or within a three-hour drive of their house this summer. More than 60 percent of Kayak.com users had yet to book their summer vacations. Let’s assume that our readers follow that profile: Seems like a fine time to ask for suggestions. Where in the world — make that Minnesota — should we go this summer?




Kerri Westenberg has globe-trotted for National Geographic and other magazines. Now she zips around the region, on the lookout for travel news you can use.
Elizabeth Larsen lived in Salzburg, Austria, and has traveled throughout Europe and the Americas. She can say "diaper," "bottle" and "crib" in four languages.
Troy Melhus has heli-skied on glaciers, dived alongside Monk seals and raced for 24 hours on a mountain bike. All this, and he rarely spends more than $500 on a trip.