It could teach us something. And it could inspire us. And it did. The Best Little Town in the Midwest is . . . With luck, they'll come home wanting to learn a new language, and ideally will be able to do so at school.
Life is basic on a houseboat.
That was just fine for the eight adults in our group. We also had wolf howls and daily loon serenades. Ever since there's been a Minnesota, people have wanted to see its abundant waters. The first curious tourists came in the 1820s with the first steamboats, to see St. Anthony Falls and nearby tepees and to dine on buffalo, elk and sturgeon. In 1865, he opened the Lake Side Hotel, and Frontenac became Minnesota's first resort.