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Exploring Lac du Flambeau & Ojibwe Culture
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Exploring Lac du Flambeau & Ojibwe Culture

Lac du Flambeau is home to the Lac du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior Chippewa Indians, with a museum, cultural center, and centuries of living history on the shores of the Flambeau chain.

Date Night in the Northwoods
Entertainment

Date Night in the Northwoods

Date night in the Northwoods doesn't involve a reservation at a restaurant with exposed brick and a cocktail menu written on a chalkboard.

Beyond the Supper Club: New Northwoods Restaurants Worth a Drive
Food & Drink

Beyond the Supper Club: New Northwoods Restaurants Worth a Drive

The Northwoods dining scene is evolving. Farm-to-table menus, craft cocktails, and chefs doing creative things with local ingredients — here's where to eat now.

Best Ice Cream & Sweet Stops in the Northwoods
Food & Drink

Best Ice Cream & Sweet Stops in the Northwoods

Summer in the Northwoods runs on ice cream.

Best Hikes & Bike Trails in the Northwoods
Things To Do

Best Hikes & Bike Trails in the Northwoods

Up here, the trails do not come with crowds or parking garages. They come with white pines overhead, lake views around the bend, and that deep-woods quiet that makes you forget you ever owned a phone.

Best Breakfast & Coffee in the Northwoods
Food & Drink

Best Breakfast & Coffee in the Northwoods

The morning spots that locals line up for across the Wisconsin Northwoods — the diners, bakeries, and cabin-country coffee shops worth getting out of bed for.

Arts & Culture in the Northwoods
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Arts & Culture in the Northwoods

Pottery studios, lakeside galleries, and a performing arts scene that punches above its weight — the creative side of the Wisconsin Northwoods might surprise you.

How to Manage Your Band Profile on The Lineup
Guides

How to Manage Your Band Profile on The Lineup

How to claim your band profile, add photos and videos, update your bio, and post your show schedule on The Lineup. Free for all musicians.

Active Living in the Northwoods
Guides

Active Living in the Northwoods

The Northwoods of Wisconsin is not the kind of place that needs a gym to keep you moving.

A First-Timer's Guide to Fishing the Northwoods
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A First-Timer's Guide to Fishing the Northwoods

People come to the Northwoods of Wisconsin for a lot of reasons. The quiet.

A Day in Rhinelander: Home of the Hodag
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A Day in Rhinelander: Home of the Hodag

Rhinelander is the biggest town in Oneida County, the commercial hub of the northern Northwoods, and the only place in America where a made-up monster from 1893 is still the most famous resident.

A Day in Manitowish Waters
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A Day in Manitowish Waters

Manitowish Waters has a 10-lake chain, a lodge where the FBI shot it out with John Dillinger, cranberry marsh tours in fall, and the kind of quiet that keeps people coming back for generations.

A Day in Land O' Lakes & Phelps
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A Day in Land O' Lakes & Phelps

Land O' Lakes sits about as far north as you can go in Wisconsin before you're in Michigan.

A Day in Eagle River, Wisconsin
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A Day in Eagle River, Wisconsin

Eagle River sits at the heart of the world's largest chain of freshwater lakes — 28 of them, connected by navigable waterways that stretch from Eagle River to Three Lakes.

A Day in Boulder Junction: Musky Capital
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A Day in Boulder Junction: Musky Capital

Boulder Junction calls itself the Musky Capital of the World, and it backs that up with 194 glacial lakes, bike trails through old-growth forest, and a downtown that rewards a slow afternoon.