There's nothing better than skiing (or snowshoeing or hiking) through a twinkling forest or across a luminary-lined lake. There's usually a bonfire and hot chocolate to enjoy afterward.
This festival just north of Milwaukee features barrel and bed races, ice-carving, camel rides, a dog weight pull competition, an egg hunt for kids and a parade at 1 p.m. Saturday.
This festival features such events as ice golf, a Freeze Your Buns run, a snowshoe hike in Tamarac Wildlife Refuge and kite-flying, with professional giant-kite flyers, kite decorating and prizes for amateurs.
More than 200 bands play at more than 20 venues around Red Wing. Musicians include Dessa, Ultrabomb and Jeremy Messersmith.
This town in north-central Iowa draws kiters from eight states for its festival, the largest in the Midwest, and stunt fliers will perform routines choreographed to music.
In this small town north of Cable, watch people careen down a hill on decorated bar stools, then stay for the chili feed.
The "Greatest Show on Snow'' includes races of all distances for all ages and abilities plus skijoring and vintage ski and an outdoor expo.
In this St. Croix River town, there will be a parka pub crawl, ice maze, stein-holding and beard contests, axe-throwing, ice carving and Saturday parade and fireworks.
The tournament in this Upper Peninsula town on the Wisconsin border is where the international jumpers compete; it's a stop on the Continental Cup circuit.
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