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Why we love it

A string of unusual habitats between old beach ridges, holding some of the rarest wildflowers in the Midwest. Go slow — this one rewards looking down as much as out.

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Baileys Harbor Learning & Classes

Björklunden

Lawrence University’s lakeside campus — seminars, lectures, and a chapel hand-painted by its original owners. A quietly remarkable place.

Baileys Harbor Parks & Hikes

Cana Island Lighthouse

The walk across the causeway is half of it — a rocky spit of land with the lake on both sides of you, and then an island barely big enough for a…

  • Dogs, with caveats
  • Seasonal
  • Kid Approved

Baileys Harbor Theatre & Music

Door Shakespeare

Shakespeare outdoors under the trees, done seriously and done well. Pick the comedy or the tragedy — or make it both and argue about which was better.

  • No dogs
  • Seasonal