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625 points zdw | 2 comments | 27 Sep 25 15:46 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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tptacek ◴[27 Sep 25 16:45 UTC] No.45397384[source]▶
It's funny to me that in portraying Indiana as a "blank state" he's highlighting one of the most beautiful parts of the state (the route through the Dunes along the Michigan lakefront; if you've seen "Road To Perdition", you know what that area looks like). It's not important to the article, a complete tangent, but I can't not call that out.
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bradgessler ◴[27 Sep 25 17:12 UTC] No.45397575[source]▶
Unfortunately the dunes and lake are not visible from that stretch of I-94.

Southern Indiana is another beautiful part of the state. It's mostly rolling hills with lush green forests and farms.

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tptacek ◴[27 Sep 25 17:26 UTC] No.45397711[source]▶
You don't have to drive it on I-94; in fact, for many years it was faster not to, because of insane bottom of the lake traffic. You can take the Dunes Highway instead (and then keep off 94 up the Michigan shore; there's good stuff up there).
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bradgessler ◴[27 Sep 25 17:30 UTC] No.45397744{3}[source]▶
I need to do that next time I’m driving between Chicago and Michigan. I haven’t seen the dunes there yet and I bet it’s incredible.
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1. tptacek ◴[27 Sep 25 18:33 UTC] No.45398299{4}[source]▶
I'm speaking up for Indiana here but honestly if you're looking for those dunescapes and beaches, western Michigan is the better bet. Road To Perdition was filmed around Saugatuck, just an hour into Michigan; that part of Michigan really is worth a trip to see (you'd want book a place to stay up by the lake for at least a couple days; it's not so much a sightseeing deal as a chill-out-by-the-lake deal).

The whole stretch though from Chicago up to Traverse City is basically where Chicago vacations.

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2. bradgessler ◴[27 Sep 25 18:37 UTC] No.45398338[source]▶
I have done that! Reminded me of some dunes I scaled in Jordan.