The Midwest is such an underrated travel destination. It's not as popular as the Mountain West or the Coasts. But true to its nickname as "America's Heartland," the Midwest actually offers diverse landscapes and culture. It's home to the best Great Lakes vacations you can have in 2025 and even some of America's quirkiest road trip stops . And while most turn to California or Montana for national park adventures, it's time people paid attention to the Midwest's national parks as well. Its most overlooked, Indiana Dunes National Park in Indiana, is especially worth visiting in 2025. It's an underrated vacation spot, nestled along the shore of Lake Michigan.

It has 15,349 acres of different ecosystems, including "singing" sand dunes , beaches, wetlands, forests, rivers, and marshes

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