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the gorgeous Dells
By 1931, tourism was firmly entrenched as the region's number one economic base.
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consin Dells.
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pand yet again. Every week another ride, attraction, feature, or museum is added. Still, for
all its garish kitschiness and frustrating inanity, the town has managed to protect the beauty
of the dells themselves. Once you're on the river, just a few miles from the strip, you get
the feeling old George Crandall isn't spinning in his grave after all.
Budget
The Dells don't come cheap. It's not so much Big Apple pricing as the preponderance of
stuff to see and do, so do your homework. This place caters slavishly to the traveler, so zil-
lions of coupons, package deals, partnerships, and more are out there.
