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not in a major metropolitan area. It's got incredibly beautiful views, with expansive win-
dows overlooking the oh-so-wide terraced concentric courtyards and a garden; you may
even get a gander at wildlife through the windows.
The
Stevens Point Area Convention and Visitors Bureau
(340 Division St., 715/
344-2556 or 800/236-4636,
www.stevenspointarea.com
)
is next to the Holiday Inn.
By Air
The
Central Wisconsin Airport
(715/693-2147,
www.fly-cwa.org
)
is in nearby Mosinee
and is served by several regional airlines.
By Car
Getting to Stevens Point from Madison (via I-39, 111 miles) takes 90 minutes. From
Wausau (via I-39, 34 miles), it takes 40 minutes.
By Bus
Lamers
bus line (800/261-6600,
www.lamers.com
)
runs between Wausau and Milwaukee,
withstopshereattheOlympicFamilyRestaurant(200DivisionSt.)andUW-StevensPoint
Health Center, and in New London, Appleton, Oshkosh, and Fond du Lac.
TheDepression-eraWPAguidesummedupMarshfieldwiththeline,“Thecityissprinkled
out on a flat green prairie...patterned rigidly as a chessboard, and industries are as diverse
as pawns, knights, bishops, queens, and kings.” As far as overnight stops go, one could do
far worse than this attractive city. State residents associate the city mainly with its cutting-
edgeMarshfieldClinic,amajormedicalgrouppracticeofsomenationalrepute.ButMarsh-
field's livability quotient is also always tops in the state and among the top five in the Mid-
west.
The city is now one of the state's leading dairy research areas and hosts a dairy festival
and regional fair. (At the fairgrounds, check out the world's largest round barn—a lovely
1916 edifice still used to house purebred animals.)
