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a downtown observation deck (or from nearby Buena Vista Park), you can view Lock and
DamNo.4andmarvelatoneofman'smostingeniousattempts totamethemightyMissis-
sippi River.
The 20-mile-long Lake Pepin isn't the only attraction here; the town of Pepin is the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder of
Little House on the Prairie fame.
8. Pepin
Pepin has two claims to fame—one natural, the other literary. Lake Pepin, a large natural
lakeontheMississippi,isanaquatic-lover'sparadise.Nearlythreemileswideand20miles
long, it is guarded by tall bluffs and surrounded by rich, rolling farmland.
The town is also near the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the ever-popular
series of books that includes Little House on the Prairie. Seven miles north of Pepin, you
can visit the Little House Wayside, a replica of the log cabin Wilder immortalized in her
frontier tales. On the way to Stockholm, the drive reaches one of its highlights: a 20-mile
stretch that is considered one of the most scenic spots to be found in the entire Midwest.