While it may be best known for its National Cherry Festival, Traverse City, Michigan, also offers a variety of wineries and breweries, as well as unique restaurants and tributes to locally sourced food.

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College towns, like mirages, rise out of the farmlands of the Midwest, the deserts of the West and the tree-lined hills of the East, promising youthful idealism, greasy food, bumpin’ parties and, yes, even education.

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