As much as you love Milwaukee, let's face it, sometimes you just gotta get away for a day or a weekend. You can't spend every waking moment shopping the Third Ward, bar hopping on Water Street or whiling away your day in a warm cafe.

Here are some ideas for enjoying Wisconsin (and some neighboring states) throughout the year. The only rule was that the journey has to be beyond a half hour, and within three hours from Milwaukee. Add your favorites using the talkback feature below.

1. Take the ferry (SS Badger or Lake Express) to Michigan
2. Visit House on the Rock
3. Check out the Baraboo Circus Museum
4. Tour Taliesin
5. Hike the Kettle Moraine
6. Descend into the Cave of the Mounds
7. Go back in time at Old World Wisconsin
8. Visit poet Lorine Niedecker's house in Fort Atkinson
9. Go to the bathroom at Kolher Art Museum in Sheboygan
10. Watch birds at the Bong Rec. Area
11. See the greats at Packers Hall of Fame
12. Camp at Peninsula State Park
13. Visit Rock Island
14. Eat fondue in New Glarus
15. Canoe the Wisconsin Dells
16. Raft on the Wolf River
17. Go outlet shopping in Johnson Creek or Kenosha
18. Take a road trip to Ikea in Schaumburg, Ill.
19. See a movie at the drive-in in Jefferson
20. Slather it on at the Mustard Museum in Mount Horeb
21. Shop Chicago's Magnificent Mile
22. Cruise Lake Geneva
23. Get your kicks at The Shoe Box in Black Earth
24. Take the Leinie's Tour in Chippewa Falls
25. Check out the waterfalls in Marinette County
26. Climb Rib Mountain in Wausau
27. Ski Little Swiss
28. Tour Wollersheim Winery in Prairie du Sac
29. Get your beer on at Oktoberfest in La Crosse
30. Attend Cranberry Festival in Tomah
31. Scream at Great America
32. See great art at the Art Institute in Chicago
33. Visit the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, too (it's free on Tuesdays)
34. Shop on State Street in Madison
35. Slurp ice cream on the Terrace at the UW-Madison Union
36. Chat with the farmers at the Madison Farmer's Market
37. Munch on buttery ears at Sweet Corn Festival in Sun Prairie
38. Rev it up at the Iola Car Show!
39. Go to a concert at Alpine Valley
40. Get your sea legs at the Maritime Museum in Manitowoc
41. Marvel at the weird planes at the EAA Fly-in
42. Hike around the reservoir in Harrington Beach State Park
43. Climb the bluffs at Devil's Lake
44. Eat apple pie in a bag at the Elegant Farmer
45. See a show at the Fireside Lounge
46. Go cherry picking in Door County
47. Go to Fuzzy Thurston's bar in Green Bay
48. See the goats on the roof at Al Johnson's in Door County
49. Climb Holy Hill
50. Relax in Sister Bay
51. Eat dinner at Don Q Inn -- in an old airplane -- in Dodgeville
52. Learn about cows and milk at Hoard Dairy Museum in Fort Atkinson
53. Imagine what things used to look like at Aztalan, also in Fort Atkinson
54. Buy a Garden Star lawn ornament in Kenosha
55. Check the time at the world's largest grandfather clock in Kewanee
56. Go back to the future at Tommy Bartlett's Robot World in Wisconsin Dells
57. Visit Frank Lloyd Wright's great SC Johnson building in Racine
58. Disappear into the Houdini Historical Center in Appleton
59. See a play under the stars at the American Players Theater in Spring Green
60. Tap into the world's largest six-pack in La Crosse
61. Have lunch at the Thorpedo in Thorpe
62. Stay at Monches Millhouse B&B; in Monches
63. Shop for pottery in Cambridge
64. Go Amish in Amherst
65. Giggle and get shushed at the "silent" Clark's Place in Stevens Point
66. Drink at the Bayside Tavern in Fish Creek
67. Pile one on at the hamburger Hall of Fame in Seymour
68. Tip back a drink in the cocktail lounge at Mars Cheese Castle
69. Enroll for classes at University of Lawsonomy
70. Get all medieval at the Bristol Renaissance Faire
71. Find great bargains at Seven-Mile Fair!
72. Treat yourself to the spa at the Kohler Waters Spa
73. Go antiquing in Galena, Ill.
74. Meet the elves at Santa's Village in Dundee, Ill.
75. Do the Frank Lloyd Wright tour in Oak Park, Ill.
76. Ride the rides at Bay Beach Amusement Park in Green Bay
77. Do Halloween on State Street in Madison
78. Skateboard at the outdoor skate parks in Green Bay
79. Eat a sundae in Two Rivers, the birthplace of said confection
80. Zoom into Slinger speedway
81. See the Temple Lipizzaner horses in Wadsworth, Ill.
82. Commune with nature at Nicolet National Forest
83. Tour the State Capitol Building in Madison
84. Check out the Road Kill Museum in Madison
85. Charter a fishing boat on Lake Michigan
86. Hear a concert under the stars at Ravinia
87. Pet the donkey at the Apple Holler in Sturtevant
88. Unearth some old treasures at Cedarburg's Maxwell Street Days
89. Golf at Blackwolf Run in Kohler
90. Tour the Cornish miners' cottages and shop for art in Mineral Point
91. See if anyone in Brooklyn, Wis. knows Spike Lee personally
92. Stargaze at Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay
93. Ride Kenosha's downtown streetcar
94. Eat gelato on Main Street in Waukesha
95. See Chiwaukee Prairie, the most intact coastal wetland in southeastern Wisconsin, in Kenosha County
96. Check out how cheese is made at Cedar Grove cheese factory in Plain (north of Spring Green)
97. Visit Belleville -- UFO capital of the world -- for UFO Days each October
98. Ride the historic train at East Troy Electric Railroad Museum
99. See the acclaimed collection of decorative arts at Racine Art Museum
100. Cheer or jeer the birthplace of the Republican Party in Ripon