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best local spots & nearby travel

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Best Corn Maze

Who doesn’t love an annual stroll through a corn maze? Govin’s Farm (N6134 670th St, Menomonie) has a huge 11-acre corn maze with a unique theme every year...

Best Day Trip Destination

Eau Claire and surrounding areas are cool and all and we know you’d never want to move away, but maybe you just need a little change in scenery for a day. Not sure where to...

Best Haunted Attraction

Do you have what it takes to survive these Halloween attractions? For the second year in a row, the Ski Sprites Haunted House (415 S Dewey St, Eau Claire) was voted the Best...

Best Hotel

Finding a good place for visiting family and friends to stay while they’re in town is important if you want to show off the Valley to visitors. Smack-dab in the middle of...

Best Kept Secret

The “Best Kept Secret” category is a bit of a contradiction, as the second we publish poll results, these...

Best Museum/Historic Site

In 2023, the No. 1 vote-getter, the Chippewa Valley Museum (1204 E. Half Moon Drive, Eau Claire), and the No. 3...

Best Neighborhood

Eau Claire has several distinct neighborhoods each known for their special characteristics created and built by the...

Best Orchard

The Valley is home to some of the oldest and unique orchards abound. With more than just delicious apples in the local...

Best People Watching

In the Chippewa Valley, you can people-watch just about anywhere…except perhaps in our recently experienced...

Best Place for a Kid's Birthday Party

Action City (2402 Lorch Ave., Eau Claire) wins first place for the second year in a row, with its go-karts, video games...

Best Place to Impress Out-of-town Guests

Now that the Chippewa Valley has been featured in so many national “Best Of” lists, we’re all...

Best Place to Meet New People

The best part of the Valley is the people (a fact, based on personal experience). The kindness of the Valley is best met...

Best Place to Spot a Ghost

Are you interested in having your socks scared off while enjoying a filet mignon? Locals say the No. 1 place to spot a...

Best Place to Take a Selfie

As a city of influencers with tremendous social media followings, we all know how hard it is to constantly come up with...

Best Place to Take Your Kids

If you want to take the kids somewhere fun, Irvine Park Zoo is always a good bet. They have a great variety of animals...

Best Place to Take Your Pet (non-business)

Ready for an adventure? Try taking your dog to one of these pawsome spots! Coming in first are the Eau Claire Off-Leash...

Best Public Park

The Chippewa Valley has a plethora of wonderful parks around every corner, with Irvine Park and Zoo in Chippewa Falls...

Best Tour / Tourist Attraction

The Leinenkugel Brewing Co./Leinie Lodge tour (124 E. Elm St., Chippewa Falls) is well-known for locals and visitors...

Most Beautiful Spot

Looking for a pretty place to take a hike or to just sit and enjoy for a while? The Chippewa Valley voted Big Falls...

Most Romantic Spot

Can you feel it? The love in the air tonight? If you’re looking for a place to cozy up with your honey or to pull...

Worst Intersection for Pedestrians

Whether rain or shine, snow or sleet, even a tornado might not keep traffic off of the busy Eau Claire roads. Here lies...

Worst Road

This is breaking protocol in a big way, but I have to pull back the curtain. Hi. This is Eric Rasmussen. I’ve...

Worst Stoplight

Volume One readers are the best drivers in the world. If only everyone else could drive as well as us, we wouldn’t...

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