The places that don't make you apologize for the kids. Restaurants with crayons that aren't an afterthought, parks with shade and bathrooms, the ice-cream stop with the line on a hot Tuesday.
A pizza-and-Mexican joint on the lake with homemade dough and fresh salsa — open late, dine-in or to-go, every day of the week.
Central Minnesota's largest year-round resort — started as a handful of cabins in 1940, with the original lodge built in 1945, now one of 19 resorts on the lake.