



Breakfast cereal history comes alive at the Dr. John Harvey Kellogg Discovery Center, where cornflakes were invented by happy accident. At Binder Park Zoo, feed giraffes up close – their long-lashed eyes study you as intently as you study them. The Kalamazoo and Battle Creek rivers meet downtown, creating riverfront paths where locals fish with remarkable optimism. Firekeepers Casino offers games of chance in a setting more Midwestern-friendly than Vegas-flashy. Full Blast Water Park provides summer salvation with water slides inducing just the right amount of terror. Kingman Museum houses an eclectic collection of planetarium shows and taxidermy displays – an odd pairing that somehow works perfectly.

