Voyageurs National Park

In northern Minnesota on the Canadian border, about five hours north of Minneapolis, Voyageurs is the national park with no roads. It is a watery wilderness roughly the size of New York City: 30 lakes and more than 500 islands, where boats are the only way in. Rent a houseboat and live aboard for days, mooring at your own island each night under some of the darkest skies in the country. Summer is houseboat season; fall and winter bring the northern lights.