Les meilleurs hôtels à Grand Rapids

Dubbed "Michigan's best-kept secret," Grand Rapids is in the midst of a renaissance, becoming one of the fastest- growing metro areas in the U.S. The city also has the distinction of being the former location of David Letterman's "Late Show" home office (which was in Sioux City, Iowa, prior and is now in Wahoo, Nebraska. Hey, nothing lasts forever). "Rapidians" are proud of their town, which incorporated in 1850 as a center of furniture production by the Polish, Lithuanian and Dutch craftsmen. Still home to a number of furniture companies, the city's modern metropolitan area (pop. 1 million) wraps around the shore of Lake Michigan. Visitors can browse the Riverfront Museum, or hike Blandford Nature Center's 143 acres of woodlands, fields, ravines and marshes. There's the Gerald R. Ford Museum, the Grand Rapids Art Museum and the Voigt House Victorian Home Museum -- possibly the best of its kind in the country. And don't miss the Grand Rapids Civic Theatre, the nation's second largest community theatre. As for the outdoors, enthusiasts will especially enjoy the skiing, canoeing and, of course, fishing. Long ago established as the city's fashionable place to live, the Heritage Hill district is now on the National Register of Historic Places. Featuring a mix of styles that include baronial mansions, the star of Heritage Hill is the Meyer May House designed by American architectural genius Frank Lloyd Wright.