Waiting to board a flight to Green Bay Wisconsin is like a warm-up exercise for a Packers game. Passengers decked out in the famous green and white become fast friends with strangers chatting about trades, and the state of Aaron Rodger’s shoulder, while a young Delta Airlines agent wearing blue rimmed glasses throws out trivia questions causing a contagion of giggles at the gate.

The folks in Green Bay are completely crazy for their football team and it shows. Whenever it snows, they flock to Lambeau armed with shovels ready to clear the field. So it’s no surprise that this small town of only 100,000 would have a stadium big enough to fit 80,000 of them.  These exuberant cheeseheads also happen to own their beloved league.

But when you’re done with the football and sampling squeaky cheese curds, only a short drive away is Door County Peninsula, a slice of land surrounded by Lake Michigan in Wisconsin’s northeast corner, inhabited by a sprinkling of unique waterfront villages and a thriving eclectic culinary scene that should not be missed.