Woah, your Ohio list is lacking! You forgot the best museum in the state, in fact one the best and most reknowned in the country...The Cleveland Museum of Art - not to be missed.

In St. Louis be sure to put City Museum on your list and shopping in the Central West End. It is mentioned in one of the Neighborhood guides links however Centro is not listed. For all of you modernists out there. You must visit Centro.

The Toledo Museum of Art and Glass museum are also missing. I would argue that those are the best in the state (sorry jk25!)

Minnesota? Hello?
We've got world-class architecture (Gehry, Herzog + de Mueron, Kenzo Tange, etc!) a thriving art scene, some of the best creative agencies… amazing museums (The Walker!) C'mon, guys, where's the love?

I've got to agree with lhsimm! Minneapolis is has an amazing wealth of creative people and places! Along with the places already mentioned, Robb Whitleff's showroom is beyond incredible!... Along with interiors shopping there are so many great interiors to be seen and photographed!

What made you decide to leave out Iowa and Minnesota? That doesn't seem very true to the midwest seeing as how you left out have the states.

Hear, hear, lhsimm! Mpls is the hometown of established design deities Blu Dot and Room & Board, plus upstarts like Crafters Local 612 and the Nordeast Art-a-Whirl.

I refuse to click on any ad links until this grievous oversight is corrected.

What about wisconsin?

Wowza. I don't know if you've heard, but there's more to Michigan than Detroit! Jeez... This was a bit disappointing. I hate when articles like this pop up, include Michigan but then act like everything in Michigan is Detroit when that couldn't be any further from the truth... Too bad.

Too true JenneJoy! No mention of the completely fabulous Grand Rapids Art Museum, or University of Michigan Museum of Art, which are worth a visit for the buildings alone. I don't much about homes outside of Southeast Michigan to tour, but I'm surprised NOT to see Meadow Brook Hall, the Henry Ford Estate, or the Edsel and Elanor Ford House listed.

Cherokee Antique Row isn't near St. Louis, it's IN St. Louis. And Cherokee is much more than Antique Row-- make sure to head west of Jefferson too. The entire street is full of awesome stuff.

In IOWA (part of the Midwest) there are loads of antique shops (notably in Walnut, a town of 900 people and 15+ antique stores). And then there's the Grant Wood Museum in Cedar Rapids, as well as the Czech Village.

Hello? IOWA? Des Moines is loaded with great architecture, art, and antiques. And, in first weeks of May (and I think now August) and October, What Cheer, Iowa hosts a huge flea market.

You forgot Wisconsin too....Miwaukee's 3rd Ward, Madison's State Street, Spring Green (Frank Lloyd Wright), The House on the Rock, Kohler (Kohler Design Museum), Door County 's antique shops...

Another vote for Minnesota! Design-wise, there's a lot.

Kemper Museum for Contemporary Art - Kansas City
Nerman Museum for Contemporary Art - Kansas City

Check out the North Shore Flea every Wednesday night along with the Highwood Farmer's Market from 4pm to 9pm in Chicago's North Shore.

Randolph Street Market is the last full weekend of every month from May through September, it's a blast and right downtown Chicago---

In Ohio (specifically Columbus), I would check out the Knowlton School of Architecture at The Ohio State University. Visitors are welcome and includes a world-class library and roof garden! http://knowlton.osu.edu/?content=9

Columbus-bound folks--Collier West, pictured above, is closing in just over a week! I work in the neighborhood, and everyone's very sorry to see them go. Be sure to stop by if you're in town--but if not, they'll still be online.

CITY MUSEUM in ST LOUIS!!!!

http://www.citymuseum.org/home.asp

When you're in Kansas City, you should try to get to Harry Epstein's (http://store.harryepstein.com/). It's a hardware/surplus store that is a magical wonderland of tiny hammers and Czech two-way telephones and castiron cookware and a million things to get your project-y juices flowing.

Minneapolis has got to get some love here! There are soooooooooo many amazing places to stop, we have a large number of salvage shops, great designers and architects, we also have some pretty cool looking buildings and crazy homes. Heck, I'll show you around if you need a guide.

Another shout out of LOVE for Minnesota...We moved to Phoenix 5 yrs ago, but MN will always be home. Some of the best museums, galleries, shopping...
And when did the Midwest NOT include Wisconsin, Iowa, The Dakotas and Nebraska?

Ummmm...Wisconsin?

I'm going to promote the City Museum, as well, in St. Louis. Don't forget that a lot of the stuff in Forest Park is *free!* - like the zoo, history museum, and art museum, unless you want to go to a special exhibit.

And also, I'm going to be yet another person asking - where is Wisconsin? Minnesota? Are these in some previously unknown region that are not in the Midwest?

My two favorite antique markets -- Burlington Antique Show in Kentucky, but very very close to Cincinnati (and is where I got engaged!) and the Tri-state Antique Market, which is Indiana but again, a 20 minute drive from Cincinnati. Reasonably priced finds, sweet sellers.

sad you left out wisconsin, we just moved here a couple years ago and as a design junkie, i could use the resources!

Love to see the hometown, college town and home and away from home all represented in your Midwestern round-up. Yes, there's far more than one blog post of great finds in the Midwest, but this is a great start.

There's more than corn in Indiana (check out Antique Alley in Richmond and the Robie House in Bloomington for yourself - then hop over the border to the Windy City. ;-)

Wisconsin??..Milwaukee??...Madison??..

I scanned through just to see if Iowa was there...and of course we're not. Do you people think the only architecture here is barns?! Come on! Frank Lloyd Wright house, HELLO!!! Lame post.

Chiming in -- why no Iowa love? Hello? You're only taking baby steps into the Midwest. There are some famous names attached to the architecture in Des Moines (Eliel Saarinen and I.M. Pei both had a hand in designing the Des Moines Art Center). There's also West End Architectural Salvage (www.westendarchsalvage.com). There's also a Frank Lloyd Wright house open to the public (in Quasqueton). Did you guys do any research before planning your trip?

And if you go to St. Louis you are not allowed to leave without visiting the City Museum or Laurmeier Sculpture Park. And Ted Drewe's. (mostly because I didn't get any frozen custard the last time I was there. Sigh.)

@catiaelizabeth: You beat me to it! Maybe we're a bit biased, but the Toledo Museum of Art is pretty awesome!

I also recommend the City Museum in St. Louis. They've got some great architectural bits stashed around the place. Don't know how many times I've stopped by a piece and thought, 'Man, I wish I could take this home.'

Chillax, peeps. I'm pretty sure when they said that "This list is just the beginning" it means that there will be a part two which I'd assume would include Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and Nebraska... what, no one noticed the lack of Nebraska but me? Come on, what about Omaha??

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Unfortunately, it was just announced that Collier West in Columbus is closing and reopening in New York somewhere, not sure when. BUT if you find yourself IN C-bus be aware that this list is severely lacing and the entire length of high street is FULL of awesome vintage, salvage, antique, and designerly shops and art galleries. Seriously, take the bus down High St from Old Worthington to Downtown and make it a day.

Great job on these design-oriented road trips. And whoever is doing the regional design headers is doing a beautiful job.

If you are in the Indianapolis area, Midland Arts & Antiques is a must. It is an old industrial building near downtown that is filled with quality items from various vendors. There is also a MCM shop at Meridian and 22nd Street if that is your style.

When in the detroit area, Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village are a must! Such a diverse collection of American progress. http://www.thehenryford.org/

The Indiana Design Center opened in 2010 and has both trade and retail showrooms carrying national brands like Kravet, Ralph Lauren, Brizo, Kohler, Schonbeck, Sub-Zero, Hickory Chair and more. This is a can't-miss stop for design resources in Indiana.

Visit www.IndianaDesignCenter.com for information or "like us" at www.facebook.com/IndianaDesign.

GO AWAY DO NOT DO NOT Talk about Minneapolis, I want all my great stach places to stay secret!!! Go Away!!!

A fifth vote for City Museum in STL - which is NOT what you think it is. This place is insane! Made of mostly reclaimed materials (if not all?), it is straight from the dream world of a genius mastermind.

Rebar tunnels several stories high? Slides made from those rolling conveyor things in factories? Marbles and ceramic tile bits used all over? A bus on the roof? A giant grasshopper? An airplane perched in midair...that you can climb on? Cocktails served until 1:00 a.m. to grownups who then go climb over said rebar tunnels? Wow.

There is no way to describe this. My kids aren't the only ones who clamor to go to City Museum. (We live in TX, so we've only been once. And I promise, none of the above is exaggeration....)

There better be another midwest post that includes Minnesota and Wisconsin! And it better include Taliesin and the House on the Rock.

So glad to see the Meyer May House in Grand Rapids, MI listed. Any Frank Lloyd Wright, or, for that matter, any fan of architecture should not miss this one! It is considered the most completely restored & meticulous restoration of all the Wright homes. You will most definitely understand his full vision and what it was like for the May's to live there. It doesn't at all feel like a museum, but that the May family just stepped out for a minute. As an aside, I actually lived in the apt. next door back in the '70's when it was in major disrepair and falling apart. I knew it was a FLW, and would feel so sad looking out my kitchen window everyday at this beautiful masterpiece in such ruin. Little did I know then, that Steelcase, the office furniture co., would buy it several years later and save it for the generations. Well worth a trip. And the rest of Grand Rapids is just an added bonus. The Grand Rapids LipDub on YouTube will give you a bit of a sense of what we're about. I love living here.

How can you do a "midwest tour" and not mention Kansas since you can't get anymore middle of the country, there are a lot of great things here. Hopefully if there is a part two it will be mentioned.

In SW corner of Michigan, you really missed our favorite store for shopping, Marco Polo Antiques, one of the first design-oriented shops in the area. Absolutely the best pieces, from the 18th and 19th century thru mid-century modern, great stuff from all over the world. These guys have a gallery that is the best around. Check them out online as well at marcopoloantiques.com.