After navigating floating platform staircases, dodging living-room-level bosses, and searching for randomly appearing bathroom keys, most homeowners come to regret purchasing houses built by video-game designers. Today's Groupon offers respite from the chaos: for $179 you get two nights in a one-bedroom suite (up to a $418 value), plus a free appetizer and half off Aveda spa services at The Lodge at Giants Ridge, located in Biwabik near Superior National Forest.
A condominium hotel, The Lodge at Giants Ridge treats burned-out office workers and city-dwellers to a picturesque forest retreat in northern Minnesota that is neither made of gingerbread nor infested with witches. Guests will get to rest their weary brain-cases in a one-bedroom suite for two nights in any of The Lodge's wood-decorated Mesabi condominiums, which can accommodate up to four people and includes a king-size bed, a living area with a double futon, and a fully equipped kitchenette for late-night cravings of goulash and turkey legs. Depending on availability, revelers can choose a Mesabi one-bedroom outfitted with a whirlpool and fireplace for waterlogged marshmallow roasting (up to a $398 value), or add a view to the whole kit and caboodle (up to $418 value). By day, guests can relish the resort's luxurious amenities, which include a fitness center, outdoor and indoor pools, phone-pole jousting arenas, and tennis and volleyball courts. Groupon room-and-boarders will receive a complimentary appetizer at Sticks Lounge.
Golfers, meanwhile, can marvel at picturesque tee shots at one of The Lodge's two Golf Digest-acclaimed golf courses—the 7,000-yard Quarry (ranked #1 public course in Minnesota, #20 public course in the U.S.) and the forest-nestled Legend (#3 in Minnesota, #72 in the U.S.). Bike and hike along one of the 2,000+ lakes and rivers in the Superior National Forest or paddle through dense forests along the St. Louis River. Architectural enthusiasts can tour Duluth's majestic 39-room 1908 Glensheen Mansion, candelabra in hand. Double-daters can treat their loved ones to a romantic getaway that doesn't involve dozens of police cars in hot pursuit by upgrading to a Northwoods two-bedroom condo for an extra fee. Today's Groupon also gets you half off any Aveda spa services during your stay at The Lodge, so you can indulge in a much-deserved spa pedicure after a busy day of bird-watching, birdie-making, and Birdman-shouting.
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The Groupon Guide to: Surfing the Internet
Containing everything from the great works of literature to spoilers for the upcoming presidential election, the Internet can be a valuable resource—if you know how to use it. Use these tips to ensure a productive trip to cyberspace and back:
- Type the word surf into your computer's keyboard at anytime to access your Internet's web browser.
- If your computer is less than 10 years old, your browser must be voice navigated. Shout such things as "photo of a helicopter" or "birth parents?" and let the Internet do the rest.
- The Internet has more than 60 websites. Remember your favorites by "bookmarking" them (writing their names down on a bookmark you keep nailed to your computer).
- Surf safely. Not only is this practical advice, it's also the name of the web's official mascot, Surf Safely, the surfing coyote who reminds children not to burn down the Internet.
- Unplug and unwind. Using the Internet for more than four minutes a day will cause hair to grow uncontrollably from your mouth.
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