Door County is a 75-mile peninsula with water on both sides, and in late summer it runs on two crops: cherries hanging in abundance on the trees and lavender coming into bloom. Small towns line the shoreline the length of the peninsula, each within reach of the inland orchards. And, a ferry at the tip carries visitors even farther out, to an island where the pace gets even slower.
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