Find cheap flights to Lansing (LAN), United States

Lansing is served by the Capital Region International Airport (LAN), located about three miles northwest of the city center. Very few cities have direct flights to Lansing, but among them are Chicago, via United Express, Detroit, via Delta Connection, and Minneapolis, via Sun Country Airlines.

After you get settled into one of the comfortable hotels in Lansing, you’ll want to stroll by the Michigan State Capitol, a magnificent neoclassical building that dates back to the 1870s. Its interior is considered to be among the most ornate of all U.S. state capitol buildings, with highlights that include eight enormous paintings of muses and a working clock that has been displayed in all three of Michigan’s state capitol buildings since the first one was dedicated in Detroit in 1837. Capitol tours should be arranged in advance.

To continue your sightseeing tour, strap on some comfortable walking shoes to explore the sprawling and architecturally stunning Michigan State University campus. Its most historic buildings are ideally situated along the banks of the tree-lined Red Cedar River, and landmarks spread throughout the campus include the imposing Beaumont Tower and a bronze statue of Sparty, the mascot of the Michigan State Spartans.

The Potter Park Zoo is an especially large and modern zoo for a city of Lansing’s size, covering more than 100 acres and housing more than 160 animal species. If you have a rainy day, wait it out at the R. E. Olds Transportation Museum, an outstanding automotive museum with exhibits that include the last Oldsmobile ever built. And when you just want to have fun, prowl around Downtown East Lansing and explore the hip district of restaurants, bars, clubs and shops where the university crowd blows off steam.