Here's my ranking as a midwestern who has been to all of the states except ND, SD, Kansas (I think) and Nebraska (I think), because why would anyone go to those places:
1. Wisconsin - beer, cheese, brats, lots of lakes, Lake Michigan coastline (door county), Madison (better than Ann Arbor) - negatives - cold
2. lllinois - has Chicago
3. Michigan - lots of good beer, really good beaches and beach towns, Detroit can be fun, Ann Arbor - ok but overrated
4. Minnesota - lots of water, too fucking cold
5-11 - interchangable plains, farms, MAGA and bad Jesus. Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota
12. Ohio
#anecdotes, but every person I've ever met from Wisconsin is good people.