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Take Ten: Fine fireplace getaways in Wisconsin

January 16, 2020 Mary Bergin 0

Single-digit temps are forecast as I write this, hot chocolate within reach and fat cat on my lap. Happiness through hygge (“hoo-ga”), the Denmark concept […]

Saint Kate: Visual, performing arts hotel in Milwaukee

June 8, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

The artists’ canvas? A room with four walls instead of taut cloth propped onto an easel. The new gallery? A blend of spoken word, artsy […]

21c: Where art museum, lodging merge

April 14, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

My mind and body are weary from rising at 3:15 a.m. to catch the first flight out of Madison, but the aerial hops are quick, […]

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Digital detox: biz as usual at expanded Sundara Spa

January 19, 2019 Mary Bergin 0

“Time to relax and enjoy everything your heart desires,” the one-page pledge sheet begins. What you’ll promise, in exchange for temporary nirvana, is to unplug. […]

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Take Ten: Alluring lodging of 2018

December 22, 2018 Mary Bergin 0

Sleeping around is part of a travel writer’s job, and the end of a year is my time to review the wide variety of places […]

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The American Club turns 100: from immigrant housing to luxury lodging

June 9, 2018 Mary Bergin 0

A better life: That is what Old World immigrants sought when leaving European homelands and taking a treacherous ocean voyage 100 years ago. They arrived […]

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Trendsetters in lodging: Yotel, Kinn Guesthouse

February 24, 2018 Mary Bergin 0

Hands off, and hands on: We apparently want it both ways while traveling. We want memory-making vacation experiences that are immersive and personal, in groups […]

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Take Ten: the year’s lovely lodging

December 23, 2017 Mary Bergin 0

I rest my head on dozens of beds besides my own every year and check out many other properties without staying overnight. What catches my […]

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De Pere’s 4th generation Union Hotel quietly begins 100th year

September 2, 2017 Mary Bergin 0

Closing time at the Union Hotel’s restaurant is 9 p.m. in downtown De Pere. Decades ago, that was because of the butcher, who worked halfway […]

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Rural Missouri B&B operates inside Dancing Rabbit Ecovillage

August 12, 2017 Mary Bergin 0

Within the hills and dales of northeast Missouri are far fewer miles of paved roads than rivers and creeks. Signs at one-lane bridges warn of […]

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Roots Inn, Sister Bay: It’s not your average B&B

May 20, 2017 Mary Bergin 0

Collin and Sara Doherty have traveled the world – on their walls are framed photos from Vail to Vietnam – but they choose, for now, […]

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Best lodging of 2016: Eau Claire to Tobago

December 24, 2016 Mary Bergin 0

A memorable overnight getaway doesn’t have to break the budget, or maybe it’s high time that you splurged. Where? I count these properties as remarkable, […]

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About clowns in Wisconsin, where coulrophobia rules at a Manty B&B

October 29, 2016 Mary Bergin 0

What’s the difference between a clown and a mime? Not much these days because neither is talking, at least to me. Widespread chatter – make […]

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Green Lake B&B honors rich resort heritage

May 28, 2016 Mary Bergin 0

The Winnebago tribe knew of the lake as Daycholah, a beautiful, mysterious and magical body of water that seemed to have no bottom. It was […]

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