Fermentation Fest: making beer, kraut, yogurt, bread, art-farm bonds
What, besides corn and cows, might you find in farm fields near Reedsburg in October? A. A woodwind quintet and ballet dancers. B. A place […]
Articles by Mary Bergin
Rural artists at work in Northwoods to Driftless studios
Outside are the tools and materials of a welder. Inside is the precarious pirouette of a dancer, the menacing glare of a warrior. The unusual […]
Midwest rural art parks: a smooth blend with nature
When fall colors hit their peak, we hit the road in search of the most brilliant blaze of hues. That part is expected. What adds […]
Squeezebox Night: monthly Swiss tribute in Monroe
Once a month on a Tuesday night, the basement at Monroe’s Turner Hall fills. Fans of all things Swiss devour Schublig sausages, potatoes with melted […]
Danish kringle bakeries: who makes the best, most?
In the world of pastry production, Danish kringle ranks among the most difficult and time-consuming of challenges. To do it right takes three days from […]
Odes to rock ‘n’ roll in Clear Lake, Iowa
The half-mile walk between northern Iowa cornfields leads to a pinwheel of copper Jell-O molds and, lower to the ground, stainless steel cutouts of a […]
Garmisch Resort: Old World, backwoods mix near Cable
When I think about classic summer resort design in the Midwest, Old World architecture isn’t the first thing to come to mind. That is a […]
Inside a $4,000 suite at Potawatomi Hotel
The Potawatomi this month open a new restaurant and 19-story hotel in Milwaukee, and the project is remarkable for more than one reason. In each […]
B&B is retired tugboat on Mississippi River shore
Around the time Jonathan Lucroy hit his second RBI double during the All-Star Game in Minneapolis, I sat 15 miles east, without a television, clue […]
Red Wing museum gains $1.5 million pottery collection
Red Wing, a Mississippi River city on the Minnesota side, has been home to a pottery museum for years – but now it’s billed as […]
In Kenosha, this car show is a homecoming
A 1977 Gremlin van soon will be moved into the Kenosha History Center, and the timing is deliberate. The van (an American Motors Corp. prototype […]
Pizza farms: Drive in, dine out, stay til sunset
Pizza.com declares 93 percent of Americans ate pizza in the last month, and each of us averages 46 slices per year. Dustin Booth and Emily […]