Holiday Music Motel: Sturgeon Bay high note
It’s an hour or two past sunset, and a sign of neon guides me home for the night. The door cracks open, I hear one-man […]
Articles by Mary Bergin
Distillers unite, to market themselves as one
We have long been in good spirits in Wisconsin, and now a lesser-known part of our alcohol-loving heritage will make itself more visible. Producers of […]
Arena, Mazo: unusual, good rural dining
Two rural and south-central Wisconsin businesses, eight miles apart, cater to customers in unconventional ways. — A mile or two west of Arena, population 685, […]
Wisconsin Innovations: new Madison exhibit
Here are a few of the answers: American Girl dolls. Malted milk. The typewriter. Bioluminescence technology. Each solves this question: What has Wisconsin ingenuity […]
Private doors open in Milwaukee, Chicago
Almost underneath Interstates 43/94, one mile west of Milwaukee’s trendy Third Ward retail/nightlife district, illuminating work happens daily. Inside an 1890s building of red brick, […]
Two Ryan Braun restaurants in Wisconsin
The setting: White linens. Delicate stemware. Cartoonish murals. The pizza choices: Pepperoni. Sweet potato pie. Sausage and rapini. Also on the menu: Meatballs. Watermelon-beet salad. […]
NYC’s Leo House: safe haven for travelers
Hundreds of police and firefighters in need of respite during 9/11 rescue and recovery work found their way to The Leo House, three miles north […]
Frank Lloyd Wright hotel reopens in Iowa
No one would mistake Tokyo for Mason City, Iowa, but the cities have something big in common: Each has been home to a Frank Lloyd […]
Bach’s legacy makes Leipzig a City of Music
Under glass is a letter of complaint from the church choirmaster, making a plea for more musicians and lamenting that some boys under his tutelage […]
Berlin: Wall, monuments size up history
Fourth in a series about travel in Germany. The majority of Wisconsin residents, a higher percentage than any other state, trace their roots to a […]
Baden-Baden: thermal therapy in 17 steps
Third in a series about travel in Germany. The majority of Wisconsin residents, a higher percentage than any other state, trace their roots to a […]
Hamburg’s fish market: a Sunday a.m. party
Second in a series about travel in Germany. The majority of Wisconsin residents, a higher percentage than any other state, trace their roots to a […]