Visit state parks, other great natural retreats
It is easy to recommend a natural high for this weekend, as the annual Wisconsin State Parks Open House Day is Sunday. That means free […]
Articles by Mary Bergin
Japan foreign exchange full of goodwill
CHIBA, Japan – For Hiroshi Ebihara, it was “an honor and once-in-a-lifetime experience” to show his country to Americans. For me, it was a once-in-a-lifetime way […]
Play ball! Baseball exhibits loaded with fun
Head to the Field Museum in Chicago if you love baseball, are irritated by it or couldn’t care less about the sport. There, that should […]
Chicago hostel: clean, safe, prime location
To Cristina Causone of Italy, $34.50 is a lot to pay for a place to sleep. Even if it is clean, safe and in the […]
Pressures, challenge of historic preservation
Money, space, sentiment and progress all have a role – from bit player to star – in our quest to preserve, hide or discard the […]
A traveler’s tales of turbulence, anxiety
One of my more unusual travel challenges this month will be to figure out how to safely transport a case of Berghoff and Capital Brewery […]
Reader mail: Stay, go in light of SARS, war?
I love reader mail, regardless of whether adventures occur close to home or halfway around the world. Among your comments and observations: — Will you […]
Oklahoma memorial: Bomb site turns sacred
“Beacons of hope” have replaced sirens and searchlights; soil covered by death and destruction has become sacred. That’s how Polly Nichols describes the transformation of […]
Kiwi, Quebec culture: U.S. could learn from it
It was about 8 a.m. in Auckland, New Zealand, as we shuffled into the Hyatt Regency downtown, sleepy and jet-lagged after a 12-hour flight from […]
Adventure Andy: remote ecotourism trips
If you truly want to escape the world’s turmoil, Andy Kammer can help by sending you far away. What’s the logic in that? The DeForest […]
Stay or go? Japan plans remain in place
One of my toughest deadlines lately had nothing to do with writing. Less than two days into the war with Iraq, 12 women in Wisconsin […]
Expect shorter trips, last-minute decisions
WISCONSIN DELLS – I hear that you want to stay closer to home, and that’s understandable, but a lot of people hope you don’t barricade […]