Elks Lodge 57, Koz’s: unusual bowling spots
The good people of Fond du Lac are quietly protecting a piece of history that is deemed significant in the world of bowling. They have […]
Midwest
Joe McCarthy, Houdini at Appleton museum
I’m certainly not the first to be tempted to make comparisons between Joseph McCarthy and Houdini. Anybody else want to join in? Hmmm. That didn’t […]
Princeton, Green Lake: ‘quiet time’ appealing
It is mid January, but winter has taken its time to reappear, at least in southwestern Wisconsin. After our holiday landscape melted into a dank […]
Cooks Corner specializes in kitchenware
He has a pleasant and disarming way of hawking his merchandise. Today, it is porcelain dinnerware – 22,000 pieces that are being sold for a […]
Christmas chocolates: Line forms at Hughes
The boxes are plain, lightweight and stamped simply in red or black. The contents are luscious, fresh and full of chocolate – a jumble of […]
Berrymans: Dey’re here, dey’re dere
The Mabel Tainter is an elegant old building in downtown Menomonie that is part church, part theater, part library and community center. Named after a […]
Catching the spirit of Kenosha, downtown
I would have never expected to find Jimmy Carter, Jesse Jackson and Sylvester Stallone shoulder to shoulder in downtown Kenosha. A block away, I met […]
Indie businesses define neighborhoods
Racine’s Jerome Boulevard was an average neighborhood two decades ago. Our bungalow was a good starter home, with not much – besides the lime green […]
Destination Galena, Ill.: great for shopping
The thrill of the hunt has begun, but it’s not only about the whitetail stalkers who are heading north. Their annual departure is good reason […]
Stay overnight in a Frank Lloyd Wright house
I would have liked to stay for the night, or at least until dark, but at least I had access to the next best thing: […]
Grand Hotel: classy survivor of genteel times
There is no escaping the geraniums. They are woven into carpeting, printed onto toiletries, planted in front of the rocking chairs outside. There are about […]
Grand celebration begins in Traverse City
My 50th birthday is behind me, but not without a long stretch of celebrations that involved friendly strangers as well as friends, 2,000 miles away […]