EAA AirVenture, the genius of Burt Rutan
Two wings. One fuselage. Propeller in front. Tail at back. I was content with my presumptions about airplanes in the 1970s, until Burt Rutan began […]
Wisconsin
Mount Horeb: home to trollway, tool museum
Trolls rule in Mount Horeb, a peculiar, creative and vibrant Dane County village of 7,000. The scruffy, impish troll carvings – happy-crazed-creepy in expression, dwarfs […]
Devil’s Lake, Vilas Zoo, Taliesin at 100 years
Three major southern Wisconsin attractions this year reach the same milestone – 100 years of existence. Their centennial celebrations stretch through the summer. — Living […]
Chambers Island: open for quiet exploration
Mysterious Chambers Island is a 45-minute boat ride from Door County’s Fish Creek, but most of us only see it from a distance and hear […]
Color them cool: Walldogs to paint Plymouth
Who doesn’t want to leave their mark on the world before leaving it? Hundreds of strangers will do just that in Plymouth this month, and […]
Beloit gains Great American Main St. Award
The Facebook conversation begins in a neutral manner: “Heading to Beloit; seeking your input,” I write. “Head SouthWest – LOL,” responds a high school classmate, […]
Newly noticed in, en route to Door County
I’m waterlogged from writing about lakefront destinations at least a half-dozen times this spring, at the request of magazine editors who know that many of […]
Native American tourism: beyond the casinos
When dinner arrives, my side dish of wild rice is enough to feed two. The grains are large, almost meaty in texture and slightly nutty […]
Old World Wisconsin: How the gardens grow
May is a month of hope and faith for gardeners who begin with seeds or fragile stalks and dream of a cornucopia of color and […]
Spider Lake Lodge: one classy fishing camp
Go fish, but when the angling ends as sun sets, a remote log lodge could be your finest catch of the day in Northwoods Wisconsin. […]
Dandelion Fest: enemy weed to edible green
What does it take to turn your enemy into a friend? A May 7 visit to Wisconsin’s Holyland – the German-Catholic towns that dominate parts […]
Pinehurst Inn, Bayfield: Color it deep green
Listen to how Nancy Sandstrom torments herself. The topic is organic cotton sheets, and these are a few of the questions she contemplates: Where does […]