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 […]
Free Spaces
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 […]
Wisconsin in labor: work museums, tours
A lot of us in Wisconsin are seeing red or feeling blue because of this winter’s legislation and citizen protests about collective bargaining rights for […]
Traverse City: new uses for insane asylum
Sunshine, fresh air, beauty as therapy, physical exercise through work: These were crucial components of mental health treatment in the mid 1800s, and Dr. Thomas […]
Wisconsin introduces roadside culture stands
Consider the phrase “roadside culture stand.” It is more than a place to sell fresh veggies, less imposing than the average art fair booth and […]
Look for Vernon County’s rare round barns
Think of threatened or endangered species, and a creature that breathes – the bald eagle, a gray wolf or Karner blue butterfly – likely comes […]
Two Rivers preserves history of wooden type
“WALL ST. LAYS AN EGG” “JAPS BOMB PEARL HARBOR” “DEWEY DEFEATS TRUMAN” These events made history, but so did the newspaper headlines. Although the large […]
Kohler offers free, three-hour factory tours
When I met Lowell Kappers in 2005, he was 69, had worked at Kohler Co. for 44 years and had yet to truly retire. That […]
First lady opens gov’s house for the holidays
Children seem to adore the state’s first lady, Jessica Doyle, especially when they’re renewing their acquaintance with her. Jessica often visits classrooms around Wisconsin, so […]
Artwork defines Chicago in small, large ways
When I think of Chicago’s icons, the lofty Sears Tower and festive lakefront Navy Pier come to mind first. They identify the city because of […]
Sales are numerous, quick at Amish auctions
“Let’s go 50, a dollar-fifty. Now two. And 50. Now three. And 50, just 50 – do we have three-fifty? Fifty? “Sold, for three dollars. […]
Kohler champions outsider art environments
“Think like Nick,” the teacher advises her students, in kindergarten to grade 6. About 235 children will bring their treasures and stories to school May […]