Brambleberry B&B: Stay for local-food farm dinner, too
First in a series about the wide range of bed and breakfast lodging in Wisconsin. The state contains 300-plus licensed B&Bs, including this one. — […]
Lodging
Family-owned Alpine Resort, Door County, stays true to its 1922 roots
Ping-pong. A private beach. White wicker furniture. A screened porch. Rowboat access. A bonfire pit. Shuffleboard. Time-stand-still décor. Loyal, repeat customers. All this is what […]
Fifteen classic, popular Wisconsin summer resorts
Sincere thanks to the many Wisconsin Public Radio callers who shared their favorite classic summer resorts when I recently was a guest on “The Larry […]
Sabamba Alpaca Ranch also welcomes B&B guests
When I spend the night at Sally and Tom Schmidt’s bed and breakfast near De Pere, the other guests include three girls from Dubuque who […]
Truly rural Fox Hills aims for good value
Vince Lombardi used to bring his coaches here for a little R&R in the 1960s. Hundreds of Chicago police officers more recently sought the same […]
Horseradish: from crop to plate in Manawa
Ebelskivers. Aebleskivers. Both spellings work, and both are pronounced ABLE-sky-vers. Until I got acquainted with Judy Trull and her Lindsay House B&B in Manawa, I […]
Elite honors: Kohler spa, golf, American Club
Think “the ultimate in luxury travel,” as inspectors for Forbes Travel Guide do every year, and you’ll likely gravitate to the world’s biggest cities for […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]