Friendship Force boosts goodwill through travel
If tears flow at the end, as they are known to do, you can bet it’s a sign that the trip was successful. That’s because […]
Tours
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 […]
Down to Earth Tours study state’s northwest
One of the first things Dave Thorson does, when he stops his 14-passenger bus, is take out a pouch of tobacco and talk about a […]
Milwaukee: Lakefront Brewery makes history
Russ Klisch decided to ferment beer after brother Jim gave home brewing a try. “It wasn’t the worst thing I ever had,” Russ deadpans, but […]
Small-group specialty tours to Asia, Europe
The older I get, the more I seek meaning in whatever I do. That includes travel, and I’m not alone in this quest toward fulfillment. […]
Field trips abroad widen students’ world view
Breakfast ends with a mug of hot and sludge-like chocolate, the dipping sauce for freshly fried churros – fat and slightly greasy rods of sugar-doused […]
How to set up a trip about Wisconsin cheese
When the good people of Illinois began calling us Cheeseheads in the 1980s, we embraced the pejorative and began wearing yellow wedges of foam on […]
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 […]
VocationVacations: Test out a new career
Bison rancher. Uh-huh. Maybe that should be my next job. It would be easy enough to see what the work involves … BisonRidge Ranch, near […]
Trips abroad have Wisconsin connections
With spring fever – and we WILL have it soon – comes wanderlust. If your dream is to roam far away, consider these one-of-a-kind trips, […]
For Packer fans: ‘Legends of Lombardi’ tour
We are driving through a modest but tidy neighborhood in Green Bay, on Ridge Road, near Lambeau Field. It costs $20 to park here on […]
Tour de France puts Trek, tours on the map
The three-week Tour de France has begun, and that makes Trek Bicycle Corp. an especially appropriate place to visit. It costs nothing to tour the […]