Better than trick or treat: Riding a New Orleans parade float
One visit is enough for some places, but that’s not how I view New Orleans. The city has a flashy array of personalities, none boring. […]
Food on the farm: Restaurant ingredients truly local
Lots of chefs develop farm-to-table menus to showcase local ingredients, but these restaurants go one step further. Each is on a Wisconsin farm and open […]
Grand Hotel: How to save money while savoring the landmark resort
Mackinac Island’s Grand Hotel – unusual because of its appearance, architecture, attitude and location – soon goes into hibernation for six months. The Michigan summer […]
Fermentation Fest: making beer, kraut, yogurt, bread, art-farm bonds
What, besides corn and cows, might you find in farm fields near Reedsburg in October? A. A woodwind quintet and ballet dancers. B. A place […]
Rural artists at work in Northwoods to Driftless studios
Outside are the tools and materials of a welder. Inside is the precarious pirouette of a dancer, the menacing glare of a warrior. The unusual […]
Midwest rural art parks: a smooth blend with nature
When fall colors hit their peak, we hit the road in search of the most brilliant blaze of hues. That part is expected. What adds […]
Squeezebox Night: monthly Swiss tribute in Monroe
Once a month on a Tuesday night, the basement at Monroe’s Turner Hall fills. Fans of all things Swiss devour Schublig sausages, potatoes with melted […]
Danish kringle bakeries: who makes the best, most?
In the world of pastry production, Danish kringle ranks among the most difficult and time-consuming of challenges. To do it right takes three days from […]
Odes to rock ‘n’ roll in Clear Lake, Iowa
The half-mile walk between northern Iowa cornfields leads to a pinwheel of copper Jell-O molds and, lower to the ground, stainless steel cutouts of a […]
Garmisch Resort: Old World, backwoods mix near Cable
When I think about classic summer resort design in the Midwest, Old World architecture isn’t the first thing to come to mind. That is a […]
Inside a $4,000 suite at Potawatomi Hotel
The Potawatomi this month open a new restaurant and 19-story hotel in Milwaukee, and the project is remarkable for more than one reason. In each […]
B&B is retired tugboat on Mississippi River shore
Around the time Jonathan Lucroy hit his second RBI double during the All-Star Game in Minneapolis, I sat 15 miles east, without a television, clue […]