Fight gas price hikes with train trip travel
By the time you read this, I’ll have returned from a trip to Germany that involved planes, trains and no automobiles. Mass transit has long […]
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 […]
Kettle of Fish: NYC bar for Packer, Badger fans
Six subway stops south of Times Square, in Manhattan’s West Village, and I’m almost home. The exit says New York University, but that’s not the […]
al corso: fine dining in rural Wisconsin
I am chasing the sun as it turns the sky a moody rose-gray near twilight, zipping past farmland and swampland that are steeping in the […]
Tommy Bartlett’s Exploratory, love of science
It’s mid afternoon on a weekday, and for a while I have dozens of games, lessons and challenges all to myself. My greeter is a […]
ColdCache, Native American, Dells tourism
Five newcomers to notice this year: You’ve heard of geocaching – treasure hunts for families or adults that require little more than a GPS 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 […]
Mining: a matter of heritage, tourism, survival
Note: A proposal to resume iron ore mining in Wisconsin, after a lag of four decades, means we’re likely to hear more than usual about […]
Pasties, Stormy Kromers, Kimball Inn fare
Note: A proposal to resume iron ore mining in Wisconsin, after a lag of four decades, means we’re likely to hear more than usual about […]