Oshkosh studies deer hunting history, habits
As weather cools, so does the desire to stay indoors. That’s not the same as wanting to stay at home: Consider this trio of recently […]
Inside Madison’s Underground Kitchen
When I met Jonny and Ben Hunter three years ago, they were rebel caterers keen on cooking adventurously with locally grown food, but without the […]
Georgio’s: Perfecting the recipe for pizza
USA Today readers know by now that Georgio’s in Milton, a Rock County community of 5,100, is my Wisconsin recommendation in a nationwide roundup of […]
Reedsburg thinks food, Fermentation Fest
Everybody has a story, including the guy who shows up at Donna Neuwirth’s place with an odd contraption just before closing time. The device looks […]
Alex Young and Zingerman’s in Ann Arbor
He’s up at 6 a.m., tending to the tomato crop by 6:30, coaching a work crew about fences for new livestock at 7, beginning the […]
Indy via Segway, in White River State Park
For years I’ve been a master at avoiding the Segway. Those little helmet-headed drivers would look pretty dorky, I decided, if their sets of wheels […]
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 Feargrounds: frightful fun
Tim Gavinski’s livelihood depends upon what happens during 14 days of frightening work this month. He has built a production that requires 152 paid actors […]
Little Lanesboro’s slogan: Live local, live well
Engrave your name on a brick or add it to the back of an auditorium seat: That’s how a lot of nonprofit enterprises raise money. […]
North House Folk School in Grand Marais
Forty miles southwest of the border with Canada, a Minnesota village of 1,400 overlooks a shore of near-paradise, its foundation hardy in character and nostalgic […]
German heritage strong in New Ulm, Minn.
Forces of nature brought me to New Ulm, Minn., for an overnight that I didn’t expect to be pretty. Tornado-level winds and blinding rain had […]
Mackinac Island: a study of high horsepower
Most people who visit Michigan’s Mackinac Island come for just a few hours, so they’re more likely to study fudge shops and fort history than […]