Take 12: Pandemic Pivots
The best place to take a quick pulse of tourism news and health in Wisconsin is the annual state conference for people who work in […]
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Ice bars, ice castles, MKE coat check, PEEPS show
At this time of year, bellying up to the bar for a cold one can be taken literally. Glistening ice bars – ice sculptures with […]
Take Ten: Museum exhibits worth a wintry road trip
Take a break and consider a museum road trip where traveling or seasonal shows pay attention to unique endeavors in fine art to pop culture […]
Major Nuremberg brat exhibit opens in Germany
You say you love bratwurst? Germany’s Bavaria is centuries ahead of us in that regard, and now a new exhibit in Nuremberg’s local history museum […]
Red Wing museum gains $1.5 million pottery collection
Red Wing, a Mississippi River city on the Minnesota side, has been home to a pottery museum for years – but now it’s billed as […]
Great American road trips: where to find them
I have a weakness for old postcards that show how summer vacations and destinations have changed. We remain ever-eager wanderers, but our expectations sure have […]
Chicago’s Field Museum opens vaults on 1893 World’s Fair
At least one-third of America – 25 million people – made their way to Chicago 120 years ago. What they found were astounding and amusing […]
Hemingway haunts: Michigan to Florida, Cuba to Spain
Sixty years ago, “The Old Man and the Sea” was published in Life magazine, and author Ernest Hemingway won a Pulitzer Prize for the work […]
Les Paul, GuitarTown mold Waukesha’s music image
Waukesha’s love affair with Les Paul, whose work forever changed the sound of music, is about to deepen. The city soon unveils an outdoor public […]
Cutting into the mustard at Middleton museum
Shortly after our host delivered a platter of shaved corned beef and rye bread, he returned with a word of advice: If you need mayo, […]
New national park, arms/armor museum, inn
Newly published is “The Wisconsin Passage: an Adventure in the Handmade, Homegrown and Historical Offerings of Wisconsin from the Mississippi River to Lake Superior,” a […]
Springfield: politics through Abe’s eyes
The face of Lincoln shows up everywhere in Illinois – brass busts on office desks to bigger-than-life memorials in city parks – but there’s just […]