There was a time people drove “up the Michigan Coast” and entered through a back door. It was slower, to be sure, but it was good. You met Lake Michigan sooner.

Like other businessmen, Capone and his gangsters needed to get away for rest and recuperation. Often, they headed north to Wisconsin, staying in local resorts.

Although Lake Geneva is most famous for its summer fun, many people don’t realize that there are plenty of diversions in the “Newport of the West” during the winter season as well.

Cities across America count increasing numbers of craft breweries, but only Milwaukee holds the historic title of “Brew City, USA.” For decades, brewery tours have drawn tourists to truly educate their palates.

The Badgers. The culture. The outdoor attractions. These are all good reasons to visit Madison, but my favorite reason is the food, and as a favorite family weekend destination, my family and I have eaten our way from Lake Mendota to Lake Monona.

Spring Green is a fun getaway where visitors can easily spend a day or two enjoying the town’s eclectic shops, taking in a play at American Players Theatre, touring Taliesin or House on the Rock and grabbing something to eat at local favorites like the General Store, Freddy Valentine’s or the Driftless Depot.

The walk begins on 300 feet of rocky causeway, then a trail of mulch that ends at the 90-foot-tall…

Once a corridor of machine shops and warehouse spaces, Walker’s Point has evolved into Restaurant Row, with locally-focused and highly conceptualized restaurants scattered throughout this south side Milwaukee neighborhood.

The average drive-in restaurant is open from spring to autumn and shows off what is genuine and good in rural America: kids with doting grandparents, frugal families on road trips, hard-working farmers, flirtatious teens.