From accordions to yo-yos, here’s a roundup of some of the badger state’s most curious museums. Greetings from House…
A Historic Theater Opening in Oshkosh
What’s old is new again—just ask sisters Carey Sharpe and Jenna Golem, who lovingly restored The Howard, a 90-plus-year-old building in Oshkosh for use as a multiuse event space, concert hall, café and bowling alley, opening this fall.
Shoppist: Fantastic Finds at Hatch Art House
Madison’s Atwood Avenue is now home to a number of excellent restaurants and some great locally-owned boutiques, like Tammy…
Celebrating the American Club’s Centennial
Considered Wisconsin’s Grand Dame hotel, the American Club—nestled in the company town of Kohler—celebrated its one hundredth birthday this past August.
Shoppist: Nurturing Green Thumbs
Founded in 1847 with just a flour and feed mill, today Cambridge’s quaint downtown filled with brick buildings boasts a few pubs, a winery and little shops—like the Avid Gardener, a gift and gardening boutique on the main drag.
How to Experience the Arts Al Fresco in Wisconsin
Creativity thrives all year long across Wisconsin, but somehow, it’s at its most inspiring in the peak of summer.
Appreciating Wisconsin’s Outsider Art
In Wisconsin, there are several of these unusual “art environments” as they’re called, made by people with no training in sculpture, art or design. Most of these remote installations involve castoff materials.
Wisconsin’s Own Walk of Fame
In her hit “Big Yellow Taxi,” singer Joni Mitchell lamented that “they paved paradise and put up a parking lot.” At the University of Wisconsin–Madison, the alumni association has done just the opposite. It removed a parking lot and replaced it with Alumni Park, celebrating UW alumni and traditions.
Nine Great Drive-ins
In their heyday, there were 79 drive-in movie theaters in Wisconsin—they have since dwindled to the single digits. But, these nine popular ones have withstood the test of time by carving out a niche.