Considered Wisconsin’s Grand Dame hotel, the American Club—nestled in the company town of Kohler—celebrated its one hundredth birthday this past August.

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. 

Creativity thrives all year long across Wisconsin, but somehow, it’s at its most inspiring in the peak of summer.

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.

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.

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.

Festival season isn’t over just because the cold is settling in. Here in Wisconsin, we celebrate year-round!
Check out our list of five fun festivals happening this November.

We’ve got seven electrifying facts about Wisconsin-born guitar star Les Paul.

The Bristol Renaissance Faire celebrates its thirtieth season of Elizabethan frivolity, period costumes and loud and lusty fun for the whole family.