Wisconsin

Some corners of downtown Appleton carry more character in a single room than entire blocks do elsewhere. Tucked…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 4

Tucked into a small Wisconsin town where cheese is practically a way of life, one address has quietly…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 4

There is a small Wisconsin town where century-old passenger cars still roll down a quiet stretch of track,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 3

Some road trips end with a photo. This one ends with a cardboard boat of hot, squeaky cheese…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 3

Somewhere in southern Wisconsin, a small downtown lined with carved wooden trolls hides a cafe where hand-made chocolate…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 3

Every August, Wisconsin lines up by the thousands for a cream puff at the State Fair, and honestly,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 2

In Wisconsin, a bratwurst is more than a cookout snack, because it shows up at game days, Saturday…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 2

A Wisconsin apple tastes better when you pulled it off the branch yourself, and I will stand by…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 2

Door County grows a lot of cherries, but only a few places turn a highway stop into a…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 1

Some Milwaukee traditions come with a thick rulebook, and this one fits on a napkin. Park the car,…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 1

Friday mornings in Wisconsin have a funny way of ending with a flat white bakery box on the…

By Ethan Mueller · Oct 1

Some Milwaukee-area restaurants chase trends, and one West Allis dining room has spent more than a hundred years…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 30

Wisconsin sits a long way from any ocean, yet one dining room near Milwaukee keeps sending crab legs…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 30

Some of the best fall outings in Wisconsin do not need a map full of stops, a packed…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 30

Most people do not expect a Wisconsin day trip to end with sand in their shoes and dunes…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 29

Some Wisconsin road trips start with a map, and others start with a craving that has been passed…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 29

October in Wisconsin comes with a very specific to-do list, and it usually involves muddy boots, a wagon…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 28

Some shops sell candy. Others build a whole afternoon around it. On a quiet corner in Appleton, Wisconsin,…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 28

Some restaurants hope dessert will rescue the meal, but in one Rice Lake dining room, dessert is the…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 27

Buying cheese in Wisconsin is easy, but watching it get made right in front of you is a…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 27

Some trails ask for nothing more than sneakers, but this one near Merrimac expects wet shoes and a…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 26

Most restaurants put their best features on the menu. One spot in Sister Bay, Wisconsin, puts them on…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 26

Once the first chilly morning shows up in Wisconsin, a lot of us start thinking about warm apple…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 26

In Wisconsin, Friday night has a standing plan, and it usually involves a basket of golden cod, a…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 25

Some dinners come with a menu. Others come with a wood fire, a giant kettle, and a countdown…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 25

Wisconsin Dells is famous for water parks and neon-lit arcades, but the food scene that keeps locals happy…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 25

Nothing beats a root beer float made the old way, with root beer that the drive-in mixes up…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 24

Some spots earn a title, and one Wisconsin town wears the crown of Bratwurst Capital of the World…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 24

Some places manage to feel like they belong in a bygone decade while still buzzing with a very…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 24

Wisconsin takes its frozen custard seriously, and the flavor of the day is a big part of the…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 23

Highway 42 hugs the Lake Michigan shoreline all the way up through Door County, and it happens to…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 23

Tucked at the edge of a Wisconsin river valley sits a small cabin-style cafe that serves plates far…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 23

Along the northern edge of Wisconsin, where Lake Superior meets a small harbor town, sits a shop that…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 22

Pie has a way of turning an ordinary drive into a real reason to pull over. Wisconsin happens…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 22

Great barbecue takes patience, and the best pitmasters in Wisconsin know it starts long before the doors open.…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 21

Wisconsin does a lot of things well, and one of them is turning ordinary snacks into chocolate-covered treats.…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 21

Wisconsin has a summer tradition you might not know about yet, and it involves grabbing a wood-fired pizza…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 20

Some places in Milwaukee have been around so long that they feel woven into the city itself. One…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 20

Wisconsin supper clubs have their own rhythm, and it starts before your meal even arrives. A relish tray…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 19