Wisconsin

Wisconsin has a way of turning a meal into a whole tradition, and nowhere is that clearer than…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 10

Wisconsin runs on cheese, and nothing shows it better than a hot basket of fresh cheese curds. Whether…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 9

There is a certain kind of dinner that Wisconsin does better than just about anyone, and it happens…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 9

Some places refuse to change, and that is exactly why people keep driving back. There is a drive-up…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 9

Corned beef hash is one of those breakfast plates that tastes completely different when a kitchen actually makes…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 8

Deep in western Wisconsin, an old iron ore mine slowly filled with water so clear it looks almost…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 8

Some waterfalls make you earn every foot of the view. Not this one. Tucked into the far northwest…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 7

Deep in the Northwoods of Wisconsin sits a dining room where dinner is a whole evening, not a…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 7

Some restaurants build a loyal following the slow way, one plate at a time, until people are willing…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 6

Some places in small-town Wisconsin have been serving the same simple comfort for so long that ordering there…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 6

Some places pull you back year after year, not because they chase trends, but because they refuse to…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 5

There is a special kind of Saturday that starts with a canvas tote bag, a paper cup of…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 5

Somewhere in a small Wisconsin town, taffy gets stretched and folded by hand while shoppers pause mid-browse to…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 5

Somewhere in the rolling hills of southern Wisconsin sits a place where the calendar seems to skip backward…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 4

A historic building sits right at the water’s edge in southeastern Wisconsin, and it has quietly become one…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 4

Every autumn in central Wisconsin, ordinary fields transform into shallow ponds where millions of tiny red berries rise…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 4

Some trails ask you to sweat for the payoff. This one just asks you to show up. Tucked…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 3

Some places make you drive past a hundred times before you finally pull the wheel over and give…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 3

Tucked into a quiet Milwaukee street sits a turreted mansion built in the late 1800s, and it still…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 3

There is a place in rural Wisconsin where horses still pull wagons down quiet lanes and a blacksmith…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 2

Some road trips build their whole day around a single stop, and in south-central Wisconsin that stop often…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 2

Somewhere in the far northern reaches of Wisconsin, water tumbles nearly 165 feet over dark rock, and yet…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 2

Some restaurants earn a reputation, and others quietly build a legacy one slice at a time. Tucked into…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 1

Some places in central Wisconsin have quietly refused to change, and that stubbornness is exactly why folks keep…

By Ethan Mueller · Sep 1

Wisconsin does small-town steakhouses in a way few other states can match. These are the kind of places…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 31

Some of the best pizza in the Madison area sits a little off the beaten path, tucked between…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 31

Some folks will happily point their cars down the highway for over an hour just to sink their…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 30

When autumn rolls into northern Wisconsin, the forests trade their summer green for waves of red, orange, and…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 30

Kringle is the official state pastry of Wisconsin, and once you understand how good the real thing can…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 29

Rivers in northern Wisconsin have carved something remarkable over thousands of years, cutting deep channels through ancient red…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 29

Some highway signs promise more than they deliver, but there is one along Interstate 94 in southern Wisconsin…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 29

Wisconsin knows how to do comfort food, and few things say comfort quite like a slice of homemade…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 28

In Wisconsin, Friday night means one thing to a lot of people: fish fry. It is a weekly…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 28

Somewhere along a quiet stretch of central Wisconsin highway, a small cafe has become the reason people schedule…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 28

A turret rising above a quiet Milwaukee street usually signals a landmark, and this one hides a whole…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 27

Some of the best baked goods in southern Wisconsin sit at the end of a country road, surrounded…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 27

Some places make you work for the payoff, and this quiet corner of western Wisconsin rewards a short…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 27

Wisconsin holds one of the largest Amish populations in the country, and many of those settlements sit in…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 26

If you like slow mornings, old buildings, and finding treasures you did not know you needed, Cedarburg, Wisconsin…

By Ethan Mueller · Aug 26