More than sixty years have passed since the red stacks of the Goodrich Transit Company were last seen on Lake Michigan. The last Red Stack steamer was taken out of service in 1933, more than seventy-five years after the Goodrich flag first appeared on the lakes. This is the story of the Goodrich ships, of the ports from which they sailed, and of th more...
Discover the ice-sculpted landscape that intrigued and inspired John Muir, Aldo Leopold, and Frank Lloyd Wright. From potholes carved into Precambrian basalt by torrential floods of glacial meltwater to the fossil tracks of ancient sluglike creatures that crawled across tidal flats 500 million years ago, the rocks and landforms of Wisconsin reveal more...
The True Story of Three Teachers in a Love Triangle That Stunned A Community
Deeply immersed in the close-knit culture of long-distance running, Pam and Bob Bulik were avid competitors. To all appearances, they were also a happily married couple, devoted to each other and their two young children. Then, Bob made a fateful decision. He began an ex
One of the last operating coal-burning steamships in the world, the S.S. Badger provides travelers and their automobiles with what is now the only opportunity to ferry across Lake Michigan. Each summer, thousands of tourists enjoy sailing the 60-mile run between Ludington, Michigan and Manitowoc, Wisconsin.
Can anyone who has visited Door County forget Wilson's in Ephraim? We think not. The establishment with its white facade, wrap-around sign and striped awnings is surely one of the most memorable places imaginable. And it's safe to say that few who have stopped there can forget the pleasure of its ice cream cones with the inevitable jelly bean at more...
Sheffield is one of Chicago’s oldest neighborhoods. Its boundaries are Halsted, Armitage, Fullerton, and the North Branch of the Chicago River. Most of the buildings are multi-storied. The few standing in the area in 1871 were untouched by The Fire. Although many were added after, an 1886 map of the neighborhood still shows a large number of empty more...
Early French explorers named the dangerous shoal-studded passage between Lake Michgan and Green Bay "Porte des Morts", or Death's Door. Since then, hundreds of ships have dramatically come to grief along these rocky shores. Many fascinating archival, land, aerial and underwater photos bring to life these shipwreck tales, the legend of the Poverty I more...
Wisconsin is a state of incredible diversity, tansition, accomplishment and modesty. We are more than great beer, brats, cheeseheads and polkas.
You can stay close to home and think your in another country, find stunning and unusual get-aways on a tank full of gas, feel among kindred spirits in the most remote areas, eat the finest of foods in sm