Judy Fawcett is 78 years old. She’s a small woman, probably 100 pounds sopping wet—yet in her spare time, she walks marathons in Mongolia and gets chased by hippos in Botswana. And she knits. For the past 20 years, Fawcett has been running expedition-styl... See more
Every Fourth of July, the sky above the United States fills with aerial peonies, willows, crossettes, and horsetails, fired from barges on open water and choreographed to live orchestras in cities that have spent months planning thirty minutes of spectacl... See more
We all know Wisconsin when we see it — the rolling hills of the Driftless Area, the limestone bluffs of Door County, the wooded highways and inland lakes. Beyond its distinctive topography, the Dairy State has its own characteristic culture. But what defi... See more
bonus content for select readers in ILLINOIS / INDIANA / MICHIGAN / MINNESOTA / WISCONSIN Centuries ago, the only waterfall on the Mississippi River thundered through what would become downtown Minneapolis. Owámniyomni—later renamed St. Anthony Fallsâ€... See more
What is a 'dementia village'? Wisconsin to open the first in America Imagine a neighborhood where someone living with dementia can walk to a café, tend a garden, or simply sit on a porch watching the world go by. Not a hospital corridor lined with handrai... See more
