Stories tagged: "travel"

Coronavirus (Photo courtesy of Megan La Barbera)
Coronavirus Pandemic Life Overseas: Wisconsin Woman Recounts Past Year in Spain

Visits using technology helped maintain connections with family and friends during difficult times.

Julian Emerson Julian Emerson April 8, 2021 1:29 pm CDT
Our Wisconsin Darla Dernovsek submitted this photo of her husband Mike and their dog Sunny on a hike at St. Peter's Dome near Ashland.
Our Wisconsin There’s Much to Be Thankful for in Wisconsin—the Places and the People

Our travel writer offers reminders of what we have and what will still be with us after this most unusual year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin November 25, 2020 9:11 am CST
Our Wisconsin Greenbush Cemetery was established during the same year that Wisconsin became a state.
Our Wisconsin For Sites with Unconventional History Lessons, Look to Wisconsin’s Dead

Cemeteries provide more than Halloween tales of terror and dead-calm tranquility the rest of the year.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin October 28, 2020 7:00 am CDT
Our Wisconsin Holy Wisdom Monastery in Dane County. (Photos by Mary Bergin)
Our Wisconsin This Former Monastery in Dane County Might Be the Escape We All Need Right Now

Now a retreat for single or multi-day visits, it offers spiritual solace, natural solitude, and environmental stewardship.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin September 1, 2020 11:30 am CDT
Our Wisconsin Vino Over the Valley in Arcadia, Wis.
Our Wisconsin The Cure for COVID Stress? A ‘Great River Road’ Getaway.

Here are 16 suggestions for stops along a stunning stretch of hills, valleys, and the mighty Mississippi.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin August 7, 2020 6:59 am CDT

continuing coverage

Assembly Speaker Robin Vos (R-Rochester) holds a press conference on April 13 where he demands Gov. Tony Evers accept severe restrictions on local health officials, schools, and the governor himself in exchange for tens of millions of dollars in federal supplemental COVID food aid. (Image via Wisconsin Eye.) Politics Evers and Timberlake Find a Way to Bypass Vos’ Willingness to Lose Millions in Food Aid for Families
An archival image of the Plainfield Tunnel Channel Lakes in Waushara County, which have experienced a reduction in water levels due to groundwater withdrawals for irrigated agriculture. (Photo credit: Wisconsin DNR) Natural Resources Clean Water at Stake as WI Supreme Court Hears Appeals to Take GOP Restrictions Off the DNR
Left: A sewer line under construction along St. Paul Avenue in Milwaukee in 1920. Right: Victor Berger, co-founder of the Socialist Party of America, editor of the Milwaukee Leader, and the first Socialist elected to Congress. Lower: Construction of a Milwaukee sewer line in 1932. (Photos courtesy: Wisconsin Historical Society and Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District. Graphic by Morgaine Ford-Workman.) Infrastructure Infrastructure Is Good Politics—Just Ask Milwaukee’s Sewer Socialists of 1904
The state Capitol in Madison is reflected off the windows of an office building across the street. (Photo by Julian Emerson) Politics Not Allowed: Nonpartisan Analysis Finds a Flaw in GOP Plans for Wisconsin Stimulus Money
Our Wisconsin Walker House in Mineral Point
Our Wisconsin Social Distancing Means Diners Get More Attention in Some Restaurants

A restored stagecoach stop, Walker House combines a 19th century environment with 21st century safeguards.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin July 9, 2020 11:59 am CDT
Our Wisconsin This view of Lake Winnebago is from Fond du Lac’s Lakeside Park.
Our Wisconsin How to Have a Well-Rounded Lake Winnebago Road Trip

There’s more to the state’s largest body of water than what's along the I-41 strip.

Mary Bergin Mary Bergin June 5, 2020 2:13 pm CDT