Taste of Germany in Milwaukee

A visiting Berliner goes on a mission to find and sample German culture in Wisconsin.

Door County lighthouses

The door resembles a bulkhead, and I duck and ease myself out. The sudden force of the wind compels me to tuck my baseball cap into my...

Wisconsin brew tours

Wisconsin lost its unofficial beer capital designation when large brewers moved away decades ago, but the state's reputation remains...

Grand Rapids: A relaxed urban getaway

I'm sitting with my wife on the fringe of Rosa Parks Circle as a multiracial band blasts bluesy tunes for a small but very receptive crowd--...

'The Wizard of Oz' back home in Oconomowoc, Wis.

Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood rightfully boasts about the scores of legendary film stars who have walked through the front doors to...

Almost roughing it along Indiana's Tippecanoe

With the exception of the Kickapoo, the Tippecanoe River is the most comically named waterway in the Midwest.

John Dillinger tours look at his life and crimes

Several Chicago-area tourist attractions prepare for the barrage of visitors that the new Johnny Depp film is expected to bring.

Ice cream hot spots in the Midwest

Anything worth having is, as they say, worth waiting for. The ice cream at the Wilton Candy Kitchen is certainly worth having, because it'...

Illinois celebrates Lincoln's 200th birthday

The Land of Lincoln is throwing a year-long party for its favorite son. Especially in Springfield, where the future president found his...

Midwest's favorite ghostly haunts await

Even when Halloween isn't lurking, ghostly figures, unexplained sounds and mysteriously moving objects are the norm at the Midwest's most...