Wisconsin, my favorite place on the planet, is what I write about and photograph more than anything else. I am a lifelong newspaper journalist who eased into travel writing in 2002, when my weekly and syndicated "Roads Traveled" column began.
The classic bed and breakfast inn – a lovely, looming Victorian house with antiques and lace in abundance – is becoming a smaller slice of the lodging pie in Wisconsin.
Kelly Ryan of Minneapolis and Marilyn Zilic of Madison don’t know each other, but they have something big in common: a penchant for small-group retreats.
Reader mail is plentiful, especially since “Hungry for Wisconsin” book events have begun. The good people of Wisconsin are full of fabulous ideas about their favorite destinations.
When I talked to Bart Smith this autumn, it wasn’t all that long after he had finished a hike that took him at least 15,000 miles around the U.S., including around 1,200 in Wisconsin.
