Get your winter fix in Lake Geneva

In Lake Geneva Mercury Racing Pegasus by Wisconsin Sculpting team 3 won first place in the 2011 US National Snow Sculpting competition

No matter what the weather there is always snow for a national snow sculpting championship and resort skiing in Lake Geneva

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Unusual museums start from private collections

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Many collections originate from personal passions. But what happens when they outgrow those simple beginnings? Some morph into public museums that continue to reflect the owner’s love for specific, often quirky, items.

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Madison Wisconsin-at the Pearly Gates of a culinary revolution

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Madison, Wisconsin is a food-centric city whose shiny, modern-day veneer sidles up to its old-world heritage, with people earnestly making food with the same care their German and Swiss ancestors did two centuries ago. Madison is a quirky collision of old-world sensibilities comingling with the pop culture of the ubiquitous Wisconsin Cheesehead.

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Three family friendly apple picking farms near Chicago

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Instead of picking apples from a grocery store bin, drive out into the country for apples you pick from a tree

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Door County, Wisconsin has something for everyone

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Door County, Wisconsin offers a treasure trove of surprises for visitors to this peninsula that’s bounded by the bay waters of Green Bay and Lake Michigan.

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Cheese curds, fish boils & cherries galore, all in the Door

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Often called the “Cape Cod of the Midwest,” this 75-mile long peninsula offers an abundance of outdoor, culinary and cultural activities throughout the year. Surrounded by Green Bay to the west and Lake Michigan to the east, Door County is known as an art colony, housing talented painters and potters who’ve taken up residence in… Read More

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