Wisconsin

More than 260 real circus wagons live in one place, and that’s the biggest collection on the planet.…

By Renata Holcombe · Oct 26

Cranberries don’t actually grow underwater, no matter what those old juice commercials tried to tell us. They grow…

By Lenora Winslow · Oct 25

A man started collecting mustard because the Boston Red Sox lost the World Series. That single night in…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 19

A pastry this wide is already making a strong case for sharing. Whether that actually happens is another…

By Lenora Winslow · Oct 15

Fresh cheese curds are not known for waiting around. If you want them warm, weekday morning is your…

By Renata Holcombe · Oct 10

What exactly happens when a house decides being a house is not nearly enough? You get this. The…

By Lenora Winslow · Oct 8

If you are telling everyone, “We’ll only stay an hour,” I admire the confidence. The corn maze alone…

By Gideon Hartwell · Oct 5

Listen, if you are already thinking about the crock, I am not going to talk you out of…

By Clara Whitmore · Oct 1

Imagine liking an old farmhouse so much that moving it seems easier than saying goodbye. Wisconsin actually did…

By Gideon Hartwell · Sep 28

Wisconsin breakfast can become a cardboard engineering problem very quickly. You walk in expecting one pastry. Then the…

By Daniel Mercer · Sep 27

Wisconsin roadside rule number one: if the thing beside the highway is absurdly oversized, you are probably stopping.…

By Gideon Hartwell · Sep 27

Most roadside attractions begin with a pretty simple question. Who looked at this and decided to keep going?…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 27

The person handing you the tomato probably knows exactly where it came from. Around here, there is no…

By Adeline Parker · Sep 23

No foam. No tweezers. No tiny breakfast pretending to be art. That already puts this Wisconsin diner in…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 23

Ever had a road trip make you say, “Okay, but what is around that next bend?” That is…

By Daniel Mercer · Sep 22

What kind of restaurant puts cheese soup and more than 175 years of history on the same table?…

By Lenora Winslow · Sep 20

I have never trusted a Friday that does not involve something fried. In Wisconsin, this supper club gives…

By Daniel Mercer · Sep 19

Wisconsin does not do anything halfway. Especially when it comes to a buffet worth driving across the state…

By Daniel Mercer · Sep 15

A donut should not be worth a two-hour drive. And yet, here Wisconsin is, proving that logic completely…

By Clara Whitmore · Sep 15

A tiny town, a hundred-year-old factory, and cheese so good that people load up coolers and drive across…

By Eliza Thornton · Sep 15

A quick grocery stop gets ambitious fast when the shelves start looking this interesting. This Wisconsin country store…

By Adeline Parker · Sep 13

Fall color and prime rib on the same drive? Wisconsin is making a very convincing case for leaving…

By Daniel Mercer · Sep 12

Ever followed a country road mostly because dinner sounded worth it? That is the kind of thinking these…

By Clara Whitmore · Aug 28

Friday has a standing reservation in Wisconsin. This Randolph supper club has been in the same family since…

By Daniel Mercer · Aug 27

Road-trip rule: never underestimate what one country market can do to an empty trunk. This Wisconsin stop sits…

By Gideon Hartwell · Aug 26

Wisconsin takes cranberry season personally. Every October, Eagle River turns its harvest into a full weekend celebration. The…

By Adeline Parker · Aug 25

Small-town breakfast just brought pie to the argument. This Wisconsin cafe keeps the morning easy with homemade comfort…

By Gideon Hartwell · Aug 22

School’s out, but dinner is definitely in session. This old Wisconsin schoolhouse traded lessons for homemade meals, turning…

By Clara Whitmore · Aug 21

Why choose between the grill and the buffet when Wisconsin lets you play both sides? Here, steak can…

By Clara Whitmore · Aug 20

Pizza lovers, make room because the cheese pull is coming through. Thin crust has plenty of loyal fans,…

By Renata Holcombe · Aug 15

Summer in Wisconsin has one very good rule: if there is water nearby, lunch should probably come with…

By Eliza Thornton · Aug 15

If breakfast had a time machine, Wisconsin would be serving it hot off the griddle. This downtown diner…

By Adeline Parker · Aug 13

Wisconsin Italian night just found its comfort zone. This neighborhood favorite has been serving Bay View since 2002,…

By Lenora Winslow · Aug 13

Milwaukee has changed plenty since the 1940s. This steakhouse still knows better than to mess with a winning…

By Clara Whitmore · Aug 1

How high do you have to climb before Wisconsin begins to look completely different? The answer waits in…

By Daniel Mercer · Jul 29

Noise tried to book this getaway. The lake sent it away. Northern Wisconsin rarely advertises its quietest corners,…

By Bryce Halloran · Jul 28

Cookie Monster has left Sesame Street and followed the smell of warm cookies straight to Appleton. The evidence…

By Daniel Mercer · Jul 25

Save a Friday evening for this one! This fish fry is the sort of local tradition worth planning…

By Renata Holcombe · Jul 25

Wisconsin takes steak seriously enough to make a porterhouse look like an art exhibition. These steakhouses understand that…

By Trevor Maddox · Jul 20