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Paddling Madison’s Wingra Creek

Once known as Dead Lake when European settlers believed it had no outlet and originally called “Ki-chunk-och-hep-er-rah” – the

A house along the Yahara River still requires sandbags almost a month after the flooding rains. With over a

Another one of my favorite hikes near Madison is Donald Park. It’s included in my book 60 Hikes Within 60

I say it every year: I love winter. I really do. I am a four seasons person and winter is

I had the great pleasure to attend the Great Taste of the Midwest again this year, this time in the

They aren’t kidding around with the name. Madison’s newest microbrewery is actually a nanobrewery, and as the name suggests, they

If you’re lucky, your hometown is on the short list of 18 communities being visited by New Belgium Brewing Co.’s

You can find them along the backroads and byways of Wisconsin, tucked into the woods or at a county highway

So you’re coming to Madison, Wisconsin for a Wisconsin Badgers game and you are wondering what on earth is there

Right smack in the middle of Madison, Wisconsin, a city of lakes is… another lake. Unlike the two biggies (Lakes

When I wrote 60 Hikes Within 60 Miles of Madison, my first thought was: How am I going to get

It may seem that I have been home an awful long time especially compared to last fall through this spring