‘My little corner of the universe’: Café owner Patrick Downey of Madison’s The Victory
Patrick Downey opened The Victory in Madison, Wisconsin, at 2710 Atwood Ave., in August of 2010 after he and his ...
Madison native LCDR Griffin Stangel flies high with the Blue Angels
The U.S. Navy Blue Angels flight demonstration squadron may be the most recognizable group of performing aviators in the world. ...
Lake Geneva tradition leaps along with mailboat jumpers
Most U.S. Postal Service mail carriers wear uniforms with collared shirts and over-the-shoulder satchels. But if you want a mail ...
Wisconsin’s Ryan Castelaz pushing boundaries of coffee with Milwaukee shop, new book
The culture of coffee can be seen everywhere - from the aisles of your local grocery store, to the wide ...
‘Food memories’: James Beard Semifinalist Jamie Hoang shines through family recipes at Ahan
It's one hour before Madison's Ahan restaurant opens and the small kitchen is buzzing. Water is boiling, chicken is roasting ...
Not the same old dance: An ode to driving stick shift
Some people get really passionate about taking sides on everyday things that make our lives a little sweeter. Coke vs. ...
Gimme pizza: Wisconsinites love of frozen pizza helps fuel production
In a manufacturing facility off the interstate in northeast Wisconsin, more than 30 employees work in unison on a production ...
Why is there a long line of railcars parked on the tracks near Spooner?
Off a highway in northwest Wisconsin's Washburn County sits a long string of parked railcars of different shapes and sizes. ...
That time a vegetarian won a meat raffle on the Lake Hallie Strip
The meat raffle. A beloved game where the prize is a frozen turkey, a box of steaks or a chain ...
Cold-Smoking Sausage Tradition Continues in Marathon County
"Does anyone want coffee or a bloody mary?" It's one of the first questions asked on a blustery January morning. ...
Why is Mount Horeb the ‘troll capital of the world’?
Trolls are everywhere you look in the Dane County Village of Mount Horeb: troll cartoons on the street signs, troll footprints on the ...
Eat. Share. Grow.
For every feast, there is a farm that grows it. Christy McKenzie knows this well, and has put this idea ...
World record ride for 21-year-old Bridget McCutchen of Ashland, Wisconsin
Growing up on a Northern Wisconsin farm Bridget McCutchen felt freedom. “I like to joke I was raised in a ...
Meet the family behind Wizard Quest
On the main drag of downtown Wisconsin Dells lies a mysterious world called Wizard Quest. Here, visitors are immersed in ...
Landjaeger: Childhood Love Of Sausage Snack Inspires Book
Jesse Brookstein takes snacking seriously. The New York native has fond memories of his uncle sharing unique, flattened meat snacks ...