Madison
Madison sits on an isthmus between two lakes with a farmers’ market circling the Capitol every Saturday — Wisconsin’s college-town capital at its best.
Category: Wisconsin
Wisconsin travel guides covering Milwaukee, Madison, Door County, the Wisconsin Dells, and the Northwoods — supper-club culture and the Friday fish fry, cheese-and-brewery route planning, Door County’s peninsula villages, the Dells waterpark logistics, and Lake Michigan and Lake Superior shoreline trips.
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32 Best Things to Do in Door County, Wisconsin
Explore the breathtaking shoreline of the Cape Cod of the Midwest with thirty-two fantastic outdoor activities and culinary experiences throughout scenic Door County.
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35 Best Restaurants in Madison, Wisconsin
Savor incredibly fresh cheese curds and spectacularly innovative Midwestern cuisine by exploring the thirty-five absolute finest, critically acclaimed dining establishments scattered brilliantly across the vibrant culinary city of Madison.
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Where to Stay in Bayfield County: 6 Best Areas & Places
Position yourself perfectly to explore incredibly massive Lake Superior sea caves and spectacularly lush apple orchards by choosing from six wonderfully distinct, beautifully quaint Bayfield County communities.
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26 Fun & Best Things to Do in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly crowded Chicago streets for spectacularly deep-rooted German brewing heritage and massively innovative lakefront art museums with twenty-six incredibly fun activities scattered throughout vibrant Milwaukee.
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14 Best Restaurants in Door County, Wisconsin
Fuel your spectacularly rugged Lake Michigan hikes by discovering incredibly fresh local fish boils and massive farm-to-table feasts scattered across the fourteen absolute finest dining establishments in picturesque Door County.
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21 Fun & Best Things to Do in Madison, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly crowded Chicago streets for spectacularly deep-rooted Midwestern dairy heritage and massively innovative lakeside botanical gardens with twenty-one incredibly fun activities scattered throughout vibrant Madison.
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12 Best Things to Do in Appleton, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly crowded Milwaukee streets for spectacularly deep-rooted midwestern paper-making history and massively entertaining interactive museums with twelve incredibly fun activities scattered throughout surprisingly vibrant Appleton.
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12 Best Things to Do in Oshkosh, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly crowded Milwaukee streets for spectacularly massive experimental aviation museums and deeply serene Lake Winnebago shorelines with twelve incredibly fun activities scattered throughout vibrant Oshkosh.
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19 Best Things to Do in Hayward, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly sprawling midwestern cities for massive freshwater fishing reservoirs and deeply serene regional ATV trail networks with nineteen exceptionally engaging activities scattered across wooded Hayward.
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25 Best Things to Do in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Trade incredibly flat midwestern prairies for massively dramatic glacier-carved sandstone river gorges and heavily concentrated indoor waterpark resorts with twenty-five exceptionally engaging activities scattered across Wisconsin Dells.
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13 Best Things to Do in Green Bay, Wisconsin
Green Bay is more than a Packers pilgrimage. The city has 10,000 years of history, a working waterfront, and a theater scene most people never find.
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11 Fun Things to Do in Tomah, Wisconsin
Tomah is small, but the Wisconsin Cranberry Discovery Center alone makes it worth the detour — and Lake Tomah is free.
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18 Best Things to Do in La Crosse, Wisconsin
La Crosse has a World’s Largest Six-Pack and a bluff with views that reframe the whole Mississippi Valley. Start there.
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Where to Stay in Door County: 8 Best Areas & Locations
Door County has 300 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline, five state parks, and more wineries than most people expect. Here is where to actually stay.
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22 Best Things to Do in Racine, Wisconsin
Racine sits 30 minutes from Chicago on Lake Michigan — and most people still drive past it. That’s their loss.
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20 Best Things to do in Minocqua, Wisconsin
Minocqua sits on 2,000+ lakes in Northern Wisconsin — and most visitors only scratch the surface of what this town actually offers.
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15 Best Things to Do in Baraboo, Wisconsin
Baraboo holds the original Ringling Brothers circus grounds — and that’s just the start of what makes this small Wisconsin city worth a detour.
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14 Best Breweries in Wisconsin: Craft Beer & Taprooms
Milwaukee alone has 70+ craft breweries. Wisconsin’s beer scene didn’t shrink when the mega-breweries left — it got a lot more interesting.
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13 Best Things to Do in Marinette, Wisconsin
Marinette has 14 waterfalls within a short drive. Most visitors skip it for Door County — their loss.
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25 Best Small Towns in Wisconsin to Visit
Wisconsin’s small towns smell like fresh cheese, old lumber, and lake air — and most travelers drive straight past them.
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22 Best Things to Do in Dodgeville, Wisconsin
Dodgeville sits between bluffs and farmland in southwest Wisconsin — small enough to cover in a weekend, varied enough to actually fill one.
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21 Best Things to Do in Superior, Wisconsin
Wisconsin Point is one of the largest freshwater sandbars in the world — and most people drive right past it on the way to Duluth.
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28 Best Things to Do in Wisconsin & Places to Visit
Wisconsin gets written off as flyover country. That’s a mistake — Devil’s Lake alone earns the detour, and that’s before the cheese.