While driving through Southern Minnesota a few years ago, I realized we were in the heart of Laura Ingalls Wilder country. Pioneer author made famous by the Little House on the Prairie television series, Laura Ingalls Wilder lived in Iowa,…
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Between the years 2010 and 2015, I visited just about every children’s museum, public museum, history museum, and discovery center in the state of Wisconsin (with the exception of the Northwood’s Children’s Museum in Eagle River and the relatively new…
If you know me well, you will know Milwaukee, Wisconsin is my favorite “big city” in America. It’s the city of neighborhoods, the city of festivals, and the city of beer. How can you go wrong? And while I love…
The state capital, Salem is the second-largest metro area in the state of Oregon. Located about halfway between Portland and Eugene, it’s an easy day trip from either city. We visited last weekend and tried to squeeze in as many possible…
Fall is a lovely time to live in the state of Oregon and we planned a road trip to Roseburg, a community of about 20,000 people living halfway between Eugene and Medford. The weather was perfect the first weekend in October…
To compliment my recent story “15 Important Things to Know Before Traveling to Michigan“, I felt compelled to offer similar insight for anyone venturing out to America’s Dairy State. Living in Wisconsin is the same, but totally different, than living…