Wisconsin is on the western shore of Lake Michigan, north of Illinois and south of Minnesota. I have been there only once. It was strange I had been to all of the states around it, and not Wisconsin for a long time. So a few years ago when we were in Chicago for a few days, I scheduled a day-trip. We took the train from Chicago to Milwaukee, had lunch, wandered around the spectacular art museum on the shore of Lake Michigan (image above) and took the train back to Chicago in time for dinner. We wandered through a great market near the train station and had lunch in a working class local bar.
Much of the state is farmland and woodlands. It has a rust belt post industrial vibe. The southeast of the state is close enough to Chicago for commuters. Someday I will see the interior of the state.
We will visit next summer, Cousin Ray, who produces the podcast Life Between the Vines lives about 90 miles north of Chicago O'Hare, in Wisconsin horse country. I have promised him we will visit next summer when we are in Chicago for ABA Meetings.
A nice place to visit in the summer. A chilly place to visit in the winter.
The museum space is stunning! I have never set foot in Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteThe Museum is a real highlight.
DeleteThe US amazes me by what high quality and beautiful buildings are designed and constructed. But it is not new, with so many beautiful early 20th century and 19th century railway stations built, never mind its iconic city buildings.
ReplyDeleteThere is much to see here.
DeleteI've never been to Wisconsin but the pictures I've seen--mostly every season but winter--make it look like a lovely spot.
ReplyDeleteOn a past season of Top Chef they visited that museum and it's really a beautiful building.
There should be some good cheese chefs there.
DeleteThe top picture of the interior of The Milwaukee Art Museum suggests that the building itself is a work of art. In the seventies, I rode on a Greyhound bus from Chicago to Minneapolis, passing through Wisconsin.
ReplyDeleteGreyhound from Chi to Mpls... there has GOT to be a colo(u)rful story there...
DeleteThe building is worth the trip.
DeleteThat building is truly awesome, and I don't use that word lightly...
ReplyDeleteJust like you.
DeleteMy good friend David's husband Riley is from Wisconsin and his parents till live there. Back in the 90's when I was working in Chicago I drove to Wisconsin several times. One time I went to see a place called House on the Rock. It was a strange building full of collections of all kinds of things and a room that jutted out over a canyon.
ReplyDeleteSo much to see
DeleteI have been to Wisconsin many, many times and even lived in the Milwaukee area for awhile in the 1970s and early 80s. I have been on many vacations in Wisconsin as we would often rent a cabin on a lake so we could swim and fish and there are lots of cabins on lots of lakes to choose from!
ReplyDeleteMore reasons to visit the state.
DeleteWe have quite a few people who moved here, from Wisconsin.
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