Category Archives: Wisconsin

Fred Smith was born in 1886 and died in 1976. In between, he was a lumberjack, owner of the Rock Garden Tavern and creator of the Wisconsin Concrete Park. He began sculpting with concrete and glass when he was 63 … Continue reading →

We pulled into Riverview Park on the Yellow River in Cadott, Wisconsin to get a shot of the billboard announcing that we were halfway between the equator and the North Pole. Then I noticed the fine print on the globe … Continue reading →

The chair had made it to Wisconsin on May 14, but I didn’t get a photo by the sign. So the next day, after my daughter took my photo by the Illinois sign, we drove west to Route 47 north … Continue reading →

On Friday, May 14, a group from work visited The Dancing Horse Theatre in Delavan, Wisconsin. We sat at tables along the edge of a circular arena and saw 12 or so acts with different horses and trainers. The entire … Continue reading →

A few miles north of Little Bohemia, we drove through the exciting town of Mercer, Wisconsin,  “The Loon Capital of the World.” We stopped to look at Claire d’Loon, the world’s third largest loon statue. It used to be the … Continue reading →