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Peek Inside: The Vig Is Milwaukee’s Hot New Dining and Drink Destination
A Star Sandwich, Our Love for Shawarma and More Dining Tidbits
Inside Milwaukee’s New Food and Wine Festival
Café Corazón in Bay View Has Announced Its Closing Date
From the Magazine
September Gardening: Looking Back on the Summer
Our resident garden columnist speaks on her inputs and outputs, plus how to grow more native plants.
Learn How to Relieve Stress in the Woods
Forest bathing is a mindfulness practice that disconnects you from your phone and reconnects you with nature.
I Tried It: Cruising the Great Lakes
The Viking Polaris cruise-line offers an enriching experience that provides a new perspective on home.
Explore the Kohler Dunes Cordwalk on a Beer Hike
Author Kristen Radaich released an upper Midwest guide to beer hikes – a nature walk that ends in a brewery.
Meet the Couple Living out of an Airstream Trailer
Take an inside look at living life on the road, with a home pulled by an old ambulance.
Meet the Madison Log Roller Balancing by the Isthmus
Shana Verstegen teaches an amateur log rolling class, in which students learn grace one fall at a time.
The Gobbler Theater Returns With Sold Out Shows
What was once a historic supper club owned by a poultry mogul, has now turned into a music venue hosting musicians from all over North America.
August Gardening: How to Prepare for Fall and Support Milwaukee’s Soil
Our resident garden columnist speaks on tomatoes, preparing for a new season and the best ways to nourish our Earth.
Q&A: Dallas Maloney Runs Milwaukee’s First Native Plants Nursery
Maloney and her partner, Burton, are focused on nurturing the local environment one seed at a time through their new store, Pretty Wild.
14 Things to Do in Milwaukee This Weekend: July 23-26
This weekend, Milwaukee’s standout events like the Air and Water Show are back.
On Route 66’s Centennial, Take a Road Trip on the Famed Highway’s Wisconsin Cousin
Explore Wisconsin’s route 66 and experience the roadside attractions this 34 mile stretch of road offers.
The Best Things to Do This Week, According to Our Editors: July 20
Eat good food, learn a new dance and more.
Proposed Tower Would End 15-year Drought in New Condos Downtown
New Land Enterprises seeks to build a 25-story, 226-condo building across from its Ascent MKE mass timber building on Kilbourn.
6 Ways to Explore Door County via the Water
This summer, leave land behind and experience Wisconsin’s go-to vacation destination a different way.
July Gardening: Look Up and Smell the Milkweed
Our resident garden columnist offers new insight on maintaining a natural balance in the outdoors.
Your 2026 Wisconsin Travel Guide
Planning your next vacation? Check out these destinations, just a drive away.
Summer Guide: Walk & Gawk at East Side Mansions
They just don’t make ’em like they used to. You can see exactly what that means on a walking tour of Milwaukee’s most compact mansion district.
3 Must-See Memorials on a Forest Home Stroll
A walk through Milwaukee’s most star-studded burial ground is a great way to while away an afternoon. These historic figures are good places to start.








