Wherever he worked, Frank Lloyd Wright was good for a story. In Racine, Wis., the staff of global manufacturer SC Johnson has plenty of them to tell. In 1936, the grandson of the company's founder hired the flamboyant architect to design an Administration Building. "Don't make it too unconventional,'' H.F. Johnson Jr. told Wright.
Go to story ...Once, I thought of Milwaukee as the ugly duckling of Midwest cities, a colorless runt with the grit of Chicago but none of its allure. Silly me.
Go to story ...There's one city in the Midwest that never will get too big for its lederhosen. Milwaukee, sometimes called the biggest small town in America, doesn't brag — though it should. It has a swell baseball stadium, a beloved art museum and a beautiful lakefront. Gemütlichkeit, the German term for congeniality and good life.
Go to story ...On a beautiful summer day in Milwaukee, history's underdogs were having a ball. They were listening to pianists play Chopin. They were dancing an exuberant style of polka. They were tucking into pierogi and paczki. Call it payback time for Poles.
Go to story ...In a bucolic corner of southeast Wisconsin, a famous acting couple created a retreat unlike any other. They had so much star power they took only roles that allowed them to work together — and to spend summers at their beloved country house near the village of Genesee Depot.
Go to story ...We all know Milwaukee for its beer, bratwurst and oompah bands. But not many people know it's also a great place for bicycling. Sure, there's a constant stream of bicyclists on the lakefront stretch of the Oak Leaf Trail. From Lake Michigan, bicyclists can veer off onto a secluded stretch of the Milwaukee River or head toward Miller Park on the Hank Aaron Trail.
Go to story ...For people who love beer, there's no better place to drink it than in a brewery. In 1880s, beer-loving Milwaukee had more than 80 of them. Three became national giants, giving Milwaukee the nicknames Beer Town and Suds City, but only one survived. That's Miller, acquired in 1969 by Philip Morris and now part of Molson Coors. Schlitz closed in 1981, and Pabst in 1997.
Go to story ...No one ever accused Milwaukee of being flashy. Best known for tractors, motorcycles and beer, it's a meat-and-potatoes kind of town, stolid and practical like the Germans who built it. It's not what you'd call a trendy destination. And yet every time I go there, I have a great time.
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