Places Along the Way Archives: Region
May is Historic Preservation and Archeology Month in Wisconsin. All month, activities celebrate the success of Historic Preservation in improving the quality of our communities. We hold events across Wisconsin ranging from walking tours to awards ceremonies to seminars and... :: Posted on May 4, 2005
The University of Wisconsin Dairy Barn is a landmark building. Scientific accomplishments of our best and brightest agricultural minds laid the foundation for Wisconsin's early twentieth century agricultural pre-eminance. One of their most important discoveries grew out of the "single... :: Posted on April 18, 2005
Birds chirp outside my window today as I write about accomplished folk artist Albert Zahn. A retired farmer who built an exotic looking poured concrete house in 1924, Zahn took up wood-carving as a hobby and filled the property, which... :: Posted on April 12, 2005
Small town Victorian tastemakers turned to magazines and catalogs for the objects that would show their wealth and give them status and respect in their communities. These periodicals informed rural and small town folk about what was popular and tasteful... :: Posted on April 6, 2005
John Palo, finnish immigrant to the "cutover" lands of northern Wisconsin, built a homestead in the town of Oulu among other Finns draw there by the promise of cheap agricultural lands. Oulu persisted for generations as a farming community despite... :: Posted on April 6, 2005
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