Keith Chapman

There are dozens of small gift shops, ice cream parlors, clothing stores, confectionary stores and more in the historic buildings on Washington Avenue.

For history, small town charm, Cedarburg, Wisconsin, is an easy 2-hour drive from Chicago

September 22, 2020 at 4:42 p.m.

Any trip to Cedarburg begins on Washington Avenue, which welcomes visitors with its small town charm and a serious dose of American history. Less than a two-hour drive from Chicago,...

Good brews, good views

May 10, 2019 at 2:01 a.m.

For a state that ranks 49th in total population — and maybe because of it — Vermont sure knows its beer. Vermont ranks first in the number of breweries per...

Around the nation in 25 days

May 10, 2019 at 1:48 a.m.

"I think," my friend Ted Jacobi paused as he collected his thoughts, gazing out the window of our train, "I think I am falling in love with Milwaukee." Amtrak's Empire...

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