

Fun Features in Our Current Issue…
Dots, Dashes and Ditches. Telegrapher grandpa worked hard to create and sustain a career, as admired by his granddaughter.
Their Bridge to Forever. An Oconto couple created a special connection—a covered bridge that they built together.
The Round Barns Around Us. Vernon County is nationally famous for the number of these unique structures that were built here.

Photo submitted by Kathie Solie
The Art in Horsemanship. Norwegian Fjord horses are strong yet agile. Meet Wisconsin’s Norse artist who trains them.
That’s a Sugar Shack? The O’Briens of Lebanon gather each spring to make maple syrup in a “shed” that’s like no other.
Nothing Runs Like a Deere. This 1971 snowmobile is still running strong, thanks to the former kid who still loves to ride it.
Launching into the Future. A Navy submarine will honor our state’s shipbuilding history...and would make this reader’s grandpa proud.

Robert Mischka photo

Stone Worthy of a President. Ulysses S. Grant rests for the ages in the peerless granite that was mined in Montello.
Not Fade Away. Buddy Holly’s luckless Winter Dance Party of 1959 began, and nearly ended, in a brutal Wisconsin winter.
A Storm Is Brewing and coffee, too, at this popular Menasha restaurant whose owner wanted to be a weatherman.
Be Mine! Readers share heartfelt memories of Valentine’s Days past. Would that special someone send wishes their way?
Brian Linder photo
Poster contributed by Riverside Ballroom
Inside Every Issue…
On the Wild Side—by Tom Davis
My Favorite Ma & Pa Restaurant
Wisconsin-themed Crossword
What's Cookin' in Wisconsin
Window on Wisconsin—reader submissions
Wiscon-Scenes—professional photography
The Big Picture—fold-out panorama
Where's the W? Contest
Short Memories
Vintage Views
ABOUT OUR COVER: This peaceful scene of a boathouse on the Manitowish River was happened upon by Jeff Richter of Mercer, who was glad to capture the image.