Ole Fossebrekke immigrated to Wisconsin from Norway. He built a two-story log cabin with no interior walls and a square footprint about twelve feet to a side. Ole grew pumpkins and raised pigs, and trapped animals for their pelts. This… Continue Reading
This is the second of the German farmhouse exhibits we toured. This family supplemented its agricultural income by weaving flax into burlap and linen and the loom still works, although it was not demonstrated while we were there. They also… Continue Reading
This is the first of two farms of German settlers that we toured. Although this family lacked for money, they were prosperous enough to send their son back to the old country to find a wife (apparently, he struck out… Continue Reading
These are the first of my favorite photos from Old World Wisconsin. This batch is from the “Crossroads Village”, which the museum has created from a variety of buildings gathered from around Wisconsin. There are several interesting buildings right there.… Continue Reading
Further to my earlier post about the corn maze near Racine, here are some still pictures from that same stop-off on our last day in the midwest. Same pig, llamas, goats, and corn maze, but if you don’t care to… Continue Reading
Below are some of the pictures I took while we enjoyed the game at Miller Park in which the Brewers fought a back-and-forth game with the Pittsburgh Pirates, to keep their 2008 playoff hopes alive. As I noted a few… Continue Reading
Following are a number of pictures taken of, and in, Wisconsin’s impressive state capitol. As we learned this morning, a “capitol” refers to the building in which a government conducts its business, a “capital” is the geographic area designated for… Continue Reading
This is a farm near The Wife’s hometown of Waterloo. Most barns and other farm buildings are painted with conservative colors, traditionally red. Red paint was used back in the day because red dye was the least expensive kind of… Continue Reading
The Wife thought I was crazy to bother taking pictures of geese; it seemed so ordinary to her. But they were so cute! And in California we just don’t have geese and other large fowl grazing around public parks. I… Continue Reading
I don’t know what this building is (we didn’t stop to investigate) but it is really attractive and is right on the edge of the UW campus and the student ghetto surrounding State Street, the boulevard with bookstores, pubs, restaurants,… Continue Reading