Driftless Wisconsin
More than a geographic region, the Kickapoo Valley is a community; a collection of people who call the valley their home and love to throw a party. This weekend, the people of the Kickapoo Valley invite you to celebrate their home and heritage at the 7th Annual... Driftless Wisconsin
My childhood companions all lived on the south end of Prairie du Chien near Fort Crawford Medical Museum. We felt the mysterious lure of history as we walked past its front porch windows, through which the primitive instruments of 18th century medicine could be... Driftless Wisconsin
Traveling in the back seat of a 1963 yellow Corvair provided a whole different perspective of Driftless Wisconsin. Winding north along Highway 27, skimming the top of the world like an amusement ride, the landscapes visible from the depths of the back seat flew by... Driftless Wisconsin
In Driftless Wisconsin, you can begin to understand the power of water; of glacial meltwater and rivers that have shaped our home over thousands of years since the Wisconsin Glacier stopped short of our corner of the state some 10,000 years ago. North and east of the... Driftless Wisconsin
Nothing signals summer more than the buzz of fishing boats and the hum of tugboats on the Mississippi. Up close or from a distance, the river never ceases to crave your attention. Traveling the Great River Road along Crawford County’s west coast, there are a number... Driftless Wisconsin
The Kickapoo is billed as “the crookedest river in the world,” but it seems more lazy than shifty in its duty of carrying water to the Wisconsin River. You just have to be patient as it leads you aimlessly around the valley in no particular hurry, like a window... 