Exploring Copper Culture State Park

Number 30! Traveling to a tiny state park that's grand on Wisconsin's history. Today I visited my 30th state park. The second smallest property in our state park system is quite the surprise and shouldn’t be overlooked. It’s a hotspot of archaeological importance and a rich example of Wisconsin's Native A…

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Exploring Portola Redwoods State Park

I love trees. So much to the level that I even got an inked caricature of a cottonwood, tattooed on my left forearm. This strong admiration for these towering arbor beauts is the reason I had to get out to Portola Redwoods State Park , because I've never seen a sky-high redwood tree before. And that needed to chan…

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Fall hiking at New Glarus Woods State Park

In the mid-1800s, flocks of Swiss immigrants settled in New Glarus. Now proudly wearing the title of “America’s Little Switzerland,” it’s a town of 2,166 people, built on Swiss heritage and spirit with nearly every building donning a Swiss look appearing each came right out of Zermatt or Geneva. Even the chiropractor…

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