What’s Sacred about Tuesday? Turns out… nothing. For almost 200 years, Americans have been voting on Tuesdays. We don’t really question it, but instead accept that by some act of fate Tuesdays are when we decide who represents us in
Rail cars first popped up in Milwaukee about 1.5 centuries
Driving down I-94 with a a few hundred cases of
On April 3rd, 1866, Black men were able to vote
Here is a story of one badass Wisconsin woman: Mildred
Wisconsin has a lot of water. We have 15,074 lakes and border Lake Michigan to the East. Take that, Minnesota.
In 1969, Black students at UW-Madison called for a campus-wide student strike until administrators agreed to 13 demands. The Black
Growing up, we hear a lot about Rosa Parks, but you probably haven’t heard anything about Vel R. Phillips. Phillips
What’s the history of fish frys in Wisconsin? Two words: Catholicism and Prohibition. When thousands of Roman Catholic families from
Thanks to HBO’s Watchmen, a lot more people now know about Tulsa’s Black Wall Street and how a racist white
Joseph Goodrich and his wife were Seventh Day Baptists, which meant they held the staunchly radical belief that slavery was
Did you know that Wisconsin’s first doctor was a Black woman? She settled in Prairie Du Chien after leaving Louisiana
While Wisconsin may be pretty White …we also have a substantial amount of black history, most of which we probably
What? What do you mean Wisconsin can predict the future? Today, we’re talking about how Wisconsin is the most influential
Close Encounters of the Wisconsin Kind Wisconsin has a long history of UFO sightings and odd occurrences. Each year, hundreds
Nestled on a peninsula between Lake Michigan and Green Bay in Door County is Porte des Morts, a.k.a. Death’s Door.
Have you ever wondered why it’s a sundae – not a Monday or Tuesday. Or what the ultra-strict Puritans have
Girl Power has roots in Wisconsin, and it all began on a napkin. Born in Sparta, Kathryn F. Clarenbach was
Do you pay tax dollars to support public schools? You can thank Micahel Frank for that. Father of Wisconsin’s Free-School
Question: What does an unincorporated community less than three miles in size with a population of fewer than 700 have
Wisconsin is known as “America’s Dairyland,” but that wasn’t always its bread and “butter.” Yes, we know Badgers love dairy,
Wisconsin and the Cheesehead hat just seem to go together like Aaron Rodgers and the Green Bay Packers or Vince
What the heck is a badger, and why are we the Badger State? Most states have a state animal. Michigan
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