Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
For information on anything and everything in the state, contact the
Wisconsin Depart-
ment of Tourism
(800/432-8747,
www.travelwisconsin.com
)
, which has a decent website
and offers fantastic printed guides.
Media
The only publication that covers Wisconsin on a macro scale is the monthly online
magazine
Wisconsin Trails
(
www.wistrails.com
)
. It's a nice balance of road warrior per-
sonality and nostalgia. It dispenses with the political and social and just focuses on where
and when to go, providing lots of good cultural bits and stunning photography.
Midwest
Living
magazine,anothermonthly,featuresWisconsinregularly.Morefortheconservation-
minded,
Wisconsin Natural Resources
(
www.wnrmag.com
) is published by the state De-
partment of Natural Resources. The well-put-together periodical features detailed natural
history and is so well written and photographed that it might let you truly understand and
appreciate science for the first time.
The
Journal Sentinel
(
www.jsonline.com
)
, the largest and best of Wisconsin's newspa-
pers, is a daily morning paper out of Milwaukee. This leaves Madison as the only major
Wisconsincitywiththreepapers:themorning
Wisconsin State Journal,
thebiweekly
Cap-
ital Times,
and weekly
Isthmus.
In general, folks consider the former more conservative,
the latter two more liberal.
LGBT Resources
Madison has been ranked third-best (after San Francisco and Bloomington, Indiana) by
LGBT media for quality of life, and the gay community is organized and active. In fact,
MadisonisactuallytheplacetogoforLGBTinformation.Onegreatresourceis
OutReach
(
www.lgbtoutreach.org
)
.Milwaukee's
LGBT Community Center
(
www.mkelgbt.org
)can
also help.
You can get a decent Department of Transportation state road map free by calling the
state Department of Tourism hotline (800/432-8747). The best maps for snooping around
the state are those contained in the
Wisconsin Atlas and Gazetteer,
available from any
