Wisconsin Weekend: Morels, Cheese, Autos, and “Uff Da”! Plus Farmers Markets, Drive-Ins and more. Pick Some Roads and GO!!

Norway celebrates the 17th of May – Syttende Mai – as their Constitution Day. Norwegian towns in Wisconsin celebrates too, and Stoughton has the biggest of them all! The Arts & Crafts Fair attracts arts and crafts enthusiasts and artists who appreciate Norwegian culture and its role in the arts. The Stoughton festival features an annual juried craft fair where artisans and artists show and sell their hand-crafted works. All kinds of other fun events, music, and more take place all weekend, right along U.S. 51 in Stoughton! More…

Morel mushrooms are a sought-after delicacy, and around Muscoda they grow quite a few. They celebrate this unique and tasty treat with the annual Muscoda Mushroom Festival on Saturday, with live music, a parade, tons of events, and many opportunities to sample and enjoy this tasty shrooms in a variety of dishes. You can also check out English rairie Distilling in the heart of town and Wild Hills Winery northeast of town with fest-related celebrations, too! Highways 60, 80, and 133 bring you to Muscoda right by the Wisconsin River in the beautiful Driftless Region of our state. More…

The SVRA Spring Vintage Festival Weekend at Road America this weekend celebrates automotive racing’s glorious past with the sights, sounds and smells from motorsport’s pioneering age both on and off the track. This includes a packed vintage race car schedule featuring classic race cars covering several decades. From 200 MPH INDY and Formula 1 cars to classic Jaguars and Porsches, SVRA races provide a rolling history of motorsport where the cars are the stars at legendary tracks across the country. Highway 67 in Sheboygan County brings you there! More…

Check out the newest models of car, trucks, and while admiring the finest classics at the Milwaukee Auto Show! It’s back to Wisconsin State Fair Park Expo Center in West Allis through Sunday, showcasing the latest models, vintage antiques, muscle cars, and more. Over 350 vehicles will be on display; you can take some for test drives! The State Fair Park Expo Center is right where Highways 59 and 181 meet, just south of I-94 in West Allis. More…

Wisconsin is known for its dive bars (as some say, it’s a precious asset!) In this episode of the State Trunk Tour Podcast, we meet up with Jared Schutz. His Wisco Dive Bar Reviews videos and website are a phenomenal catalog of dive bars across the state. He has showcased over 1,000 so far and plenty more await. We discuss how he got this whole thing started in 2022, how it’s developed (he was his own Wisco Dive Bar Vodka now), why his rating system for each dive bar is based on the Busch Light system, and of course we highlight a number of dive bars and dive into what makes them special. Come along for the ride on Spreaker, iHeart, or Apple Podcasts! More…