The Beautiful Solitude

There’s a place with a grand story, a funny name, and a beautiful view. The Blowing Rock clings to the edge of a mountain overlooking a spectacular gorge filled with intense beauty and strange happenings. It’s a place of legend, a place where the wind...

Poppy Dreams

“Stop!” I yelled as I noticed the small pullover on the side of the road. My friend Erin slammed on the breaks and swerved to the right as her little blue Hyundai Elantra came to a bumpy and screeching halt. “Is Johnny okay?” I asked as my...

The Perfect Rose

There’s a place unlike any other. A place that will take your breath away. A place that smells like heaven and looks like something out of a dream. This place is in the most unexpected, well, place. You will find Hamann Rose Garden along a busy multi-lane road....

An Unexpected Stand

It was Christmas, all the local coffee shops were closed, and my dad and I needed a fix. I looked online and found a coffee shop in a neighboring town and off we went on a Christmas day adventure. The Jeep bounced along the old county road as we scanned the fields for...

The Christmas Nativity

Nestled in a valley among the rolling hills of western Wisconsin you will find the quaint little town of Downsville. You won’t find any stop lights here, but you will find unique businesses, an elementary school, many kind and wonderful people, and the Christmas...