Like so many cities bordering Lake Michigan, Racine has a long and storied history. Some of that history is stranger than fiction, and historian Rory Graves uncovers some of the city's most notorious haunts.
Essays on barflies, fix-it guys, and other eccentric small-town folks come together in a humorous and touching collection that shares the heart of a Midwestern lake community.
Local expert Ross M. Curry has been chronicling the Dells region for almost sixty years. Join him for chapters of the area's story that he himself has witnessed, and then follow him as he hikes back to a time before the Kilbourn Dam, when towns were lit by gaslight.