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The Truck in the Tree It's a truck and you guessed it, it's in a tree! Just outside of Clinton Wisconsin this strange sight acts as a landmark on interstate 43. Bizarre as it may seem, the truck in the tree was an act of love. Young Luke Madson asked his father Mark to build him a tree-house and this was the unique result.  The truck even has its own website!  http://truckinthetree.com/ The Pink Elephant Travelers can visit "Pinkie" the Elephant while cruising through DeForest, WI. Pinkie sits alongside the highway in a gas station parking lot, complete with hipster eye-wear.  National Freshwater Hall of Fame  Even if you aren't into fishing the National Freshwater Hall of Fame in Hayward is worth a stop! Where else can you explore the belly of a giant fiberglass Musky?  Bonus: If you're lucky you might find a Yeti. What more could one want?  Dr.Evermor's Forevertron Dr.Evermor's creation is truly somethin...

Upon looking through my past posts and realized I like to write about things to do in different places and cities. Then it dawned on me, why not blog about some notable stops in my hometown Appleton, Wisconsin. Sure, as a local Appleton may not be the most exciting place in the world to me, but this little city really does have a lot to offer! See below for my favorite foods and sights in Appleton WI: The Monkey Bar: The Monkey Bar is my favorite place to go out on College Avenue. Monkey Bar offers a wide variety of scrumptious specialty cocktails and they have a pretty ballin' happy hour with cheap brews and such. Many spots on College Ave are great for dancing, but what I like most about this spot is how quiet and laid back it is, sometimes you just want to have a good conversation. Cleo's: I feel like I can't write a post about Appleton without mentioning Cleo's. This bar is a local legend with some truly unique decor. Fair warning though...

Cake Talk. That's right ladies and gents you read that headline correctly. I'm talking 2 ingredient cakes! 2 ingredients, no more, no less! Who could deny such a beautiful thing? I'm not sure if I've digressed quite enough to make it clear to everyone how much I love cakes, ice cream or anything relatively dessert like and delicious. So, this is me telling you that I LOVE treats! You can imagine my excitement when I stumbled upon the idea of two ingredient cakes. First off, you only have to buy two things to make it so they're cheap, secondly all of the recipes boast how these cakes are somehow healthier for you due to the lack of ingredients. I'm not sure if I'm buying their claims but hey, I'll take it! Our first recipe is one that I know to be tried and true... Pineapple Angel Food Cake! All that you need is angel food cake mix and a can of diced pineapples. If you're an overachiever like me you should also invest in some whipped cream b...

The Legend of Wisconsin’s Weary Road The 3 rd time's the charm, or at least that’s what they say about Wisconsin’s Weary Rd. Those in search of this mysterious man will find themselves traveling down a long dark road in Evansville Wisconsin lined with large villainous trees. Rumor has it that back in the day Old Man Weary was a local resident. Weary loved entertaining children and because of this he was accused of pedophilia. Neighbors began to whisper, claiming that Weary lured children to his property. Eventually, the parents had enough and decided to put an end to Weary once and for all. Late one night they set fire to his home tragically killing Old Man Weary and some of the local children. To make matters worse, it was later determined that Weary was innocent and there was no truth behind the accusations directed toward him. The home Weary resided in was reduced to rubble and can no longer be seen today. However, this fiery fate was not the end of Old Man Weary. In f...

Twas one heck of a weekend my friends!  I was finally able to get into the October spirit the past few days and it felt great! I'm talking haunted house action, paranormal mysteries and a whole lot of fun! To start I visited the Abandoned Haunted House complex on the outskirts of Milwaukee. I cannot praise this haunt enough! Abandoned is a truly unique haunted house experience. The actors are committed to their craft and the sets they use are mind-blowing. wisconsinfrights.com You get the ultimate bang for your buck when you visit Abandoned because they feature not 1, not 2 but 3 haunted attractions! Two of the attractions are indoors and the other is an outdoor corn maze that they added just this year. wisconsinhauntedhouses.com Bonus: here's a fun little nugget for you.... The grounds Abandoned is build on are legitimately haunted! Just this last weekend I spoke with a gentleman from the Brew City Paranormal group who investigated there and he had video evi...

Greetings Friends!  I hope you're all having a splendid day thus far. Today I want to take some time to touch on a topic that's a bit more serious, eating disorders. Sadly, I've known many people who've struggled with them throughout the years, including myself.  At first I wasn't sure if I should peg my experience as an "eating disorder" or if that was too extreme. However, the more I thought about it I began to realized that when you constantly obsess over what you're eating your behavior can be described as obsessive. Obsessiveness seems worthy of being associated with a "disorder" so I'll call it what it is. I had an eating disorder, here is my story. My story started back in 2014. I was the thinnest I'd ever been and I constantly tracked everything I ate on a fitness app. Going out to eat was a disaster. I would frantically search for the restaurant's menu online so I could carefully calculate my entree befo...

Do you ever look back on your life and think "what the crap was I thinking!?!" Thanks to Facebook's "Timehop" feature this is a fun little hobby I get to do almost on the daily... I realize that I used to have no shame and as the masses like to call it, I gave 0... starts with F rhymes with bucks. Yes, many of the things I used to post on social media were quite odd however, anyone who knows me probably is not surprised by this because I myself am a rather strange being. Alas, there are things I see that just make me shake my head and ask myself "whyyyyyyy".... For instance, out of boredom one fine day I was going through my old "liked pages" section, I kid you not one of my "likes" was dead bodies. Yes. Dead freakin' bodies. At this point you're probably like what theeeeee and getting ready to continue your internet quest elsewhere but hear me out.... I went through this really random zombie phase where my friends ...