Lake Kubilius

A beautiful site at the end of a beautiful hike. Scenic gathering circle and firepit located well into the lake/nature preserve. Well worth a walk to take it in even if no event is planned.

Madison has several excellent vegan restaurants, but this one was the best of the lot for me. Fantastic food managing to make mushrooms into startlingly good meat approximations. (I know many vegan places claim this, but most such claims are laughable. This place really delivers!) Excellent flavors, presentations, and personable service. A little on the pricey side, but well worth trying or for a special occasion!

A smaller but completely free art gallery. Nice space with some interesting items inside and a friendly staff in the little gift shop at the entry.

Fancy building hosting an interesting array of exhibits. No tickets needed to enter, so visit whenever and as often as you like! (Donations encouraged.) Depending on when you go some of the exhibit spaces may be closed or a little sparse, so frequent quick visits would be the best way to go!

Gorgeous park, featuring a dense concentration of high quality sculptures and artwork. As one example the Rockford Rock Men can be found here. Well worth a stroll!