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Built on an isthmus between two lakes, Wisconsin’s vibrant capital is home to the University of Wisconsin, the tenth-largest university in the nation. Fans of Frank Lloyd Wright, a native son, will marvel at his Unitarian Meeting House, with its arresting “prow” thrusting up from a hunkered-down façade. Also worth a visit is the Wright-inspired Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center (mononaterrace.com), which offers tours and a photo exhibition on the last twenty years of the architect’s life. State Street is replete with bookstores and coffeehouses, and Madison’s pub scene is thriving: Try J. T. Whitney’s for its microbrews and homemade sodas, the Bavarian-themed Essen Haus, and the b for its beer garden.
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