Friendly, attentive, informative and timely. This place rents bikes with helmets and provide bike…read moretrail maps. The lady treated us just the way you'd like and expect from a good friend and neighbor that looks out for you.

This wonderful towns sports a world class bike trail, great swiss food, and so much more. Tour the…read morepicture videos and come for a stay

The best shop I could've walked into! I worked with Hailey, an extremely talented apprentice. She…read moreis genuinely the kindest, most down to earth person ever. She's so committed to working with you and finding exactly what you want. I worked with her for my first tattoo and two more following, and I couldn't have found a better artist to make my dreams come true. As for the shop, it's very clean and in a really cute area of town. I whole heartedly recommend Art & Soul, and check my girl Hailey out. She's freaking awesome! My most recent tattoo by her + the inspiration

I got my first tattoo from Eric today, wonderful experience, I felt super comfortable the whole…read moretime, he made sure I was happy with it even before starting, I will be back, thank you for doing an amazing job and making sure I was happy with everything

Right next to Larry Jones' farm, off Pikes Peak Road. Bought some fantastic honey there a few weeks…read moreago and chatted with half of the couple that owns it. It's a wonderful place.

I passed this place whilst driving though the town. I stopped because raspberries sounded great…read more The raspberries were really good! But they were also wildly expensive at $7 per pint. I also got a jar of pickled dill green beans which I don't see terribly often and they were so good. I need to have those more often. They also had some gorgeous sunflowers, and had they been able to live I would have gotten a few. The stand is un-personed--at least when I was here. They have an honor system going here and you place your cash or check in a lockbox. Since there's no one here to take your payment, just make sure you have one of those two since there's no way to pay by credit card.

I had been here many, many years ago for a tour so when friends were in town and suggested touring…read moreTaliesin I was all for it. We took the 2.5 hour Highlight tour which included the interiors of the main house, the studio, and the theater. I addition we toured the grounds by the shuttle bus that took us between sites. Our guide, Andy, was exceptional. This was one of the best tours I have ever taken, and we travel a lot! He covered history, architecture and juicy FLW details. The pace was just right and I learned quite a bit even though I have toured close to 20 FLW buildings. Worth every penny (and the gift shop is quite good too).

I planned my Frank Lloyd Wright trip to Wisconsin around visiting Taliesin and it was well worth my…read moretime. Taliesin was Wrights home for much of his life, including when he designed many of his most prominent designs. Taliesin is located in Spring Green, Wisconsin which was home to many of Wrights relatives and was where Wright spent many summers as a child. You get to understand why this location held such a strong draw for Wright. Located just across the river from Spring Green Wisconsin you check in for the tour at the Wright designed building overlooking the river that contains the gift shop and cafe. Even before getting to Taliesin itself you get to experience a wonderful Wright building that provides great views of the river, has the trademark horizontal features and a wonderful geometric ceiling. The gift shop is very nice and has a wide selection. I took the 4 hour Estate Tour which includes all of the major buildings in Taliesin. Our guide started with about 10 minutes of introduction in the gift shop. We then took a shuttle bus to the actual estate we started the tour at the house Wright designed for his sister, which was undergoing renovation; this house is fairly conventional on the outside, yet it has that Wright feel on the inside. Outside we saw the Romeo and Juliet Windmill, which has the story attached that his relatives in the area predicted it would ball over in the 1st substantial wind, yet it is still standing over 100 years after it was originally built. Next up on the tour was the Hillside Home Tour which was originally built for his aunts, but was later converted for the Taliesin Fellowship. We started in the Auditorium, which is unique, especially the way half of the audience is looking at the other members of the audience. The auditorium is still in use, including movies, concerts and lectures. Next up was the drafting room that the Fellowship used. The room is electric with a grid of beams and skylights. You can understand how the apprentices would be inspired by working in this space. We were also lucky enough to be one of the first tours to get to see the hallway and the bedrooms next to the drafting room that were used by the apprentices. We then got a nice break in the Hillside Home dining room with some wonderful light snacks. All of the dining room furniture is Wright designed and the light fixtures were not just Wright designed but then fabricated by the apprentices. A very nice way to actually experiene some of how life at Taliesin was for the apprentices. Back on the bus to take us to the Midway Barn, which provides an idea of how Taliesin was an actual working farm. Eventually some of the barn was used for housing apprentices. Wright designed the barn to emerge out of the hillside, reflecting his idea for organic architecture. We then moved on to the main buildings at the top of the hillside which were the Frank Lloyd Wright house, office and drafting room. This area has significant history both good and bad. This is where the murders and fires took place. Wright managed to rebuild and to make these spaces an amazing place to visit. We got a full tour of the house, the garden and even the kitchen building. It is amazing to see what Wright built for himself and his family. The Taliesin Estate tour is excellent, comprehensive, educational and lots of fun. Our guide was also excellent, not afraid to deal with all side of Frank Lloyd Wright, both the good and bad. He was great about explaining everything, pointing out detail and also separating facts from speculation; he even told us about having conversations with a Taliesin fellow who still lives on the property and is over 100 years old. If you are a Frank Lloyd Wright fan Taliesin is a must visit; I would strongly recommend the Full Estate Tour. I also found it helpful to have read several of the books on Wright and the events that have occurred at Taliesin. Even if you are not a Wright fan, this is an amazing tour and well worth visiting.

I look forward to the additional work that will be done on the Alliant but look for any event this…read moreis the place that's easy to access from the Beltline. You can host gatherings at Badger bowl as it's easily up the road. If they have to charge your attendees for parking then park across the street or ride a bike in. Shoot to the capitol. Get the Chicagoans, Milwaukeeans and Minnesotans back on the road with little to no fuss and two hotels appropriately situated nearby; whereas. the Sheraton has always given us great room deals and followed a recipe like no one else - this is a stress free venue with all honesty. Wifi, too. It's a win-win.

After finishing my tour of Taliesin I decided to stop at the Unity Chapel to check it out. Located…read moreabout a mile from Taliesin I found a small building just off of the road, the building itself if nice if unremarkable. It is interesting that the Chapel has a direct view of Taliesin about a mile away. Unfortunately the building was closed so I was unable to see the inside which Wright had a hand in designing at the very start of his career. I did walk through the small cemetery at the side and back of the building which contains mainly the Lloyd family graves. Interestingly there is a marker for Frank Lloyd Wright even though his remains were disinterred in 1985 and taken to Taliesin West in Arizona. Also there is a marker for Mamah Cheney who was buried in the cemetery without a marker. If you are interested in Frank Lloyd Wright and have read about his life Unity Chapel and the cemetery is certainly worth a visit; it is the kind of place that starts and ends Wrights career.

Simple and quaint. The Lloyd Jones family chapelread more

An excellent showcase of Frank Lloyd Wright's talent and abilities. While the school is not…read moreparticularly large, it is consistently interesting in its vision and style and therefore can give you a great deal to think about. His use of broken symmetry, contrast in elements, infusion of Asian art, and references to his family abounds here. Archetypal organic architecture indeed. Remarkably the school still functions as a school for architecture students summering from Taliesen West. The gallery showcases many of his great designs, and the theater is a lovely place to visit. Sadly the main curtain from said theater is not on site at the moment. It is currently on loan to the Guggenheim. But if you are in Manhattan, right now, you can see that! Go check out his work -- he was quite the genius.