During this holiday season, something magical happened near Lake Geneva in southeastern Wisconsin. A crew constructed what it believes to be the world’s tallest tree made of glimmering glass. The feat ...

There are few places in Wisconsin that can claim as many discoveries as the Yerkes Observatory near Lake Geneva. The Observatory is more than a century old and houses the world’s largest refracting ...

The Yerkes Future Foundation (YFF) has officially acquired the Yerkes Observatory's collection of 180,000 astronomical glass plates from the University of Chicago. These glass plates, spanning from ...

Home to the world’s largest refracting telescope, the Yerkes Observatory in Wisconsin was so influential that Albert Einstein insisted on visiting. Now you can too. Sometimes called “the birthplace of ...

The quest started with a single, black-and-white photograph. A massive telescope dominates the frame. In May 1921, when the image was captured, the 54-foot-long, 1,200-pound refracting telescope at ...

Dr. Amanda Bauer leads the resurgence of space and art exploration at Yerkes Observatory. Dr. Amanda Bauer is reimagining the future of Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay as a historic outpost for ...

Travel occasionally rewards participants with an unusually wonderful experience that alone makes a trip worthwhile. Perhaps you have encountered an event or discovered a particularly beautiful ...

Chuck Ebeling worked as a public relations executive for major Chicago-area companies, including McDonald’s, and later spearheaded a successful effort to save the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, ...

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