The Beer Town La Crosse That Grew Up
Drive time: 4.5 hours Distance: 280 miles
La Crosse, Wisconsin, is like a mini-Madison, with less politics and more beer. So much beer, in fact, that the town’s unofficial patron saint is Gambrinus, the 15th-century “King of Beer,” though he wasn’t a saint. Or a patron, for that matter.
La Crosse (pop. 51,000) isn’t exactly a hidden gem, what with its famous brewing history (G. Heileman Brewing Company started here in 1858, in a building now occupied by ). But when I go north, I tend to hit Milwaukee, or Lake Geneva, or I
