Tucked into the woods above Keuka Lake, a whimsical retreat once known as 10,000 Delights is offering up its next chapter.

Drop by the park’s education center for a bird checklist, and then explore the grounds via nature trails, a marsh boardwalk ... when they were built as diked rice fields. The refuge has a fine visitor ...

Southeastern Wisconsin is adorned with a myriad of stunning lakes that offer a retreat from the hustle and bustle of city ...

Agassiz also has a few hiking trails, including a one-half mile ... These ridges impede drainage in the area, created abundant wetlands. Rice Lake itself is a 3,600-acre emergent marsh, or shallow ...

Horicon Marsh, which lies ... to the largest natural wild rice bed in the Great Lakes region. The rice has been harvested by members of the Bad River Band of Lake Superior Chippewa for centuries.