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Crafting Fishing Rods

by Marjie McGraw

Myrna Hilgart, 55, carefully inspects a fishing rod at her worktable at the St. Croix Rod Co. in Park Falls, Wis.

first appeared: 8/13/2008

Singing the Grafton Blues

by Ann Hattes

Until recently, most residents of Grafton, Wis. (10,312), had little idea they were living on musically sacred ground.

first appeared: 9/16/2007

Taking the Bible Behind Bars

by Karen Karvonen

The men who study the Bible with John Steeves aren't your average churchgoers. Dressed in orange prison garb, many await sentencing for burglary, trafficking in narcotics, rape or murder.

first appeared: 3/25/2007

Hats off to Stormy Kromer

by Steve Lange

In 2001, Bob Jacquart was drinking his morning coffee at a restaurant in Ironwood, Mich. (pop. 6,293), when he heard that the Kromer Cap Co., after more than a century, had stopped producing its classic winter hat.

first appeared: 2/18/2007

Love for a Locomotive

by Vicki Cox

first appeared: 2/18/2007

Crash Bang Zoom

by Steve Lange

The Schutte family's demolition derby devotion

first appeared: 6/25/2006

Like Mother Like Daughter

When American Profile asked readers to send us photographs of look-alike mothers and daughters, along with a brief description of how these uncanny resemblances influence their lives, we received hundreds of submissions detailing this unique family bond.

first appeared: 5/7/2006

Why Grandparents Are Grand

Readers explain why their grandparents are great

first appeared: 8/28/2005

The Great American Hamburger

by Marti Attoun

The All-American Burger

first appeared: 6/27/2004

Fill'er Up!

by Marti Attoun

Old-fashioned full-service gas stations like Swan’s in Almond, Wis., are as rare as the noon whistle, and yes, they still do that here, too.

first appeared: 10/19/2003

Restoring the Little Sisters of Lady Liberty

by Marti Attoun

All across America, towns are shining up a symbol of freedom—200 little sisters of liberty that were dedicated from 1949 to 1951.

first appeared: 9/7/2003

One Hundred Years of Harley

by Warren D. Jorgensen

William S. Harley and Arthur Davidson created their first motorcycle in a Milwaukee shed in 1903.

first appeared: 7/20/2003

Birds of a Feather

by Carol Davis

Flying fans from all over might see every kind of plane in the world parked at AirVenture Oshkosh.

first appeared: 6/15/2003

Richly Blessed

by Laura Sewell

Three families celebrate an extra-special Thanksgiving

first appeared: 11/17/2002

Betty Christenson's Art for Easter

by Ellen Margulies

Betty Christenson embraces her Ukranian heritage through her art

first appeared: 3/24/2002

Off the Beaten Path

by Alan Ross

This year’s 10 family getaways include peaceful state parks, a historic mining town-turned-artist colony, a space travel attraction, and the place where it all started for America nearly 400 years ago.

first appeared: 4/29/2001

Season of Traditions

by Michael Nolan

Every family, every town or region, and sometimes an entire culture has its own holiday traditions that run like a river through the years and generations—always the same, always slightly different.

first appeared: 12/10/2000

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