KENOSHA, Wis. — On a flat, straight stretch of Interstate 94 just north of the Illinois-Wisconsin border, a tan, turreted castle rises up against the horizon. Across the highway, there’s a ...

EAGLE RIVER, Wis. — In a small city nestled among the Northwoods of Wisconsin, sits an illuminated castle made of ice. Huge bricks cut from a nearby lake are the building blocks of this annual ...

93 floodlights — In 1997, when builders first lit up the castle to give it a striking nighttime look, they used 93 floodlights. Keith Uhlig has been writing about Wisconsin, its people and all ...