Midwest Living Spring 2023 Issue

At home, Jonathan Wright, director of the Indianapolis art museum's park and gardens, stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots and lets everything grow. Free-flowing and self-seeding plants greet visitors at the picket fence, then envelop the backyard in lush beauty. Here are a few of his go-to low-maintenance plants for color and greenery.

For the Mockabee crew, beauty is a must and hard work is expected. So naturally, they bought a lost-in-time home in South Dakota's Black Hills and renovated it (mostly themselves) to suit their close family style. 

The highlight? Zipping across the 156-foot-high Bass Point Creek High Trestle Bridge.

They all fish in the Upper Midwest’s Driftless Area, and they’re passionate about diversifying their sport. Get ready to be inspired to try something new.

The couple behind Woodward Throwbacks blows up old ideas about salvage materials.

If you can make pancakes, you can flip crepes.

We asked, they answered. Park rangers and officials weigh in on their favorite hidden-gem state parks, as well as where they go to escape into nature.

From our Midwest travel writers: new ideas for where to eat, drink, play and stay around the region in spring 2023.

Delve into the fascinating past and present of Jewish food with Midwest bakers and chefs.

With fresh paint and a terraced slope, a Minneapolis stucco goes from mousy to magnetic.

Pack your parasol—or at least a cute hat—for a sunny amble through the gardens of a historic Midwest manor.

Korean egg sandwiches, Australian baked goods,Southeast Asian bing bing wraps—here’s an in-the-know guide to eating your way through this culinary capital.

Take the DNA of a national park, package it up smaller and spunkier, and you've got its state park sibling.

Have you ever slept in a treehouse? Paddled by moonlight? Seen the Milky Way? We challenge you to try one of these activities.

With that first breath of warmth, our fancies turn to fresh herbs and delicate young vegetables. These spring recipes feature in-season produce and zesty flavors in comforting, unexpected ways.

South Dakota’s pioneer spirit drew this family of seven to the Black Hills, where they rehabbed a modern cabin to corral their full life.

Turn a wet trouble spot into a lush and Earth-friendly oasis by capturing the rain.

You might expect Jonathan Wright to go home to a formally coiffed yard. Instead, he stuffs in the plants, stacks the pots and lets everything grow.

Grace Vanderbush's polymer clay national park necklaces are a little like vintage cameos—tiny, textural portraits of our country's most precious natural places.

With encouragement from the owner of a Kansas City, Missouri, creperie, you’ll perfect these delicate pancakes in no time.

Freshen up every corner of your home with these local—and sustainable—cleaning essentials.

Jennifer Bohlander moved the needle on the revitalization of Topeka’s creative scene.

An exhilarating rail bike tour, fresh ideas for kitchen storage, a new book about Midwest wildflowers, tortilla wrap lunches and more, chosen by our editors and writers.

Once a mining town, today Mineral Point yields a different kind of element: fine art with a side of Cornish flair.

In the heart of the Driftless Area, Viroqua is a crunchy little town with great food, a raft of charming rentals and some of the Midwest’s best fly-fishing.