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This swirl of glass full of small flowers inside is called Garden Memories, created in 2009 by Rick Ayotte. This modern piece is on display at the Bergstrom-Mahler Museum of Glass in Neenah. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
At the Fire Art Studio in downtown Appleton, owner Freddie Haas helps a guest make a design from bits of glass. He will fire it to fuse the glass for a dish for nuts or candy. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
College Avenue is the main street in downtown Appleton. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
The beautiful Victorian Hearthstone Historic House Museum, built in 1882, overlooks the Fox River in Appleton, Wisconsin. It was the first home in the world to be lighted by hydroelectricity from a central station using the Thomas Edison system, an event that changed people’s lives forever. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
Hearthstone costumed interpreter Clare Hilgendorf gives guided tours and provides information on the wealthy Henry Rogers who spared no cost in building his house for his wife, Cremora, and who was ahead of his time in bringing electricity in. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
An employee at Wilmar Chocolates in Appleton holds up pan of freshly made chocolate caramel pecan candies. The chocolate shop has been open for decades in Appleton. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
Lamers Dairy, a small, five-generation, family-owned dairy in Appleton, offers award-winning, hormone-free milk. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
The recently restored locks system on the Fox River is one of two remaining hand-operated sets of locks in the nation. Visitors can take a narrated pontoon ride through them. (Pamela O’Meara/Review)
The Fox Cities area is full of surprises
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