The Capitol dome is the symbol of Madison, more than any other.

Rennie's was the place in Madison at a time when drug stores were social centers. 

Indian burial mounds dot the landscape of the city, a reminder of those who came before. 

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The glass "prow" of Madison's Unitarian Meeting House, designed Frank Lloyd Wright, was intended to house a huge bell made from triangles of sheet copper.

Hmong story cloths tell a tale of a culture, once far away, that is now interwoven into the city's life.

Not only are Barry Alvarez’s fingerprints all over the six Big Ten championships the University of Wisconsin football program has won since 1993, they can be spotted on the rings the Badgers received for those achievements.

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The grocery co-op has gained members, and its newspaper has gained a cult following for its letters.

The Nitty Gritty birthday bell is rung approximately 57 times per day and more than 20,000 times each year, once for each birthday celebrant who walks in the door.

The mural outside Centro Hispano tells the story of immigration, of migrant work on Wisconsin farms, of adapting to a new community and setting a path for a better life.

WORT'S record collection reflects the diversity that has helped make the feisty community-run radio station a Madison institution.

Hundreds of gay and lesbian Wisconsin couples were married in June. 

University of Wisconsin women's hockey coach Mark Johnson and fellow Madison native Bob Suter were teammates on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” outfit that shocked the Soviet Union – and the world – en route to winning the gold in Lake Placid, New York.

The elegant stone facade of the former State Street department store is now "beautifully incorporated" into the Overture Center for the Arts.

Andy North won the U.S. Open at Cherry Hills near Denver in 1978 and at Oakland Hills Country Club near Detroit in 1985.

The floating combines cut and remove thousands of tons of aquatic plants from Dane County waters each year.

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Since 1976, L'Etoile has offering a menu of farm-to-table meals and providing unbridled joy to diners in a way that only a perfect meal can.

Stories of old Greenbush neighborhood are told in the cookbooks written by Catherine Tripalin Murray, along with recipes and anecdotes passed down through generations.