Living slowly in the Driftless region’s Viroqua, Wisconsin
Viroqua, Wisconsin, is leveraging regenerative tourism and its historic architecture to revitalize its local economy. The town is being highlighted as a destination for sustainable travel.
Regenerative tourism harnesses the power of sustainable travel to transform places and communities for the better. In this series, we look at Midwestern towns and small cities that have leaned into tourism to help lift local economies and create destinations that travelers want to visit.Stage coaches, and later Greyhound buses, long used the grand Hotel Fortney in Viroqua, Wisconsin, about 90 miles northwest of Madison, as a depot for travelers. The 1899 Queen Anne with a signature two-story…
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