If you’re a fan of the Elroy-Sparta State Trail, you’re not alone. The nationally-known scenic route will be a primary focus in a new PBS documentary about rail-to-trail conversions and the sometimes ...

WASHINGTON, D.C. - Rails-to-Trails Conservancy has named the Elroy-Sparta State Trail as the seventh inductee to the Rail-Trail Hall of Fame. The Wisconsin trail is featured in "Rails to Trails" ...

SPARTA, Wis. - It's time to pay homage to the original: the Elroy-Sparta State Trail. This 32-mile-long trail is crushed limestone, nothing new. But the trail is famous for three long train tunnels ...

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Ginny's Cupboard offers old-time phosphate sodas, thick malts and wide array of soups and sandwiches. A bright green creme de menthe phosphate soda, made with a vintage fountain, was indescribably ...

Biking the Elroy-Sparta State Trail in Wisconsin The 32.5-mile trail, the country's first rail-trail, travels through three old train tunnels on its journey from Elroy to Sparta.

"From Rails to Trails," premiering Oct. 15 on PBS, chronicles how tens of thousands of abandoned tracks were converted to ...

Step onto a rail trail in your community, and you’ll see parents teaching children to ride bikes, retirees walking together at sunset and neighbors greeting neighbors. These trails are not red or blue ...

Turning old railway right-of-ways into recreational trails is a story stretching past 60 years and "From Rails to Trails" ...

Edward Norton narrates the PBS documentary 'From Rails to Trails', which chronicles the 60-year movement to create public ...

Completed in 1873, the Chicago Northwestern Railroad was the second rail line to the burgeoning city of Sparta, where the population doubled in less than two decades. It formed a 126-mile link between ...