I've been to the captial city of Wisconsin, Madison, a couple of times now and I just adore it. It's not a very big city- only a few hundred thousand people but, it is lovely and full of the friendliest people I've ever encountered anywhere with the exception of New Orleans. There is always beautiful scenery and wonderful food. It's what we call a "college town" so, there's lots of colorful places to shop and plenty of veg-friendly food, if that's what you like.