There was a time that I, and folks like me who love and are fascinated by maps, needed no directions to Milwaukee Map Service, aka The Map Store, currently located at 3720 N. 124th St. But times are ...

CHANNEL 5. BEFORE THERE WERE BORDERS, BEFORE ROADS. THERE WAS WONDER AND THE NEED TO UNDERSTAND WHERE WE STOOD. THE EARLIEST MAPS WEREN’T ON PAPER. THEY WERE SCRATCHED INTO CAVE WALLS, EVEN BONES.

Andrew Middleton didn’t buy a map store — he was given one. Still, he calls it "kind of the dream." Driving across the country from Oakland, California, Middleton took a leap of faith to save a small ...