Tucked away in Dayton, Ohio sits a bargain hunter’s paradise that makes wallet-friendly shopping feel like striking gold without the inconvenience of wielding a pickaxe.

In the heart of Wisconsin lies a shopper’s paradise where designer labels and rock-bottom prices collide in a glorious explosion of retail therapy – Johnson Creek Premium Outlets.

It has been six months of alarming political dysfunction and societal tension, epitomized by the government shutdown and ...