Description
The top 60 places to visit in Wisconsin, from the Apostle Islands sea caves and the House on the Rock to a basilica built from a demolished post office and North America's only surviving human-shaped effigy mound. Every stop is pinned on a 3D satellite map, with hidden gems and trivia along the way.
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Chapters:
0:00 #1 Apostle Islands
0:31 #2 Devil's Lake State Park
0:55 #3 Wisconsin Dells
1:26 #4 Cave Point County Park
1:51 #5 House on the Rock
2:15 #6 Milwaukee Art Museum
2:36 #7 Pattison State Park
2:58 #8 Taliesin
3:19 #9 Wisconsin State Capitol
3:40 #10 Lake Geneva
4:08 #11 Lambeau Field
4:32 #12 Peninsula State Park
4:52 #13 Holy Hill
5:13 #14 Cave of the Mounds
5:33 #15 Harley-Davidson Museum
5:52 #16 Horicon Marsh
6:11 #17 Copper Falls State Park
6:31 #18 International Crane Foundation
6:45 #19 The Forevertron
7:08 #20 Mineral Point
7:35 #21 Elroy-Sparta State Trail
7:56 #22 Interstate State Park
8:18 #23 Grandad Bluff
8:33 #24 Aztalan State Park
8:54 #25 Fishing Hall of Fame
9:11 #26 Willow River State Park
9:33 #27 Washington Island
9:56 #28 Amnicon Falls State Park
10:16 #29 Basilica of St. Josaphat
10:37 #30 Wyalusing State Park
10:59 #31 Cana Island Lighthouse
11:22 #32 Madeline Island
11:45 #33 Olbrich Botanical Gardens
12:03 #34 SC Johnson headquarters
12:26 #35 Circus World
12:45 #36 EAA Aviation Museum
13:08 #37 Monona Terrace
13:27 #38 Wisconsin Maritime Museum
13:49 #39 National Railroad Museum
14:08 #40 Seth Peterson Cottage
14:26 #41 Whitefish Dunes State Park
14:42 #42 Old World Wisconsin
14:59 #43 Kohler-Andrae State Park
15:15 #44 Newport State Park
15:35 #45 Wind Point Lighthouse
15:50 #46 Lake Winnebago
16:11 #47 Governor Dodge State Park
16:30 #48 Timms Hill
16:47 #49 SS Meteor
17:05 #50 Little House Wayside
17:22 #51 Hearthstone
17:39 #52 History Museum at the Castle
17:54 #53 Peshtigo Fire Museum
18:17 #54 Cedarburg Covered Bridge
18:37 #55 Blue Mound State Park
18:50 #56 Green Lake
19:06 #57 The Hodag
19:26 #58 Mount Horeb Trollway
19:41 #59 Lizard Mound State Park
19:56 #60 Man Mound
Sources:
National Park Service; NPCA; Wisconsin DNR; Wisconsin Historical Society; Wisconsin Blue Book; Wisconsin Dept. of Administration; each attraction's official site; EAA and FAA; DarkSky International; USFWS; Ramsar; UNESCO; Travel Wisconsin; Visit Madison; Atlas Obscura; NPR; Britannica; Wikipedia
Photos (cropped and resized) via Wikimedia Commons, Flickr and the Library of Congress:
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