New Glarus, Wisconsin: Swiss Sleeping Cow
In front of a motel stands a life-size fiberglass cow, painted read and covered in Zs, and for some reason the ones on its right size are backward. That crazy, drowsy cow universe...
Swiss Aire Motel
- Address:
- 1200 Hwy 69, New Glarus, WI
- Directions:
- Swiss Aire Motel. On the west side of Hwy 69 just south of downtown New Glarus.
- Phone:
- 608-527-2138
- Admission:
- Free
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Swiss Sleeping Cow Large red cow covered in Zs in front of the Swiss Aire Motel in New Glarus.
[Richard Stockman, 10/18/2012]Nearby Offbeat Places
- Biggest Urinal in the Midwest, New Glarus, WI - < 1 mi.
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New Glarus calls itself America's Little Switzerland. The cow is one of 15 all-different survivors around town from a year 2000 community art project. For some reason the Zs on its right, south-facing (sunny) side are reversed, creating a backward image photo-op.