Wisconsin

Top Rated Attractions

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  National Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame

  Hayward, Wisconsin

  There is much to see here, but what you'll remember most vividly is the world's largest fish, a 45-foot tall fiberglass muskie with an observation deck in its toothy maw.

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  Forevertron

  North Freedom, Wisconsin

  Tom Every, aka "Dr. Evermor," constructed a science fiction landscape from old carburetors and discarded power house machines.

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  Fred Smith's Concrete Park

  Phillips, Wisconsin

  Folk art army sculpted from discarded beer bottles and concrete.

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  House on the Rock

  Spring Green, Wisconsin

  This amazing place has little to do with a house (or a rock) but a lot to do with music machines, a giant cannon, a sea monster, and excesses of everything.

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  Moccasin Bar

  Hayward, Wisconsin

  Where everybody knows your name -- especially if you caught and stuffed the world record fish hanging on the wall. Goofy stuffed woodland creature dioramas as well.

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  Nick Engelbert's Grandview

  Hollandale, Wisconsin

  Dairy farmer Nick Engelbert filled his front yard with home-built statues, including a Viking in a Longboat and Snow White wearing a scallop shell bra.

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  Jurustic Park

  Marshfield, Wisconsin

  Amateur paleontologist and artist Clyde Wynia filled his property with extinct metal creatures from Marshfield's Iron Age.

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  Bronze Fonz

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  1970s TV icon "The Fonz" and his fictional connection to Milwaukee are celebrated with Milwaukee's most popular statue. Restored to full bronze-ness in March 2022.

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  National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum

  Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  Phil Sklar and Brad Novak's army of 10,000+ wobblers is the largest in the world.

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  Virgin Mary Appeared Here

  Necedah, Wisconsin

  Statues of Lincoln, Washington, and Jesus stand together at the Mediatrix of Peace Shrine. Mary, Mother of God, visited in 1950..

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  Home of the Hodag

  Rhinelander, Wisconsin

  A lumber town makes hay with a beloved local monster.

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  Rudolph Grotto and Wonder Cave

  Rudolph, Wisconsin

  Father Philip Wagner and his helper Edmund Rybicki spent 20 years building a cave filled with Catholic religious shrines.

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  F.A.S.T.: Fiberglass Statue Mold Yard

  Sparta, Wisconsin

  Where big fiberglass statues come from, and where you can always wander the Mold Field and see the latest creations.

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  Wisconsin Dells

  Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin

  The Dells are a wonder of nature -- but most folks come here for the over-the-top attractions.

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  Prairie Moon

  Cochrane, Wisconsin

  For 25 years retired farmer Herman Rusch built odd sculptures around his similarly odd museum in an old dance pavilion. It's folk art -- and it's been preserved.

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  Statue of Romeo, The Killer Elephant

  Delavan, Wisconsin

  A pugnacious pachyderm with five human kills to his credit, but the town still loves him.

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  Dickeyville Grotto

  Dickeyville, Wisconsin

  Rocks and found junk were fashioned into an elaborate religious grotto by a priest on a Mission from God. Washington, Lincoln, and Christopher Columbus make cameo appearances.

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  Don Q Inn

  Dodgeville, Wisconsin

  Crazier-than-most fantasy room motel. Bathe in a cheese vat or soak in a hot tub on the moon. Underground tunnel leads to restaurant. Giant airplane on the lawn.

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  National Dairy Shrine Visitor's Center

  Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

  The history of dairy farming revealed, including a display about vital parachute drops of bull semen.

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  World's Largest Six Pack, and the King of Beer

  La Crosse, Wisconsin

  Brewery with a monstrous sixer and a statue of the King of Beer.

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  Sputnik Crashed Here

  Manitowoc, Wisconsin

  Sidewalk plaque and a circle in the street mark where a Soviet satellite smacked down. Replica of the space junk is displayed a few steps away.

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  World's Largest Talking Loon

  Mercer, Wisconsin

  Known as "Claire d'Loon," the World's Largest Talking Loon talks at the push of a button, but only in loon sounds.

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  Easter Island Head

  New Berlin, Wisconsin

  14-foot-tall cement plaster tiki head made to look like stone, and tough enough to survive Wisconsin winters.

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  Great Peshtigo Fire Museum and Mass Grave

  Peshtigo, Wisconsin

  America's most deadly forest fire was bad enough, but it happened on the same night as another fire that grabbed all the headlines.

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  Fred Smith's Lincoln-Todd Monument

  Phillips, Wisconsin

  Folk artist Fred Smith's bizarre interpretation of an Abraham and Mary Todd Lincoln sculpture in Racine, Wisconsin. Fred probably saw it on a post card.