Necedah, Wisconsin: Virgin Mary Appeared Here

A shrine outside town where a local woman decided that the visions she had in the late 1950s were, in fact, a visitation from no less than the Blessed Virgin. She stirred up enough local believers to promote visits to the site and to incur the interest of the Milwaukee press, and in fact a mass viewing of some unexplained celestial phenomenon subsequently occurred, if newspaper accounts are to be believed. Application to the Catholic Church for verification of a genuine miracle has brought nothing but rebuttal of the validity of her claims. Nevertheless, enough donations have been culled to erect a gift shop and various religious dioramas on the site, and a chapel has been under construction there for some years. A sign outside the premises announces that the Blessed Virgin has no patience for women who wear "unfeminine attire" (i.e., pants of any kind); improperly-clothed women wishing to visit the site are loaned wrap skirts at the gate at no charge.