Rhinelander, Wisconsin: Home of the Hodag
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Logging Museum
- Address:
- 450 W Kemp St., Rhinelander, WI
- Directions:
- In the Logging Museum. South end of town. Corner of Kemp St. (Business US 8) and Oneida Ave.
- Phone:
- 715-369-5004
- RA Rates:
- Major Fun
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Rhinelander, "Home of the Hodag," exhibits several mounted versions of the creature.
[Craig Grondfeldt, 08/03/2021]
Next time you're in the North Woods of Wisconsin, check out the Hodags up in Rhinelander. We stopped by there this sommer, and it was a semi-entertaining couple hours trip. The Hodag is a strange local attraction, there are a couple of them up there. It's a wooden fake beast. The other interesting attraction in Rhinelander is a semi-large logging and train museum, along with a couple small museums on the property.
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The Hodag, scourge of the northern woods, is FAKE? Says who? The Hodag is seven feet long, 30 inches tall, first seen in 1896 when local Gene Shepard snapped a photo. Tusks, razorsharp claws, pointy horned spine . . . lumberjacks cornered it in a cave and knocked it out with a chloroform sponge on a pole. Today, Hodag banners flutter from street poles downtown, and a Hodag statue stands in town. Not sure if it's still around, but a stuffed "replica" could be seen at the Chamber of Commerce and the Logging Museum.