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This eatery was decorated with a plethora of clown-related paraphernalia, but is sadly no more.   Or should I say, thankfully?

Cave tours, interactive exhibits, hiking trails, rope bridge, Bat Barn...

"Just north of the campground in High Cliff State Park one can view effigy mounds built by nomadic woodland tribes between 1000 A.D. and 1500 A.D. When following the Indian Mound Trail through the woods, the first mound you encounter is a panther mound 285 feet long. The Park has 3 more panther mounds, 2 conical mounds, one lineal mound, and, along a smaller trail, two buffalo mounds."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

Lantern-bearing Ghost of Hilbert Road

"Reports of a man with a lantern in his hand and he only has one side of his face he will try stopping you and asking you if you see his daughter cause she was killed on that road in like the 1900's and then when driving down the road on the right side of the road there is a tree standing all alone there is a person standing under that tree and when u put light on tree it goes away but u have to drive down this road at night and has to be from 12:00am -5:00am."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Three Flashing Lights in a Row  (2001)

"Suddenly, the rear lights split apart and flew in different directions. Then, as it got further away, it "realigned" into one cigar shaped craft that was headed toward Outagamie County Airport."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Intersection of Breed and State

Kiel UFO Sightings

"The jets seemed to be continually circling around overhead while this was happening, almost as if they too were trying to identify the objects."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 05-09-01 report

Joe Road Gravity Hill

Coming from the west, drive 'down' the hill on Joe Road.  Park.  Put the gear in neutral.  Release the brake.  Coast backwards 'uphill'.

Object in Sky  (1988)

" 'It could be anything, a weather balloon, a UFO, a star, or even an airplane, but it was moving,' Williams said."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Round Object Observed by Driver  (1983)

"I followed it until I got caught on a dead end road with some buses. It disappeared over the lake..."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Three Triangular UFOs  (1997)

Odd Gusts of Wind in High Cliff Park

"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
(take with a grain of salt)

The reports on this site are presumably fiction, using random Wisconsin place names in the stories listed there.  Even so, you might get a kick out of reading them.

Haunted WalMart

"...since opening in september of 1996, 3rd shift workers have reported unexplained phenomenon. Merchandise flying off the shelves, stereos turning on or changing channels by themselves, trails of muddy footprints that appear on clean floors, to numerous unexplained electrical problems with the security system mainly reporting movement when the store was totally empty of people. There have been reports of cold spots, mysterious mists or fogs in the building, and many cases of workers feeling that someone was standing behind them and even seeing shadows behind them and turning and no one is there. There have been a few sightings of a black human form seen walking through the store, sometimes right through displays. The store was built on an old homestead that had on it a family cemetary (sic). They moved the bodies when they built the store, but they say that some of the older graves were unmarked and that they missed some of them, thus the haunting of the store by restless spirits."
- section from The Shadowlands website

"The Pet Cemetery Guardian"

In the book "Strange Wisconsin" is a decription of a disturbing encounter on a rural roadway. 

"...the Calumet County Museum has a plethora of antique treasures of the Chilton area. Some of the highlights include old-time dental equipment, photographs of Chilton in the early 1900s, a large, stained-glass church window and pews and a number of dresses and other fashion pieces from the 1920s."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

  south of Chilton on the corner of Irish Road & Highways 32/57.

hours:
May thru September  (Sundays)

"The High Cliff General Store Museum shares the history of the park in one of the original buildings from Sherwood's past. The park contains artifacts and items back from a time when the Sherwood was a mining community, along with other historical items. Additionally, visitors can purchase ice cream, candy and other items while examining the items in the museum."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

"A limestone quarry and kiln operated at the present site of High Cliff State Park. The lime extracted in the kiln was sent throughout the Midwest for use in plaster, cement, and as a soil additive. Limestone was used for brick mortar and gravel. The lime kilns and other structures are still standing along the Lake Winnebago shoreline."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

  High Cliff State Park
N7630 State Park Rd.
Sherwood, WI  54169

  From Sherwood, head northwest on Highway 55 for 2 miles.  Turn south on Pigeon Road.  Continue 1½ miles to State Park Road.  Turn left for the park entrance.

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Fri - Sun)  Noon – 5pm

"The Pioneer Museum is packed with displays, photographs, and artifacts of early New Holstein community life. Highlights include a diorama of how the city was laid out in its early years, an unusual collection of buttons from clothing, and a room displaying engines produced at Tecumseh (originally called the Lauson Company) throughout the years."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

  2103 Main St.
New Holstein, WI  53061
(920) 898-5258

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Sunday afternoons)

"The stately two-story home was donated by the Timm Family to the New Holstein Historical Society in 1974, and efforts began to convert the home into a site tourists could enjoy. In 1996 the home earned a place on the National Register for Historic Places...On the ground level, visitors can see rooms and clothing as they would have appeared in the late 1800s and early 1900s."
- section from Calumet County Tourism website

  intersection of Wisconsin Avenue and Railroad Street
1600 Wisconsin Avenue
New Holstein, WI  53061

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Sundays)  1pm – 4pm