choose another county

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of WISCONSIN DELLS

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of PORTAGE

  From Highway I-94/90 south of Portage, take exit 108A, then head south on Highway 78 for about a mile.  The statue is located at the Amoco station next to the Petro Truck Stop.

N5755 State Road 78
Portage, WI  53901
(608) 742-3686

The remnants of this memorable attraction are visible from the road.

"LaReau's World of Miniature Buildings. 1 mi s on SR22, displays about 100 minature (sic) replicas of famous buildings and the structures amid landscaped grounds with streams and waterfalls.  Among the replicas are the White House and the U.S. Capitol, the capital's monuments and memorials, the Statue of Liberty, Mt. Rushmore, the Great Wall of China, Egyptian pyramids, and a German castle."
- section from Wisconsin Local History Network

"The Christopher Columbus Museum is dedicated to the Quincentennial of Columbus' daring voyage to the Americas in 1492. The 300 ft wall space and 80 cases a total of 3,000 square feet of displays present a broad collection of diverse and unique items that bring to life the period from which Columbus burst forth."
- section from Official Site

  239 Whitney St.
Columbus, WI  53925
(920) 623-1992

hours:
(daily)  8:15am – 4pm

Designed by Louis Sullivan, known as the father of the skyscraper, this architecturally-unique bank inspired the play "The Jewel Box" and is on the Register of Historic Places.  You may also notice it in the Johnny Depp film "Public Enemies" (listed below).

  Farmers & Merchants Union Bank
159 W James St.
Columbus, WI  53925
(920) 348-5070

lobby hours:
(Mon - Thurs)  9am – 3pm
(Fridays)  9am – 5:30pm  /  (Saturdays)  9am – 11am

"How fast can you eat a watermelon and how far can you spit the pips? These probably aren't questions you and I are asked every day, but in Pardeeville, Wisconsin, you'd better eat fast and you'd better spit far, 'cos if you don't, you ain't gonna see the Nationals in Vegas. Visitors can enjoy a family fun-packed day of food, bingo, eating and spitting."
- section from Travelmax website

Animal abnormalities are displayed such as a two-headed pig, albinos, siamese twins, extra appendaged critters and other mutations.

  W7303 County Highway CS
Poynette, WI  53955
(608) 635-8110

Wildlife Exhibits and Museums hours:
• May 1 thru mid-October  (daily)  8am – 4pm 
• mid-October thru April 30  (Mon - Fri)  8am – 4pm
CLOSED ON WINTER HOLIDAYS

"She laid her eggs in a masonry flower basket at the bridge where guests could observe her brood...Soon, word of her faithful annual return to the flower basket to hatch two clutches of eggs each year gained national media attention...Ambitious city fathers decided to seize the spotlight and host the first 'Susie the Duck Festival'."
- section from Lodi Chamber website

  424 US Highway 51
Poynette, WI  53955
(608) 635-2522

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of WISCONSIN DELLS

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of PORTAGE

One trail takes you past the Stations of the Cross en route to a stone chapel (built 1866) in the woods.  Beyond that is a path that overlooks the ravine below.  The other trail leads you to a set of buildings that had been used by the St. Camillus religious order until early 2007.  From there, you may take a short walk to a bridge near the southern end of the gorge.

  From Merrimac, head north on Highway 78 for 4 miles.  Turn left on Durward's Glen Road.  Look for parking lot on right.

hours:
April  (daily)  8am – 5pm
May thru October  (daily)  8am – 6pm

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of WISCONSIN DELLS

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of PORTAGE

"Blue Thing" on Ice Age Trail  (1999)

...sighted in woods by hikers near Lodi Cannery.

Deer Hunter Sights Flashing Lights  (2002)

"The huge round flash in the sky did not make any sound."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Lodi UFO Sightings

"It was hovering over the Badger Ordinance area moving very slow with a hissing sound..."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 01-01-03 report

Bigfoot Near Arlington  (2003)

Knuckle-dragging apeman runs across the road.

Woman Buried Alive in Rosedale Cemetery

The exhumed body of Sarah A. Smith was found to have endured a ghastly fate.  Read about it in the book "Weird Wisconsin".

Project Blue Book Case  (1952)

"One crescent-shaped object hovered for several seconds and then sped away."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Police Car or UFO?  (2004)

"It was VERY foggy...All the sudden the fog was lit all around by blue and red swirling lights."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Church Road Cemetery
aka Saint Michael's Cemetery

The ghost of a young girl has been seen hanging from a tree.

UFOs & Jets Observed Together  (2004)

"They were going back and forth in the sky. There were jets in the sky going around them."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"The Twice Dead Ghost"

A family, plagued by a haunting in their farmhouse, seems to have 'killed' the ghost causing the disturbances.

Large Mysterious Craft in Sky  (2006)

"A light turned on ontop (sic) of the craft..the only reason we could tell is because the clouds reflected the light...we got a good look at it thanks to those clouds it was definately (sic) round about the size of a football stadium...."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"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.

"Tracks of Columbia County"

The book "Ghosts of Madison, Wisconsin" includes a recollection of old train tracks that provide those nearby with a paranormal experience.

Bird Sanctuary Flying Saucer Sighting  (2007)

"That’s when it began moving, first it was doing circles that got progressively larger The more we glanced at, the more details came into view, I'd saw it was roughly cylindrical in shape, with two bluish-green lights on the tips and one red light in the middle"
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of WISCONSIN DELLS

  click here for MORE attractions in the city of PORTAGE