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attractions & oddities

resources

 

1

Pyramid-Shaped "Pyramid of the Nile"
Restaurant & Banquet Hall

 

location: Beaver Dam & Juneau
restaurant with character

"The Pyramid of the Nile is an historic icon of Dodge County. The building is an over 40 foot tall pyramid. It's unique structure has made it famous all over Wisconsin. The interior is decorated with ancient Egyptian sculptures and paintings. The Pyramid was constructed in the 1960's by two local couples. The restaurant quickly became 'The Place' to go for an elegant evening of fine dining."
- section from official website


  W 6711 Hwy 33 East

Juneau, WI  53039
(920) 356-0388

                       

hours:
(Tues - Sat)  4pm – 10pm
(Sun) 10am – 2pm  /  CLOSED MONDAYS

Official Site
www.pyramidofthenile.com

Wisconsin History
www.wisconsinhistory.org

book:
"Oddball Wisconsin"
by Jerome Pohlen
Chicago Review Press, Inc. (2001)
pages 35 - 36

buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

book:
"Roadside America"
by Mike Wilkins & Ken Smith & Doug Kirby
Fireside / Simon & Schuster (2nd ed., 1992)
pages 105 - 106
buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

 

2

Honey Acres Museum

 

location: Ashippun
museum

      


The Diehnelt Family offers a closer look at beekeeping past and present, plus some honey tasting.
You want to do the honey tasting.

  N1557 Highway 67
Ashippun, WI  53003
(800) 558-7745

hours:
• all-year long  (Mon - Fri)  9am – 3pm
• only May 15 thru Oct 30:  (Sat and Sun)  12pm – 4pm

picture courtesy of honeyacres.com
Official Site
beekeepersbestinc.com

Wisconsin Made
www.wisconsinmade.com

Roadside America
www.roadsideamerica.com

Greater Milwaukee Today
article "Honey of a business" or (here)

book:
"Weird Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey & Richard D. Hendricks
Barnes & Noble Books (2005)
page 200
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

book:
"Wisconsin Curiosities"
by Michael Feldman and Diana Cook
Globe Pequot Press
(2nd ed., 2004)  pages 118 - 119

(3rd ed., 2009)
  pages 114 - 115
buy it at Amazon.com
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book:
"Oddball Wisconsin"
by Jerome Pohlen
Chicago Review Press, Inc. (2001)
page 96

buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

book:
"Weird Wonderful America"
by Laura A. Bergheim
Collier Books
page 204

buy it at Amazon.com
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3

The City of Sculpture

Dutch Windmill

 

location: Waupun
self- designation / public art / roadside oddities

     
The Citadel (now behind glass) Dawn of Day Recording Angel 

End of the Trail 
  


Waupun has several unique sculptures in and around the city, including "The End of the Trail", "Doe and Fawn", "Recording Angel", "Who Sows Believes in God", "The Pioneers", "Dawn of Day", "Morning of Life" and "The Citadel".

Also, in Heritage Park, is a large Dutch windmill.

  check "City of Waupun" links on right for locations

City of Waupun
1. www.cityofwaupun.org
2. windmill www.cityofwaupun.org

Talking Tour of Waupun and its sculptures (provided by Fond du Lac County Chamber of Commerce)
www.fdl.com/talking_roads/

book:
"Oddball Wisconsin"
by Jerome Pohlen
Chicago Review Press, Inc. (2001)
pages 63 - 64

buy it at Amazon.com
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4

Ferrell GasMan

 

location: Ashippun
roadside oddity

Where art thou, GasMan?  Someone went through the trouble to build you and now you no longer grace Ferrell's yard.  Perhaps someone lit a match near you...

  W2550 Oak Street
 Ashippun, WI  53003
(920) 474-4484

photo courtesy of Fuzzy World 3
Official Site
www.ferrellgas.com 

Fuzzy World 3
www.fuzzyworld3.com

 

5

Toilet Bowl Parade

 

location:  Hustisford
event

photo courtesy of EnjoyHoriconMarsh.com

"One of the Fire Company’s annual fund raising events is the New Year’s Day Toilet Bowl. The idea of the Toilet Bowl originated in 1967 as the result of a conversation between two Hustisford residents who sought an alternative to watching the bowl games on TV. The no-pads, no helmets’ game enticed more and more participating players and spectators each year... Prior to the noon parade, the year’s royalty are announced. The newly crowned king and queen ride through the parade on a giant toilet-shaped float and exchange throwing billowing rolls of toilet paper with parade goers. The football game follows in the snow-covered outfield of the Village Ballpark."
- section from Hustisford official site

  held on January 1st

Hustisford Official Site
www.hustisford.com

Enjoy Horicon Marsh
www.enjoyhoriconmarsh.com

Journal Sentinel Online
article "Tissuing in the new year" or (here)

YouTube video
www.youtube.com

 

 

 

sighting  /  phenomenon  /  morbid curiosity

resources

 

1

Mayville Crop Circles  (2003)

 
crop circle
location:  Mayville

"Eyewitnessed forming in 12-15 seconds at about 7:40 A.M. by Art Rantala from his workshop located on a hill overlooking the field. He described no unusual lights or sounds, but that there was a weather front passing at the time. Each circle was formed in succession starting with the one farthest into the field, then the one closest to the road, then the one in the center with the crescent."
- section from Crop Circle News

Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com

Crop Circle News
www.cropcirclenews.com

book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
pages 78 - 79
buy it at
Amazon.com
buy it at
Barnes & Noble.com

 

2

Clyman Crop Circles  (2003)

 
crop circle
location:  Clyman

photo courtesy of EnjoyHoriconMarsh.com

"This formation comprised of 7 circles and associated pathways extended close to 300’ over a hill. Some parts for the formation could not be seen standing in other parts. The largest circle (the only part of the formation visible from the road) was 78’ in diameter."
- section from Crop Circle News
Crop Circle News
www.cropcirclenews.com

Enjoy Horicon Marsh
www.enjoyhoriconmarsh.com

 

3

Fox Lake UFO Sightings

 
UFO
location:  Fox Lake

"At 7:52 I saw probably the strangest thing i've seen in my life. There were about 8 lights that were in a circle that all randomly flashed red and gold."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 10-10-03 report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

4

Flashing Orb Seen Over Field  (1998)

 
UFO
location:  Clyman

"I'm guessing it was about 3 feet or so in diameter and covered with white flashing lights, like strobes. I slowed down to a crawl as I got "next" to it, and remembered watching those lights and realizing as fast as they were flashing, they were all going off one at a time."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

5

Beaver Dam UFO Sightings

 
UFO
location:  Beaver Dam

"As it passed the first object, the first one split into two, one going SE, the other going NE."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 08-06-03 report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

6

Bright Light Moving in Sky  (2003)

 
UFO or meteor?
location:  Beaver Dam & Horicon

"Basically it was a bright (white) light that traveled very quickly across the sky in the west."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

7

Bright Light Over Lomira  (2005)

 
UFO
location:  Lomira

"I saw what looked like a pulsating star, brighten, move in what appeared to be a southwest direction for a short ways, stop, enlarge to twice it's size..."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

8

Eagle Road Cemetery
aka Evangelical Church Cemetery

 
haunted cemetery
location:  Juneau

Paranormal activity reported. See Unexplained Research link at right for more details.

  Take Highway 15 southeast out of Juneau for about 4 miles.  Turn right (west) on Eagle Road.

Unexplained Research
www.unexplainedresearch.com

Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com

book:
"Ghostly Tales of Wisconsin"
by Ryan Jacobson
Adventure Publications, Inc. (2009)
pages 92 - 93
buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

 

9

Objects Maneuver at High Speed  (1998)

 
UFO
location:  Farmersville, southwest of Knowles & Lomira

"When it appeared to stop almost directly over-head it started to move slowly in a Northerly direction. It then made an incedible (sic) series of movements much like a ball bouncing in a sine wave fashion."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

10

Object Seen Hovering over Farmhouse  (2001)

 
UFO
location:  Horicon

"When we got closer we noticed that it had three different colors red, green, and blue coming from the bottom of it."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

11

Ghosts of Clyman

 
ghosts
location:  Clyman

"At this point I was wide awake and flying up the stairs with my crying niece in my arms. We went back into my room and threw the blankets over our heads and stayed there until her parents woke up."
- section from Ghost Village website

Ghost Village
www.ghostvillage.com

Ghosts of America
www.ghostsofamerica.com

 

 

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

 
ghosts
location:  statewide

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.

"The ghost of a ten foot high enormous guy was spotted at Lowell Dam after midnight taking in the scenery. When the spirit was spotted it faded away into the air."
- section from Ghosts of America website

Ghosts of America
www.ghostsofamerica.com

 

 

 

13

The Tallman House

 
haunted
location:  Horicon

Like the Summerwind mansion in Vilas County or the Nodolf house near Platteville, the Tallman house in Horicon was deemed worthy of being recreated for a television program.  "Unsolved Mysteries" aired a segment that dealt with the strange occurrences that plagued the Tallman family starting back in 1986.  Accounts may vary on what actually happened in this house, but several incidents keep repeating, such as the radio in a child's room changed stations by itself, a figure of an old woman was seen behind a bedroom door at night, the father saw the attached garage engulfed in flames, plus many other poltergeist-like events.  The stories also mention a bunk bed that was thought to be the source of the disturbances, so it was sent to a landfill.

  on Larabee Street

Paranormal Soup
www.paranormalsoup.com

Suite 101 Ghost & Hauntings
ghosts-hauntings.suite101.com

Ghost Village
www.ghostvillage.com

Unexplained Mysteries
www.unexplained-mysteries.com

book:
"Haunted America"
by Beth Scott & Michael Norman
Doherty, Tom Associates, LLC (1995)

buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
page 37
buy it at
Amazon.com
buy it at
Barnes & Noble.com

book:
"101 Wisconsin Unsolved Mysteries"
by Marv Balousek
Badger Books, Inc. (2000)
pages 145 - 146
buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

 

14

Audubon Inn

 
ghost
location:  Mayville

In the book "Strange Wisconsin", author Linda Godfrey tells about the harmless phantoms that have been witnessed by the owners and guests alike in this century-old bed & breakfast.

  45 N Main Street
Mayville, WI  53050
(920) 387-5858

book:
"Strange Wisconsin"
by Linda S. Godfrey
Trails Books (2007)
pages 80 - 81
buy it at
Amazon.com
buy it at
Barnes & Noble.com

 

15

Beaver Dam Area Community Theatre

 
haunted
location:  Beaver Dam

A suicidal spirit is said to haunt this building. 

  219 N Spring St.
Beaver Dam, WI  53916
(920) 885-6891

Official Site
www.bdact.org

Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com

The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net

book:
"Ghosts of Madison, Wisconsin"
by Sherry Strub
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd (2008)
page 135
buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

 

16

Lowell Bridge

 
haunted
location:  Lowell

So the story goes: if you stop your vehicle in the middle of the bridge, the rails will start dripping blood.

  crossing the Beaver Dam River in Lowell

Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com

The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net

 

17

Ashippun School

 
haunted?
location:  Ashippun

The debate is out on the abandoned school's paranormal status.

2009 UPDATE:  The school has been demolished.  Perhaps some haunted townhouses will be built on the plot.

  east of town on County Road O

Wisconsin Paranormal Investigation Team (WIX)
www.hauntedwi.com

The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net

 

 

 

taste of local history

resources

 

1

Fox Lake Historical Museum

 

location:  Fox Lake
museum

"Housed in a restored railroad depot, this museum features an extensive collection of Native American Indian artifacts."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website


  211 Cordelia St.
Fox Lake, WI  53933
(920) 928-3095

                     

hours:
(first and third Sundays until October)  1pm – 4pm

City of Fox Lake
www.cityoffoxlake.org

 

2

Horicon Historical Society Museum

 

location:  Horicon
museum

"The Satterlee Clark House was built in 1863. Some of the rooms of the home are furnished while others are used for display purposes. Also on the grounds is an original one room school house built in 1884."
- section from the Wisconline website


  (4 blocks north of Lake and Elm Streets)
322 Winter St.
Horicon, WI  53032
(920) 485-2011

                

hours:
May thru October  (4th Sunday of the month)  1pm – 4pm
Tours by appointment.

Horicon Chamber of Commerce
horiconchamber.com

Portal Wisconsin
www.portalwisconsin.org

 

3

Seippel Homestead and Center for the Arts

 

location:  Beaver Dam
museum

"The Seippel Homestead and Center for the Arts is located in what was once the Seippel family home. The facility has exhibit space, two classrooms and a gift shop. The grand home, of fieldstone with a red clay tile roof, has the look of an Italian villa."
- section from the Portal Wisconsin website


  1605 N. Spring St.
Beaver Dam, WI  53916
(920) 885-3635

                  

hours:
• January thru October  (Thurs, Sat & Sun)  1pm – 4pm
• November thru December  (daily)  1pm – 4pm

Beaver Dam Area Arts Association
www.bdaaa.org

Portal Wisconsin
www.portalwisconsin.org

 


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