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  Svoboda Industries
624 N. Main Street (Highway 42 N)
Kewaunee, WI  54216
(920) 388-2691

"At the Besadny facility, a fish ladder leads to holding tanks. Spawning fish jump up the ladder and land in the tanks, where DNR staff members can collect their eggs...The Besadny fishery has a partially underwater tank with plexiglass where you can see the salmon 'Up Close and Personal' both under water and during their last jump."
- section from City of Kewaunee Official Site

  N. 3884 Ransom Moore Ln.
Kewaunee, WI  54216
(920) 388-1025

hours:
• public viewing window open daily  (dawn – dusk)
• building open  (Mon - Fri)  8am – 4pm

"Originally named Major Wilbur R. Browder (LT-4), the 114-foot tug towed ammunition barges across the English Channel during the June 1944 invasion of Normandy. After the war, the tug returned to the United States where it was renamed Ludington and served in harbor construction and maintenance for the Corps of Engineers, operating out of Kewaunee for 40 years. The Ludington is listed on the State Register and National Register of Historic Places."
- section from Wisconsin's Maritime Trails website

In the Townships of Lincoln & Rosiere, there stands a pair of single-room shrines built in the yards of 2 Catholic churches.  This area was home to the nation's largest settlement of Belgian immigrants, who arrived in the nineteenth century.

"The brick building was built in 1931 for Salkowski Petroleum, a Wadhams Mobilgas dealer. In 1976 the business was sold to Parkos Oil Company who still operates it today. Only two owners and Mobil products all those years. It is remarkably in very good original configuration for the most part. The owners care about the station's classic appearance. Take out those MPD's and put in a couple of Wayne 60's and you'd think you were back in time."
- section from Old Gas website

Thunderbird Sightings

A recollection of giant birds seen in the Stangelville skies is written about in "Weird Wisconsin".  Thunderbirds are spoken of in Indian legends and are represented in many ancient petroglyphs (rock drawings) around the country.

general information:

Mysterious World
www.mysteriousworld.com

Thunderbird Site List
1. www.angelfire.com
2. www.angelfire.com

Out-of-Place Artifacts
www.s8int.com

The Historic Karsten Inn

"This Inn was certified haunted by Wisconsin Ghost Investigations team in March 2002. They reported orbs, ectoplasm mists and even apparitions in photos. They encountered cold and hot spots, unusual odors, sounds of breaking glass in the bar, sounds of a child running upstairs, a flute being played, undecipherable whispering, furniture moving in rooms and sounds of a woman crying on the 2nd floor. They also captured a shadow man on film with a moving object. The ghosts are that of Mr. Karsten, a young boy, a woman and another unknown male presence. Hotel rooms can still be rented here."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Couple Having Sex Spot UFO  (1976)

"We both looked at each other and knew we had to
get the hell out of there. With still know (sic) clothes on my husband (at the time was my boyfreind) (sic) put the truck in reverse and got out of there as fast as we could."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

"Wisconsin Man Sees UFO Over Lake Michigan"  (1998)

Stone Ax Found?

This 300-pound artifact was discovered in the soil.  (note:  Could the ax have been found in the city of Birchwood in Washburn County instead?)

UPDATE:  According to the book "Reminisces and Anecdotes of Early Taylor County", a similar-sounding stone ax was unearthed near the town of East Troy in Walworth County.)

Kewaunee UFO Sightings

"As it came opposite from where I was standing, it stopped, and hovered with no sound, lights or propwash whatsoever!! After about a minute a greenish light appeared towards the rear of the craft and two "things" came into view."
- 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.

"Inside the museum are three floors of fascinating local history exhibits and displays, including a group of life-size basswood statuary depicting Pere Jacques Marquette's 1674 landing in Kewaunee; a model of the U.S.S. Pueblo an electronic surveillance ship built and launched in Kewaunee in 1944 and captured in 1968 by the North Koreans; "Custer's Last Stand" -- a monumental three-dimensional, wood carving and a truly fine work of art; and, of course, the original 1876 jail with dungeon-type cell block of 5' X 6' cells secured with riveted strap-iron lattice-work doors and partitions - it is one of the last remaining examples of the kind in the United States."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

  613 Dodge Street
Kewaunee, WI  54216
(920) 388-4410 or (920) 388-7176

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (daily)  Noon – 4pm

  at the end of the pier at the mouth of the Kewaunee River 

  at the end of the pier at the mouth of the Anahpee River