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"Sunny" is the official mascot of Sunfish Days in Onalaska.  The 12-foot-high, 20-foot-long panfish is located at the wayside overlooking Lake Onalaska.

Sunfish Days
held the last week of May

This site was designed by Paul Dobberstein, creator of the Dickeyville Grotto in Grant County.

Three metal dinosaur skeletons are visible on the side of a hill.

"The farmland on which the maze sits has been in the family since 1902. The family continues to farm the fertile land of the front range, producing corn and hay. Dave planted his first corn maze back in 1998, and ever since, when the corn reaches it's full height each fall, the farmland opens to the general public for outdoor fun in a farm setting"
- section from official website

"The old schoolhouse desks are replaced by modern, comfortable furniture in the newly restored Wilson Schoolhouse. Where students once studied, you can now relax in comfort surrounded by Wisconsin hills, just a mile from the beautiful upper Mississippi River. The Wilson school was built in 1917 and functioned as a one-room school until 1965. It was recently restored and elegantly furnished to retain the "open" atmosphere of the original schoolhouse. It still maintains much of its original character and charm with the original slate blackboard and school desks. The schoolhouse is listed on the Wisconsin and National Register of Historic Buildings. It is located in a rural setting on 10 acres of woods, fields, and gardens only 8 minutes from historic downtown La Crosse. Rental includes the entire schoolhouse and will comfortably accommodate 2 to 8 adults during their stay in La Crosse, WI."
- section from the official site

  around 2.5 miles west of West Salem on north side of Highway 90 near billboards.

Brothers Experience Separate Incidents in Haunted Home

Onalaska UFO Sightings

"I called my daughter and wife out to the patio after about 20 minutes and they agreed that the star-like objects were indeed moving around in freakish, irregular patterns..."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 06-22-04 report

Unidentified Craft Hovers Over Pond  (1975)

"...every time the main body revolved around the stationary dome on top at a certain point around the periphery a flash of light and a blip sound occurred."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Bigfoot Sighting Near Mt. La Crosse  (2000)

Bigfoot Seen During Deer Season  (1996)

Man-Bat of Briggs Road

"The creature almost flew into their windshield, was an estimated 6-7 feet tall, sported batlike, leathery wings with a span of 10-12 feet, long claws on its feet and 'hands' and a snarling expression on the face. They both somehow felt it was angry it had been seen."
- section from the CNB Scene website

"The Ghost of Hamlin Garland?"

The spirit of one of Wisconsin's famous authors is said to remain here at his birthplace.

"Noiseless as a ghost, through greenish gleam..."

"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.

Disco Ball in the Sky

"The only moment there was a gap in the trees we witnessed that the source of the lights looked like a large disco ball shaped object, hovering, mostly in place."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

The La Crosse Lizard Man

"The Bangor and Area Historical Society Museum was formerly a harness shop and then a variety store on Main Street. The variety store's candy counter has been preserved by the Bangor Historical Society. The museum has four display windows, one a permanent exhibit of a tinsmith's workshop. The other windows feature revolving exhibits (sheep shearing, old-fashioned items, etc.)"
- section from Portal Wisconsin website

  1525 Commercial Street
Bangor, WI  54614
(608) 486-2616

hours:
(Wednesdays)  1pm – 3pm  &  (Saturdays)  10am – Noon

"View exhibits that cover thousands of years of area history, from the Ice Age through the logging boom to the present day. Displays include prehistoric implements, tools of the logging and lumber industry, a replica of a settler's log cabin, photographs and paintings of 19^th Century Indian life, logging, river transportation from rafts to paddlewheelers, and early railroad days."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

  741 Oak Avenue S.
Onalaska, WI  54650
(608) 781-9568

hours:
(Wed - Fri)  2pm – 4pm

"Norskedalen Nature and Heritage Center has permanent and revolving museum displays. Our displays are both indoors and outdoor buildings with their own flavor and character. In our visitors center one museum focuses on heritage and the other on nature; we also have displays in our adjacent rooms and live animals on display. A permanent display in our heritage room includes farming and logging implements; artifacts brought from Norway during emigration; and civil war paraphernalia."
- section from Explore La Crosse website

   (3 miles north of Coon Valley)
N455 County Road PI
Coon Valley, WI  54623
(608) 452-3424

Norskedalen's Thrune Visitor Center, Grounds and Trail hours:
• May thru Oct  (Mon - Fri)   8:30am – 5pm
(Saturdays)  10am – 5pm  &  (Sundays)  Noon – 5pm
• Nov 1 thru April  (Mon - Fri)  8am – 4pm
(Sundays)  Noon – 4pm

Skumsrud Heritage Farm hours:
• June thru August  (Mon - Fri)  Noon – 5pm
(Saturdays)  10am – 4pm  &  (Sundays)  Noon – 4pm