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attractions & oddities

resources

 

1

Springing Deer Statue
at Refuge Restaurant and Northwoods Bar

 

location:  Antigo
advertising oddity

  (intersection of Highways 64 & 45/47)
410 State Road 64 E
Antigo, WI  54409
(715) 623-2249

Roadside Architecture
www.agilitynut.com

The State Trunk Tour
www.statetrunktour.com

 

2

Vintage Business Signs
at Northern Advertising

 

location:  Antigo
business with character

  aka Northern Wisconsin Neon Workshop
N4220 US Highway 45/47
Antigo, WI  54409
(715) 623-3000

Official Site
www.northernadvertising.net

Roadside Architecture
www.agilitynut.com

Flickr photos by Agility Nut
1. www.flickr.com
2. www.flickr.com

The State Trunk Tour
www.statetrunktour.com

 

 

 Lost "New County"
1879 - 1880

 

ghost county


For nearly a year, Langlade County went by the imaginative name of New County until being renamed for pioneer Charles de Langlade in 1880.

My Wisconsin Genealogy
mywisconsingenealogy.com

Langlade County History
www.langladehistory.com

 

 

 

sighting  /  phenomenon  /  morbid curiosity

resources

 

1

Alleged Close Encounter with Alien   (1974)

 
aliens
location:  Antigo

A strange man seen in a Wisconsin bar?!!  Unlikely!

The W-Files
www.w-files.com

 

2

Weird Light in Sky  (2002)

 
UFO
location:  Hollister

"It was much larger than the stars that were out. It moved across the sky until it fizzled out just before the tree line."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

3

"Gleason Girls Report UFO"  (1987)

 
UFO
location:  Gleason (Lincoln County)

"The girls said they saw a large round object that was first yellow and white in color, and later changed to blue with red flashing lights. Sparks emitted from the object, the girls reported."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

4

Bigfoot Sighting Near Pelican Lake  (1979)

 
bigfoot
location:  Pelican Lake (Oneida County)

"We saw something big, smelly, and brown with long straggly hair and after 20 plus years it's like yesterday."
- section from BFRO incident report
BFRO (Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization)
www.bfro.net

 

5

Antigo UFO Sightings

 
UFO
location:  Antigo

"First I thought it was a fallen star but it was way too big and really really bright. It was white at first, then it went to a bluish-green."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

6

"The Wolf  River Sportsman"

 
ghost
location:  Pickerel

In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of a businessman's ghost seen fishing by his friends.

book:
"Northern Frights"
by Dennis Boyer
Badger Books (second ed., 2005)
pages 133 - 136
buy it at Amazon.com
buy it at Barnes & Noble.com

 

7

Lights Seen While Camping  (2002)

 
UFO
location:  Elcho

"when I saw these strange lights moving towards us. I can't be sure exactly how many lights there were because they moved so fast and erratically."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

8

Dog House Bar & Grill

 
haunted
location:  Bryant & Deerbrook

Many paranormal incidents have reportedly occurred at this rural establishment.

  N5254 County Road A
Bryant, WI  54418
(715) 623-0800

Wausau Paranormal Research Society
www.pat-wausau.org

 

 

"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 an aged sorceress was witnessed standing by a wild road next to Antigo. When the onlooker showed up the ghost ran off. People argue that this ghost is the stressed spirit of a former Antigo local. Anyway, it unquestionably is a scary phantom that you wouldn't wish to meet at midnight."
- section from Ghosts of America website

Ghosts of America
www.ghostsofamerica.com

 

10

Strange Craft Witnessed by Hunters  (2007)

 
UFO
location:  Deerbrook

"We all looked up in the sky and there was this torpido (sic) looking plane but it had wings that came to a very sharp point that started from the back and curved towords (sic) the front."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Wisconsin
www.ufowisconsin.com

 

11

McMillion Hotel
aka Vivian Hotel, Farrell Hotel, Schneiter Hotel

 
 
haunted
location:  Antigo

"the McMillan hotel was built in 1887, the first owner of the McMillan had killed him self in room 21 of the hotel, there have been 18 death's from 1970 till 2003 when the hotel closed down. the hotel was first call the Vivian hotel. the owner gave us a tour of the hotel and a little history of the hotel."
- section from The Shadowlands website

  (torn down in August 2007)
520 Superior St.
Antigo, WI  54409


The Shadowlands
www.theshadowlands.net

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

 

 

 

taste of local history

resources

 

1

Langlade County Historical Society Museum
Deleglise Cabin

 

location:  Antigo
museum

"The outstanding facility houses artifacts from the logging and Indian era, as well as, handmade and early agricultural woodworking and lumbering implements. It also contains one of the finest archives in the north woods complete with old scenes and pictures of the early days of Langlade County and the City of Antigo...The original 1878 Deleglise log cabin is located on the grounds of the museum which is located at the corner of Seventh Avenue and Superior Street. It is constructed of hand-hewn native logs and contains pioneer-era furnishings including some items from the Deleglise household."
- section from the Official Site


  404 Superior Street
Antigo, WI  54409
(715) 627-4464

            

hours:
(Mon - Fri)  9:30am – 3:30pm
(Sat - Sun)  10am – 3pm
(museum open all year round / cabin open May thru October)

Langlade County Historical Society Official Site
www.langladehistory.com

 


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