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"World's only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. Original machinery used to prepare and cut wood type. Patterns in Russian, Hebrew, Greek."
- section from Two Rivers Economic Development website

  1619 Jefferson Street
Two Rivers, WI  54241
(920) 794-6276

hours:
• May thru October  (Mon - Sat)  9am – 5pm
(Sundays)  1pm – 5 pm
• November thru April  (daily)  1pm – 5 pm

"In 1881, George Hallauer asked Edward C. Berner, the owner of a soda fountain at 1404 - 15th Street, to top a dish of ice cream with chocolate sauce, hitherto used only for ice cream sodas. The concoction cost a nickel and soon became very popular, but was sold only on Sundays. One day a ten year old girl insisted she have a dish of ice cream "with that stuff on top," saying they could "pretend it was Sunday." After that, the confection was sold every day in many flavors. It lost its Sunday only association, to be called ICE CREAM SUNDAE when a glassware salesman placed an order with his company for the long canoe-shaped dishes in which it was served, as "Sundae dishes.""
- section from What's Cooking America website

Sundaes are still being served at an old-time ice cream parlor at Washington House, listed in the History section below.

  6600 Nuclear Road
Two Rivers, WI  54241
(800) 880-8463

hours: 
Center is open only for group tours with reservations.
(Tues-Sat)  9:30am – 4pm   Closed holidays.
Call to arrange a program.

"Located on the West Twin River, Cherney Maribel Caves contains a 50-foot limestone bluff, a rare occurrence within the glaciated region of Wisconsin. The "caves" in the side of the bluff are really shallow indentations caused by gaps in the black dolomite."
- section from Wisconsin DNR website

St. Nazianz JFK Prep School
private property

Hotel Hell
aka Maribel Caves Hotel
private property

Cylindrical Object Above Wayside  (2001)

"Orangish Colored Ball"  (1973)

"Haunted House in the Town of Branch"

"She had been sleeping one night in bed, and woke out of a sound sleep to see a 3 foot tall thing in a hood with a horribly disfigured face next to the bed looking at her. She woke my stepdad, and he saw it too. It turned and walked towards the stairwell outside the bedroom, and disappeard (sic)."
- section from The W-Files report

Zigzagging Object Seen Over Farm  (2002)

Two Rivers UFO Sightings

Cleveland UFO Sightings

Hunter Hears Bigfoot Growling  (1982)

The Weird Wisconsin website ponders the multitude of Devil-related place names in Wisconsin

Kiel UFO Sightings

"The jets seemed to be continually circling around overhead while this was happening, almost as if they too were trying to identify the objects."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 05-09-01 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.

Maplecrest Sanitarium

"this place is located 1 mile north of whitelaw, in a large patch of woods. it is a 3 story, 3 wing sanitarium that has been abandoned since the 50's. Very large building, you can see the rusty water tower from the road. Beware as there are people living next to it. It is reported that you can see people staring at you from the third floor windows, and once inside, doors slam and you hear laughing. It was used as a tuberculosis hospital in the 1930's and was re-opened as a sanitarium after."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Fischer Creek

Here's another supposedly haunted site with little information available as to the nature of the hauntings, who observed said hauntings, and when they allegedly occurred.  Any information would be appreciated.

"A three-story immigrant hotel built in 1850. Contains an original 1890's saloon, ballroom and a staffed replica of Ed Berners' Ice Cream Parlor, where visitors may enjoy ice cream treats and fountain service. Berners invented the ice cream sundae in 1881 in Two Rivers. The second floor ballroom features rare, restored Early American murals. Ten rooms of the building are devoted to historic displays, including a Victorian dollhouse and antique toy exhibit."
- section from the Travel Wisconsin website

  1622 Washington St.
Two Rivers, WI  54241
(920) 793-2490

hours:
• May thru Oct  (daily)  9am – 9pm
• Nov thru Apr  (daily)  9am – 5pm

An 1847 pioneer mill on the picturesque Devils River.

"This handsome square schoolhouse was built in 1905 and in 1980 was turned into an interesting complex of shops which include an extensive collection of Normal Rockwell and handcrafted items made by local artists and craftsmen from the area."
- section from the Manitowoc Official Site website

  315 Elizabeth Street
Mishicot, WI  54228
(920) 755-4560 or (920) 755-4955

hours:
(Mon - Sat)  10am – 4pm  /  (Sundays)  11am – 4pm

"Rogers Street Fishing Village is a museum and heritage park located on the East Twin River. Rogers Street Fishing Village and Museum is celebrating 165 years of commercial fishing, 1837 to 2002. View an 1886 lighthouse, Lifesaving Service and Shipwreck, plus a new exhibit on commercial fishing."
- section from the Manitowoc Official Site website

  (on the banks of the East Twin River)
2102 Jackson Street
Two Rivers, WI  54241
(920) 793-5909 

hours:
May thru October  (daily)  10am – 4pm

"The former nun's community room features changing displays reflecting the art and culture of Two Rivers. The music room includes a collection of antique sheet music...An extensive collection of Two Rivers and area sports memorabilia, including Packers...Also on site: rooms devoted to ethnic heritage, a church artifact room, and dining room...Visitors can perform genealogy research and explore religious history in the city."
- section from the Portal Wisconsin website

  1810 Jefferson Street
Two Rivers, WI  54241
(920) 793-1103

hours:
• May thru October  (daily)  9am – 5pm
• November thru April  (daily)  10am – 4pm

"The museum is housed in a two room school house built in 1873. In addition to displaying artifacts of Mishicot area history from pioneer days to the present, it features collections on rural schools and the Potawatomie Indians."
- section from the Manitowoc Official Site website

  Randolph & Rockway Streets
Mishicot, WI  54228
(920) 755-2525 or (920) 755-3317

hours:
Memorial weekend thru October  (Sat & Sun)  Noon – 4pm

"Open-air museum nestled in the scenic, rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin. This 60-acre outdoor interpretive museum of local history features 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc county. Authentic Norwegian and Bohemian/German log houses show how immigrant settlers lived more than 125 years ago."
- section from the Portal Wisconsin website

  924 Pine Crest Lane
Manitowoc, WI  54220
(920) 684-4445 or (920) 684-5110

hours:
May thru mid-October

"The U.S Coast Guard has operated a lighthouse at Rawley Point since 1853. This relocated lighthouse, which came from Chicago in 1894, rises 113 feet above Lake Michigan. It's lantern is one of the largest and brightest on the Great Lakes. Because it is on view it is to walk along the beach from Point Beach State Park."
- section from Manitowoc Official Site