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  in Tarrant Park on Highway 85

"The Indian legend of the bluff called Maiden Rock, which has some basis in historical fact, concerns a young Dakota Indian woman, Winona, who leaped to her death from the top of the most prominent bluff in the region rather than marry the brave her father, Chief Red Wing, had chosen for her."
- section from Maiden Rock Official Site

Woman & Children See UFO  (1966)

"...hovering 1 m above ground and making a deafening noise."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

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

Group Observes UFO  (2004)

"When using binoculars to view the biggest light, the one in the NE, he stated it looked like a Christmas tree.  They saw a conventional aircraft cross the sky what appeared to be underneath the light in question."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Point-No-Point

"The Lady in Brown"

Odd sounds in the walls.  Doors opening unexpectedly.  Lights switching on by themselves.  An elderly specter appearing in a child's room.  Was this the work of a woman who swore to remain in her home even after he death?

Pepie
the lake pepin monster

There is a reward of $50,000 for anyone who can provide "indisputable proof of Pepies existence" offered by the Pepie.net website (link at right).  The creature has been sighted since the late 1800's.

"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.

"The stately courthouse, which today is the only remaining wood-framed courthouse in Wisconsin, served the people of Pepin County for 110 years. This gracious old building today stands proudly on Washington Square, a testament to the strength and devotion of the citizens of Pepin County and the City of Durand. The Old Courthouse Museum and the Jail next door are both on the National Register of Historic Places."
- section from the Pepin County Official Site

  Washington Square
Durand, WI  54736
(715) 672-5709

hours:
Memorial Weekend thru mid-October (Sundays)  1pm – 5pm

"On Spring Street in the Village of Stockholm, which lies along the Mississippi River north of Pepin, visitors will find a number of historic sites, 19th and early 20th century buildings including the Stockholm Institute and Old Post Office Museum, a Harness Shop, the Merchants Hotel Building, a General Store, the Opera House, a Blacksmith Shop, The Youngquist-Peterson Building and the Bruchman Hotel Building. These vintage buildings now house a museum, antique shops, art galleries, specialty shops, cafes and more."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

  downtown Stockholm on Spring Street

hours:
May thru mid-December  (daily)  11am – 5pm

"Located on Highway 35 and in the Laura Ingalls Wilder Park. This building was the original Pepin depot, and was saved from destruction years ago by a former railroad employee. Now restored, it's chock full of railroad and steamboat memorabilia that's been donated by museum patrons."
- section from the Village of Pepin Official Site

  (at Laura Ingalls WIlder Memorial Park)
800 3rd Street
Pepin, WI  54759
(715) 442-3011

hours:
May thru November  (daily)