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  east side of Highway 13 on southern edge of Phillips

hours:
(daily)  day or night

Also listed in the Paranormal section below.

The bar has a display of over 200 museum-quality wildlife mounts.

  (¼ mile north of Phillips)
N9507 State Highway 13
Phillips, WI  54555
(715) 339-3803

hours:
• Summer:  (Mon - Sat)  10am – 10pm 
(Sundays)  10am – 9pm
• call for hours after Labor Day

Bloom's Tavern is the oldest tavern in Wisconsin and is listed in the State Register of Historical Places.  Owned and operated by Elvis Presley, who legally changed his name after a long career paying tribute to the King in Las Vegas and other venues.  Karaoke is available on weekends.  Located next to the Heartbreak Hotel.

2008 UPDATE:  Unfortunately, the bar has been closed.  To quote the obvious: Elvis has left the building.

2009 UPDATE:  The bar has burned down!

Chuck Rogers, aka "Buffalo", has created a menagerie of creatures on his Fifield property.  Some can be seen from the road.

UPDATE:  Sadly, Buffalo passed away in May 2006.  It appears that some of his creations are being taken down.

A ghostly experience of Buffalo's is listed in the Paranormal section below.

  (sign located at City Hall)
400 Fourth Ave. South
Park Falls, WI  54552

  on lawn of Park Falls City Hall
400 Fourth Ave. South
Park Falls, WI  54552

"This scenic river-edge park is located in the southwest corner of Price County along the South Fork of the Jump River .   Flanked by tall white and red pine, the Jump River cascades around huge granite rocks and provides viewers with a 'wild river' environment."
- section from Price County Tourism Site

"Aptly named for the rapids and big waterfall on the scenic Jump River..."
- section from Explore Wisconsin website

UFO Acting Erratically  (2005)

"She said it reminded her of a webbing or soccer ball sort of pattern. At times it appeared to be 'roundish', but not completely round, and at other times it appeared to be kite-shaped."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Deer Hunter Spots Bigfoot  (1997)

"A Ghost Town With Bigfoot"

Hunting & Fishing Guide Encounters Bigfoot  (2003)

The 2006 BFRO Bigfoot Expedition

The Bigfoot Field Researchers Organization held 2 expeditions into the woodlands of Price County on consecutive weekends in late June 2006.  It garnered a bit of local publicity, some skeptical commentary, a good amount of curiosity, a few snide remarks, but no conclusive evidence of apemen living amongst us.  Apparently, the Wisconsin Sasquatch is just as elusive as his Pacific Northwest cousin.

Thermal Camera Picks Up Possible Bigfoot

Fifield UFO Sightings

"I was outside for no more than 15 minutes or so and a bright white light came from the south just like before only this time it was accompanied by another craft of some sort."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 2000 report

Hunter Sees Bigfoot on Road  (2002)

Fred Smith's Concrete Park

  on east side of Highway 13, just south of Phillips

UFO Causes Terrifying Night  (1967)

"Too terrified to go outside, they heard heavy footsteps around their trailer."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Bigfoot Sounds & Footprints

Forest Home Cemetery

  From Highway 13 in Fifield, head east on Highway 70 (Oak St.).  Turn left onto Old Highway 70.  The cemetery is on your left.

Holy Cross Railroad Crossing

The ghost of a woman killed at the tracks has been seen near a small pond.

"Hidden Graves on Timm's Hill"

In the book "Northern Frights", author Dennis Boyer tells of murder, gangsters, cannibals, and a cryptic map with strange connections to Timm's Hill.

Also listed in the Natural Features section below.

"The Ghost Choir of Coolidge"

In the book "Strange Wisconsin" is a story told by Chuck "Buffalo" Rogers about a very bizarre experience he had while excavating an old lumber camp.

"Buffalo" is also listed in the Attractions section above.

"Bigfoot of the Chequamegon"

In the book "Strange Wisconsin", a hunter recalls his encounter with a man-ape in the Chequamegon National Forest.

"Flying Saucer Scare"

An area in southern Price County is visited by UFOs in 1952.

"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.

"An old school was abandoned for no apparent reason. Footsteps of lost children can be heard throughout the classrooms. People are seen faintly throughout the rooms."
- section from The Shadowlands website

Nola Cemetery

"It is some peoples belief that a few spirits haunt the cemetery. One is Nola, the very first person buried there. Nola was a little girl that died very young and since she was the first to be buried there, the cemetery was then named after her."
- section from The Shadowlands website

"Today, this unique building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It houses artifacts from the logging days of Price County from 1879 through the 1930's. Exhibits include logging tools, camp artifacts, railroad memorabilia, a Victorian period living room and kitchen, a collection of household and personal items and changing exhibits. A gift shop offers books about local and northern Wisconsin history and life."
- section from Price County's Tourism Site

  W7213 Pine St.
Fifield, WI  54524
(800) 269-4505

hours:
June thru Labor Day  (Fri & Sun)  1pm – 5pm

"The Smith Rapids Covered Bridge is the only glue-laminated Town Lattice covered bridge in Wisconsin. Constructed in 1991, the bridge uses an attractive diamond-shaped truss pattern, called the Town Lattice. The pattern was patented in the 1820's by its designer, Ithiel Town. The bridge passes over the South Fork of the Flambeau River..."
- section from Price County's Tourism Site

  from Fifield, take Highway 70 east for 12 miles.  Turn left (north) on Forest Road 148 (Smith Rapids Road).  Continue about 2 miles to bridge.

For more information, contact the Park Falls District Ranger:
USDA Forest Service
1170 4th Avenue South
Park Falls, WI  54552
(715) 762-2461

"The museum's upper floor offers exhibits on homemaking, schooling, logging, farming, businesses and other aspects of life dating back to the late 1800's."
- section from Price County's Tourism Site

  Tours by appointment.  Call (715) 339-2642 or (800) 269-4505

hours:
June thru August
on the 2nd and 4th Saturday of the month
10am – 3pm

"The Knox Creek Heritage Center, an affiliate of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, is composed of five buildings (a turn-of-the-century farmstead) representing several ethnic groups in southeastern Price County:  the Main Farm House, circa 1900, a summer kitchen building, the Keto House (depicts a typical logging camp from the 1800's, complete with kitchen and bunkroom), circa 1900, Spirit Baptist Church, circa 1890, the Waahto Sauna built in the early 1900s, moved to the site and restored, and a pole shed.  All the buildings on the site are used to display artifacts, documents, photographs, and other memorabilia that represent the cultural, ethnic, and historical aspect of past eras."
- section from the Official Site

  N4517 West Knox Rd.
Brantwood, WI  54513
(715) 564-2525

hours:
The center is open by appointment.

"The Matt Johnson House is the finest example
of dovetail log construction in Price County.  The original log structure has been restored to preserve the Finnish style of the building.  The house has  on display a collection of historical Brantwood items, including the first cook stove brought to Brantwood by the first homesteader, Charles Boorg, in 1892."
- section from the Official Site

"Originally constructed in 1878, the wood dam was the site of numerous spring log drives. During the winter months lumberjacks cut huge timbers and hauled them via ice roads upon horse-drawn sleighs to Round Lake for storage. In the spring the dam was opened and the logs were sluiced through the dam on their long journey to sawmills along the Chippewa and Mississippi Rivers."
- section from the Official Site

  Take Highway 70 east from Fifield for 16 miles
to US Forest Road 144. Turn north.

Pike Lake Region
Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest
Park Falls, WI  54552