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Climb inside the world's largest fiberglass sculpture:  a musky that is ½ city block long.
The museum contains fishing artifacts, antique motors, reels, lures, accessories & hundreds of fish mounts.  You can also get your picture taken with several other giant fiberglass fish & two sasquatches.

  10360 Hall of Fame Drive
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-4440

hours:
April 15th thru November 1st  (daily)  9:30am – 4pm

Amidst the Wisconsin wildlife displayed around the bar is what is claimed to be the world's largest record musky.  This claim is in dispute, however.  After you recover from debating the finer points of fish-judging, walk around and study some of the humorous animal displays which includes a poker game, a boxing match and a hoedown.

 See how Al Capone spent his summer vacation.  Tours are given of the gangster's northwoods retreat
and "Museum of the Roaring 20's".  Note also the close proximity of the lake, the small cell where he kept some of his enemies captive, and the cement mixer which has obviously been used.  Hmm.

2009 UPDATE:  The Hideout has not been open all season and it doesn't look like it will be again for some time.  It is currently inaccessible and marked with "No Trespassing" signs.  Check out the news story at the top of the links to the right.

A now-extinct passenger pigeon is on display as well as many other North American animals.  The museum purports to have largest collection of muskies in the world.

  15708 County Road B
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-3386

hours:
9am – 2am

  8774 North Fawn Trail
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 462-3185

  From Hayward, head east on County Road B for 14 miles. Turn right (south) on N County Road CC and follow it south for 4 miles. Turn left onto Fawn Lane. Follow road to where it ends near the giant fiberglass deer. Office for Golden Fawn Resort is behind house #8774.

"It all started 24 years ago, in the bar at the Oxbo Resort, when a gentlemen named Dick Kuhnert wondered what to do with the many wood ticks emerging from their sleepy winter hibernation. Plucking a tick off of his arm, Dick placed it on the bar and watched as it sped around. Thus, the idea of the Wood Tick Race was born. Although the first year only drew a handful of racers, this event has grown annually and now hundreds of contestants vie for the title of Wood Tick Racing Champion."
- section from the official website

  (next to Lac Courte Oreilles Casino)
13855 W County Road B
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-5777

In 1910, a dispute over property rights escalated to a standoff with a Sheriff's posse.  John Dietz claimed that the Cameron Dam was on his property and thus was owed a toll for the logs sent down the Thornapple River.  He defended the dam and resisted arrest until his home was surrounded by the Sheriff and his men.  One deputy was killed in a gun battle before Dietz surrendered. Dietz's stand against authority made him a folk hero to many. 

  10472 State Road 27
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-4466

  10436 State Road 27
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-4928

  13250W State Rd. 77
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-8877

  13505 N Highway 63
Seeley, WI  54843
(715) 634-5660

"Fred Scheer's Lumberjack Shows has been a dominant force in lumberjack sports across North America and the World. We have traveled throughout the United States, Canada, Africa and Australia, competing and performing at fairs, sport shows, corporate gatherings and specialty events. Our Lumberjacks have been featured on national television including ESPN's Great Outdoor Games and ABC's Wide World of Sports."
- section from the official website

"This is a great spot for a picnic, fishing or viewing the rugged whitewater of the South Fork of the Flambeau River. Best of all, is the spectacular sight of huge boulders and rushing water with the peaceful elegance of a pine forest in the background..."
- section from Outdoor Central website

Lumberjacks Find Bigfoot Tracks in Snow
(1908)

The tracks entered their camp & circled the shanty.

Hayward UFO Sightings

"Then we stopped and the flashing kept moving around and then the light would occasionally split into 3 to 4 different lights and go back."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 10-10-02 report

Ghost Island
on the Chippewa Flowage

  the island is across from Golden Fawn Resort
8774 North Fawn Trail
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 462-3185
owners Barb & Bill McMahon

Lac Courte Oreilles Casino:  Haunted?

  13767 W. County Road B
Hayward, WI  54843
(800) 526-2274

Strange Object Seen from Pier  (2005)

"Object was bright and round, red on bottom, yellow in middle, blue on top. In telescope about the size of a large pearl."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

UFO Seen During Family Reunion  (2003)

"At the top of the hill about 1 mile from the road we saw four bright white lights, equally spaced. The two lights in the middle were brighter than the lights on the side, as if they were pointed in a slightly different direction."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

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

UFO Spotted Near Bass Lake  (1979)

"The object was seen along Hwy 70 and it moved toward Draper and then returned to the Bass Lake district and then back toward Draper."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

Ghost Lake

Any idea how Ghost Lake got its name?
Not to mention nearby Dead Lake...

Ghost Creek CCC Camp

  Ghost Creek Civilian Conservation Corps camp on Highway 77 about 7 miles west of Clam Lake.  Dedication Plaque is visible on south side of road behind sign.

"A Strangeness at Book World in Hayward"

Pipe smoke can be detected without a pipe smoker present.  At least not a live one.

Bigfoot on Nelson Lake (1981)

"As we stood on the deck and shined our flashlights around the property we heard a loud snap. The sound came from a log trail that ran from our fire wood area out into the woods. We shined our lights in that direction and we could see a huge black haired creature approx. 8’ or 9’ tall and very brawd (sic), running upright up the path toward the woods."
- section from BFRO Wisconsin report

"You'll find exhibits and displays on nearly every facet of local history at the museum: Ojibwe Culture, Logging and Lumberjacks, Homesteading and Pioneers, Community Development, Victorian Lifestyle, Churches, Schools, Hunting, Fishing and the Resort Industry are all included in the museum's comprehensive look at the past in Hayward and Sawyer County."
- section from the Official Site

  15715 County Hwy B East
Hayward, WI  54843
(715) 634-8662

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Mon - Fri)  Noon – 4pm