A Guide to Wisconsinosity


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Each county map is highlighted with numbered circles. The four colors each represent a different category. Each number corresponds to a location on the tables shown below the maps. Hover your mouse over a circle to see its description. By clicking on a colored circle, you will go directly to that location on the tables.

The blue circle with the arrow indicates that there are more attractions to see in a city on the map near the arrow. Clicking on the arrow will take you to another page where that city's attractions are listed.

The white arrow/triangle next to the map will send you to an adjacent county.

attraction

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The blue sections are for:

Roadside Attractions

- unique tourist traps
- peculiar sights open for visitors

Roadside Oddities

- statues of people, things or animals (real or imagined)
- odd advertising signs
- eye-catching gimmicks
- peculiar conveyances (i.e. the Weiner mobile)
- unexplainable sights

Businesses with Character

Bars, restaurants, hotels and stores with:
- peculiar themes
- over-the-top decorations
- memorable areas or aspects of the location
- distinctive goods or services

Yard Art

Odd lawn decorations that include:
- hand-fashioned sculptures
- collections of items out on display
- interesting uses and placements of otherwise normal items

Self-Designations

Towns, cities and communities that proclaim themselves to be:
- The (blank) Capital of Wisconsin
- The (blank) Capital of America
- The (blank) Capital of the World

Events

Unique community get-togethers that celebrate:
- a locally-produced commodity or product
- a memorable character (or characters) from local history
- anything to get the town's name on the map

Museums

- personal collections on display
- amalgamations of unrelated items
- local products shown off in all their glory

Record Holders

- the largest, the longest, the biggest, the tallest, the first & the only

The resources area lists a selection of known books and websites that pertain to the attraction listed on the left. By clicking the links in this area, a new window will open to view the desired website. If you leave that second window open and return to the Wisconsinosity window, all subsequent clicks on links to other websites will open in that same window that the first outside website opened in.

sighting / phenomenon / morbid curiosity

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The black & gray sections are for:

UFO Sightings

- flying saucers and other craft
- mysterious lights in the sky
- encounters with aliens

Creature Sightings

- Bigfoot
- sea monsters
- giant birds
- uncategorized & out-of-place animals

Ghost Encounters

- phantoms, spooks, specters, spirits, and wisps
- haunted houses and businesses
- haunted roads
- haunted graveyards
- other paranormal incidents

Crop Circles

- UFO landing pads in Wisconsin?

Unexplained Events and Occurrences

- gravity hills and optical illusions
- bizarre items falling from the sky

Cemeteries and Graves

- interesting stories from the boneyard
- unique grave markers and adornments (Some of these may appear in the blue "Roadside Attractions" section above.)

Urban Legends

- schoolyard tales of terror concerning local people, places & things

This website could not have been created without the resource materials. Please consider purchasing some of the books listed on this website as their writers have done all the hard work researching these locations. They provide much better descriptions than are available on this website.

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Please respect private property if you decide to explore any of the locations shown on this website. Wisconsinosity is not responsible for any violations of the law that may occur when visiting the locations listed on this website, including trespassing, theft, and vandalism.

Wisconsinosity does not guarantee that the hours, locations or availability of the sites listed on this website are accurate, but much effort has been made to keep the information current.

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