South Region

East Troy Electric Railroad Museum - The East Troy Electric Railroad runs from Mukwonago to East Troy in southeast Wisconsin. Built in 1907 by the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company, it continues in its 94th year as a living shortline as well as a museum.

H.H. Bennett Studio & History Center - Ten interactive exhibits trace the evolution of Wisconsin Dells through the lens of landscape photographer Henry Hamilton Bennett. A complete sensory experience, the museum invites guests to explore the science of photography; step aboard a steam boat and experience the Wisconsin River as it was before the hydroelectric dam was completed in 1909.

Urban Ecology Center - The center's mission is to preserve and improve the natural resources of Riverside Park, the Milwaukee River, and adjacent green spaces. With this living laboratory as its outdoor classroom, the Center provides opportunities for education, stewardship, and environmental awareness to enrich the lives of all members of our diverse urban community.

Treasure Island Waterpark Resort - Offering over 35+ acres of outdoor and 65,000 sq. ft. of indoor water activities, the Midwest's only indoor children's wavepool, 240 spacious family rooms & suites, luxurious whirlpool suites, on site dining and more.

Stonefield Historic Village & State Agricultural M - Located on the Great River Road/ National Scenic Byway, Stonefield is owned and operated by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Site includes a re-created turn of the century village, State Agricultural Museum and the estate of Wisconsin's first governor.

Schlitz Audubon Nature Center - The Center encompasses nearly all the landforms and ecological communities that occur in southeastern Wisconsin: prairies, forests, bluff, ravines, ponds and lakeshore. As a result, the 225-acres includes a great variety of flora and fauna, some threatened and endangered.

Janesville's Rotary Gardens - 15 acres of themed garden areas will give you a sampling of the world's gardening and landscaping styles. Rotary Gardens serves as a valuable educational resource and horticultural showcase for everyone to enjoy.

Riveredge Nature Center - The Center is a breeding habitat for 67 species of birds. It includes10 miles of hiking trails, and 8 miles of groomed and tracked cross country ski trails- through prairies and woodlands along the Milwaukee River.

Racine Zoological Gardens - Covering 32 acres, the Zoo is home to over 250 animals representing 76 species. Here you will find lions, wolves, rhinos, orangutans, kangaroos and more, living in exhibit spaces designed to imitate natural surroundings.

Pendarvis Historic Site - Pendarvis traces its beginnings to Wisconsin's territorial lead-mining heyday during the 1830s and '40s, when many immigrant Cornish miners settled in Mineral Point to work the mines. What remains today is a collection of stone and stone-and-log cottages built by these immigrants in the tradition of their native Cornwall.

Old World Wisconsin - An open-air museum of America’s rural Heartland, Old World Wisconsin includes an 1870s crossroads village and an assortment of ethnic farmsteads that portray Wisconsin’s history of immigration and resettlement in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.

Norskedalen Nature & Heritage Center. - Norskedalen, a nature and heritage center located three miles north of Coon Valley, offers six miles of nature trails; the Helga Gundersen arboretum; and seasonal guided tours of the restored Bekkum pioneer log homestead. Nearby, the Thrune Visitors' Center houses heritage and nature museums, a gift shop, library and meeting facilities.

Museum of Norman Rockwell Art - America's most beloved illustrator is alive in Reedsburg at the world's largest collection of its kind. Open to the public. Enjoy almost 4000 examples of Rockwell's work displayed in original magazine covers, calendars and commercial art.  227 South Park Street, Reedsburg.  (608) 524-2123.

Mt Horeb Mustard Museum - The Mustard Museum is home of the world's largest collection of mustards. The museum features more than 3,500 different mustards from all over the world.

Milwaukee Public Museum - Three floors of exhibits are passports to exciting destinations including lands of dinosaurs, and a tropical garden of live butterflies.

Milton House Museum - The Milton House, a National Historic Landmark is an hexagonal stagecoach inn, built in 1844 by Joseph Goodrich. The inn, constructed of ""grout,"" is considered the oldest building of its type in the United States. The inn was a stop along the Underground Railroad. Goodrich, an abolitionist, provided a safe haven for runaway slaves by hiding them in the basement of the inn.

Mid-Continent Railway Museum - The Mid-Continent is an outdoor, living museum and operating railroad recreating the small town/short line way of life during the ""Golden Age of Railroading,"" spanning the years 1880-1916, with operating trains, educational exhibits, and displays of restored rolling stock.

Madison Children's Museum - Madison Children's Museum is a private, not for profit museum featuring hands-on exhibits and programs for children birth through ten years old.

Logan Museum of Anthropology - Among the Logan's foremost treasures are some of the world's oldest jewelry, Pre-Columbian ceramics, a wide range of Native American artifacts, and what scholars regard as the most significant collection of Paleolithic art outside Europe.

Little Norway - Nestled in a beautiful valley twenty miles west of Madison, hidden in the foothills of Blue Mounds WI. is a charming and unique outdoor museum known as Little Norway. It has another, more romantic name which suggests more vividly the sense of magic that pervades this lovely valley: Nissedahle, or Valley of the Elves.

Kettle Moraine Steam Train - Kettle Moraine Steam Train offers an eight mile nostalgic ride on a turn of the century steam train. N77 W31449 Kilborne Road, North Lake. (262) 782-8074.

Kalahari Waterpark Resort - Kalahari Waterpark Resort features an African theme with a spectacular indoor waterpark featuring 11 slides, 3 jacuzzis, Torrent River, wave pool, kid's play area. A fitness center, salon, gift shop, 72 luxurious suites and lots more.

Noah's Ark Waterpark - Noah's Ark offers 70 acres of water activities including: 2 wavepools, 2 endless rivers, 33 waterslides, 4 kiddie water play areas, a kiddie roller coaster, bumper boats, an 18-hole mini-golf course, 12 restaurants and outdoor lounges, 5 gift and clothing stores, and a candy store.

Milwaukee Art Museum - The collection in the museum comprises more than 20,000 works of art from ancient to contemporary. It includes 15th- to 20th-century European and American painting, sculpture, prints, drawings, photographs, decorative arts, and folk and outsider art.

The Milwaukee Zoo - The Milwaukee County Zoo is considered among the finest Zoos in the country. It is situated on 200 wooded acres and is home to approximately 2500 animals, representing 300 species of mammals, birds, reptiles, fish and invertebrates.

Overture Center for the Arts - Overture Center for the Arts contains the fabulous Overture Hall, the intimate Playhouse, three black box multipurpose spaces, meeting rooms, a soaring glass lobby, and the Capitol Theater, returned to its original name and refurnished one more time into a comfortable mid-sized venue. The Overture Center is home to seven resident performing arts organizations and two visual arts organizations.

Circus World Museum - The Circus World Museum collects, preserves, and interprets archival material and artifacts relating to the history of the American circus. Circus World comes to life in the summer with live demonstrations and shows including a traditional Big Top Circus Performance.

House on the Rock - The House on the Rock is home to a myriad of fascinating exhibits. The collection includes whimsical carousels, enormous sea creatures, fascinating music machines and so much more.

Olbrich Botanical Gardens - This glass pyramid is a sunny, green paradise filled with exotic plants, bright flowers, a rushing waterfall, fragrant orchids and free-flying birds. Stroll through 14 acres of outdoor display gardens including a sunken garden, perennial garden, rose garden, rock garden, herb garden, and wildflower garden.

Mitchell Park Conservatory (Domes) - Experience a desert oasis, a tropical jungle and special floral gardens . . . all in one afternoon! Come to the deserts of Africa, Madagascar, South America and North America in the Arid Dome where one of the world's finest collections of cacti, succulents, shrubs and arid-land bulbs grow.

International Clown Hall of Fame - The International Clown Hall of Fame and Research Center, Inc. is dedicated to the preservation and advancement of clown art. Represented by professional and amateur clown associations, it pays tribute to outstanding clown performers, operates a living museum of clowning with resident clown performers, conducts special events and maintains a national archive of clown artifacts and history.

Hoard Historical Museum - The Hoard Historical Museum interprets the history of the Fort Atkinson area. Exhibits include Indian artifacts, 19th century tools and Ornithology displays. Other exhibits interpret the Blackhawk and Civil Wars, along with frontier history.

Henry Vilas Zoo - The Henry Vilas Zoo is one of the state's finest zoos and admission is free. The zoo offers a petting zoo in the summer

Villa Louis Historic Site - An 1870 Victorian mansion built by the family of Hercules Dousman, an entrepreneurial frontiersman who parlayed various investments into a fortune. His son Louis and wife Nina Dousman built the Villa Louis as the centerpiece of their sprawling country estate. Today the home is restored to its British Arts-and-Crafts-style elegance during its heyday in the 1890s.

Watson's Wild West Museum - An 1880's General Store Museum of the American West. Guided tours with a cowboy character who captures your imagination with tall tales, cowboy poetry, humor, and historical facts of yesteryear. Enjoy panning for gold at the Tumbleweed Mine, sarsaparilla being slid down the bar, and the wonderful gift shop.

West Bend Art Museum - Established in 1961, the museum exhibits a collection of several hundred works of WI. regional art from the early 19th to mid 20th century, including artists of international acclaim, and holds eight annual exhibitions. A broad spectrum of events complements the exhibitions and events throughout the year.

Riverview Park & Waterworld - Situated on more than 35 acres, Riverview Park & Waterworld offers action-packed entertainment, including the largest U-Drive'Em and Amusement Park, combined with Grand Prix racing, go carts and Mini-Indy cars, 5 Rapids Inner Tube Ride, waterslides, a wave pool and numerous other pools exclusively for children's activities! The park also features amusements rides.

William F. Eisner Museum of Advertising & Design - The only museum in the country that explores advertising, design and our culture. Record a radio commercial, enjoy changing exhibits and see history in a new way.

Wisconsin Historical Museum - Wisconsin exhibits from prehistoric Indian culture to contemporary social issues.

Yerkes Observatory - The observatory was bankrolled in 1897 by Charles Tyson Yerkes, a Chicago transportation tycoon. The plan itself was masterminded by George Ellery Hale. The showpiece of the observatory was then, and still is, the 40-in refractor, in 1897 the world's largest telescope and even today the largest refracting telescope.

Storybook Gardens - Meet live storybook characters and stroll the beautifully landscaped fantasy world. A must see family attraction, with rides, animated displays, animals, and live performers.

Betty Brinn Children's Museum - The purpose of the Betty Brinn Children's Museum is to enrich the lives of all children and their families through hands-on learning experiences in a uniquely child-oriented environment.

Cave of the Mounds - Recognized as a National Natural Landmark. A guided tour of the cave takes you past a varied collection of colorful stalactites, stalagmites, columns and other formations.

American UFO & Sci-Fi Museum - You will see breathtaking tributes to your favorite science fiction films and exciting exhibits highlighting UFO sightings, contacts, and abductions!

Kenosha Military Museum - Kenosha Military Museum features military artifacts from WWI - Desert Storm, including tanks, planes and helicopters.