Wisconsin

• The Sputnik satellite crashed in a farm field near Manitowoc, Wisconsin in 1962.

• The largest woolly mammal to have ever been excavated was discovered in Kenosha.

• Wisconsin produces the entire ginseng grown in the United States.

• Children chose the state bird

• Wisconsin is known as the "Badger State," not because we have a lot of badgers, but because lead miners in the 1800s often lived in burrows in the hillsides, much like badgers.


• La Crosse - it is illegal to worry a squirrel.

• Racine - it is illegal to shoot missiles at parade participants.

• It is illegal to not base business hours on central time.

• It is illegal to not give a farm animal the right of way on a public road.

• Cheese making requires a cheese maker's license; Limburger cheese making requires a master cheese maker's license.

• St. Croix - women are not allowed to wear anything red in public.

• In Wisconsin you are allowed to marry your house.

• In Wisconsin, after 3:00 a.m., you have to send a rocket signal in the air after every mile you drive.

• Racine - It is illegal to wake a fireman when he is asleep.

• You can't serve margarine at a restaurant unless the customer specifically requests it.


•  Sparta - FAST Fiberglass Mold Graveyard - These molds for fiberglass statues have formed an eerie, accidental sculpture park.

• Marshfield - Jurustic Park - "Iron Age" creatures fill this rusted metal sculpture garden.

• Shullsburg - Gravity Hill in Wisconsin - A remote hill on a stretch of country road where the laws of physics are defied... or so it seems.

• Wisconsin Dells - Witches Gulch - Over thousands of years, this slot canyon was carved out of the bed of an ancient lake.

• Appleton - Kate Blood Gravestone - This solitary gravestone is separated from the rest in Appleton, explaining why local legends continue to surround it.