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hour to 3½ hours; departure times vary. The second is the lakeside
Wingspread
(
262-681-3353;
www.johnsonfdn.org
; 33 E Four Mile Rd;
9:30am-2:30pm Tue-Fri)
, the
last and largest of Wright's Prairie houses. Tours take 45 minutes.
Green County
This pastoral area holds the nation's greatest concentration of cheesemakers, and
Green
to start sniffing. Follow your nose to
Roth Käse
(657 2nd St; 9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
10am-5pm Sat & Sun)
, a store and factory where you can watch cheesemakers in action
from the observation deck (weekday mornings only) and delve into the 'bargain bin' for
hunks. Bite into a fresh limburger-and-raw-onion sandwich at
Baumgartner's
(
www.baumgartnercheese.com
; 1023 16th Ave; sandwiches $4-7; 8am-11pm)
, an old Swiss
tavern on the town square. At night, catch a flick at the local drive-in movie theater, and
County Rd P; r incl breakfast $110-125)
, a two-room, wind-and-solar-powered B&B on a
5-acre organic farm in Browntown, about 10 miles west of Monroe.
For more on local dairy producers and plant tours, pick up, or download,
A Traveler's
Spring Green
Forty miles west of Madison and 3 miles south of the small town of Spring Green,
Taliesin
was the home of Frank Lloyd Wright for most of his life and is the site of his ar-
chitectural school. It's now a major pilgrimage destination for fans and followers. The
house was built in 1903, the Hillside Home School in 1932, and the
visitor center
(
608-588-7900;
www.taliesinpreservation.org
; Hwy 23; 9am-5:30pm May-Oct)
in 1953. A wide
range of guided tours ($16 to $80) cover various parts of the complex; reserve in advance
for the lengthier ones. The one-hour Hillside Tour ($16) provides a nice introduction to
Wright's work.
A few miles south of Taliesin is the
House on the Rock
( 608-935-3639;
www.thehouseontherock.com
;
5754 Hwy 23; adult/child $12.50/7.50; 9am-6pm May-Aug, to
5pm Aug-mid-Nov & mid-Mar-May, closed mid-Nov-mid-Mar)
, one of Wisconsin's busiest at-
tractions. Alex Jordan built the structure atop a rock column in 1959 (some say as an 'up
yours' to neighbor Frank Lloyd Wright). He then stuffed the house to mind-blowing pro-
portions with wonderments, including the world's largest carousel, whirring music ma-
chines, freaky dolls and crazed folk art. The house is broken into three parts, each with
