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its own tour. Visitors with stamina (and about four hours to kill) can experience the
whole shebang for adult/child $28.50/15.50.
Spring Green has a B&B in town and six motels strung along Hwy 14, north of town.
Small
Usonian Inn
(
877-876-6426;
www.usonianinn.com
;
E 5116 Hwy 14; r $85-135;
)
was designed by a Wright student. Check
www.springgreen.com
for more options.
Chomp sandwiches or inventive specials like sweet-potato stew at
Spring Green Gen-
eral Store
(
www.springgreengeneralstore.com
;
137 S Albany St; mains $5-8;
9am-6pm Mon-Fri,
8am-6pm Sat, 8am-4pm Sun)
.
sical productions at an outdoor amphitheater by the Wisconsin River.
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Along the Mississippi River
The Mississippi River forms most of Wisconsin's western border, and alongside it run
designated route that follows Old Man River from Minnesota to the Gulf of Mexico.
From Madison, head west on US 18. You'll hit the River Rd (aka Hwy 35) at
Prairie
du Chien
. North of town, the hilly riverside wends through the scene of the final battle in
the bloody Black Hawk War. Historic markers tell part of the story, which finished at the
Battle of Bad Ax when Native American men, women and children were massacred try-
ing to flee across the Mississippi.
At Genoa, Hwy 56 leads inland for 20 miles to the trout-fishing mecca of
Viroqua
(
www.viroquatourism.com
)
, a pretty little town surrounded by organic farms and distinctive
7am-9pm)
to meet farmers and munch their wares.
toric center with restaurants and pubs.
Grandad Bluff
offers grand views of the river. It's
east of town along Main St (which becomes Bliss Rd); follow Bliss Rd up the hill and
then turn right on Grandad Bluff Rd. The
World's Largest Six-Pack
(3rd St S)
is also in
town. The 'cans' are actually storage tanks for City Brewery and hold enough beer to
provide one person with a six-pack a day for 3351 years (or so the sign says).
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Door County & Eastern Wisconsin
