Travel Reference
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The
Sheboygan County Convention and Visitors Bureau
(712 Riverfront Dr., Ste. 101,
920/457-9497 or 800/457-9497,
www.visitsheboygan.com
) is along the Boardwalk.
Driving to Sheboygan from Milwaukee (via I-43, 58 miles) takes one hour. From Door
County (via WIS 57 and I-43, 100 miles), it takes one hour and 40 minutes.
Aplannedworkers'communitysurroundingtheoperationsoftheKohlerCompany,Kohler
is trim and attractive. Kohler also houses the state's most incredible resort/restaurant and
puts on unforgettable factory tours.
Sights
The
Kohler Factory
and, to a lesser extent,
Kohler Design Center
(101 Upper Rd., 920/
457-3699,
www.us.kohler.com
,
8am-5pm Mon.-Fri., 10am-4pm Sat.-Sun. and holidays,
free) are must-sees. The international manufacturer of bathroom fixtures here showcases
in its 2.5-hour tour of the company's early factory and factory-town history, along with its
waresinanincredible“GreatWallofChina.”Toursofthefactoryitselfareat8:30amweek-
days only and require advance registration. Find more information about the tour by select-
ing “Kitchen,” then “Kitchen Resources,” then “Kohler Design Center” from the website.
Waelderhaus
(House in the Woods, 1100 W. Riverside Dr., 920/452-4079, tours 2pm,
3pm, and 4pm daily except holidays, free), a dwelling based on homes from the moun-
tainous Austrian Bregenzerwald regioncommissioned byadaughter oftheKohlerfounder,
contains antique furnishings and highlights such as candle-reflected water-globe lighting.
HandsdownthebestgolfinWisconsin—andsomesaytheMidwest—isfoundinKohler
at the
American Club
resort (Highland Dr., 920/457-8000,
www.destinationkohler.com
)
.
Blackwolf Run
offers two PGA championship courses—one of them has been named the
highest-rated gold medal course in the United States, according to
Golf
magazine. Newer
are the preternaturally lovely courses of
Whistling Straits,
designed to favor the old sea-
side links courses of Britain; they even have sheep wandering about. There are the Straits
