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here. All of these trains are refurbished originals; many serviced the area's quartzite mines.
Mostvisitorscome,however,forthenine-mile trainridethroughtheBarabooRiverValley.
Special seasonal trips also depart. Trains depart daily at 11am and 1 and 3pm on days the
museum is open. Tickets are $20-55 adults; the highest-priced tickets get you a ride in the
engine.
Totally cool is a one-of-a-kind sculpture collection just south of town via U.S. 12. Dr.
Evermor, better known as Tom Every, has placed an assemblage of scrap-metal sculptures
created from what could best be described as the detritus of the Cold War and its belching
factories; it is in fact directly opposite the hulking remains of the dormant Badger Muni-
tions Depot. This menagerie of machines has the
Forevertron
as its nucleus; it is a 400-ton
monstrosity—the largest scrap-metal sculpture in the world, apparently (so says the
Guin-
ness Book of World Records
). This author was amazed that it contained the decontamina-
tion chamber from the Apollo 11 moon landing. The creator would like to use the erstwhile
