Central Wisconsin
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The Wisconsin River in the central part of the state.
Nikon F3 with Nikkor 28mm f/3.5 on Kodak Tri-X
1993
A nice little place with odd themes in the rooms. Ours was chickens. Go figure. Clean, reasonable price, nice pool, so what the heck. The googie sign was a bonus.
(Recent reports state this sign, and the motel, are gone.)
Last year while on a drive to Minnesota we took a brief break at Wisconsin Dells, a major tourist destination in Wisconsin. The river scenery is gorgeous. The town, not so much.
Wisconsin Dells is a city in in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. A popular Midwestern tourist destination, Wisconsin Dells is home to several water parks and tourist attractions. The city takes its name from the Dells of the Wisconsin River, a scenic, glacial-formed gorge that features sandstone formations along the banks of the Wisconsin River.
The natural formation of the Dells was named by Early French explorers as dalles, a rapids or narrows on a river in voyageur French. Wisconsin Dells is located on ancestral Ho-Chunk and Menominee land. The Ho-Chunk name for Wisconsin Dells is Nįįš hakiisųc, meaning "rocks close together".
The city of Wisconsin Dells, was founded in 1856 by the Wisconsin Hydraulic Company, a dam-building and real estate investment business. In 1859, lumbermen destroyed the Wisconsin Hydraulic Company's new because it blocked the flow of timber rafts down the river. This led the company's main creditor, Byron Kilbourn, to foreclose on its property and take ownership of most of the city's real estate. The city quickly became a popular travel destination in the Midwest due to the scenery of the Dells of the Wisconsin River and the ready railroad access. [Wikipedia]
Wisconsin Ducks take you to the Dells of the Wisconsin River State Natural Area. A land and water ride.
Wisconsin's Most Unique
A Dinner or a Snack - Plenty of Parking
Location: Hwy. 13 Exit on I-90-94 at intersection of Hwy. 12, 13, 16 and 24. "Next to Fort Dells"
Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin
Mailed from Atlantic, Iowa to Mr. & Mrs. William Crawford in Fostoria, Ohio on July 26, 1969:
Hi - Went to Ringling Bros. circus & World Museum at Baraboo, Wis. Took upper & lower Dells boat trip & a bus & elevator ride, also to an Indian ceremonial of different tribes. A breath-taking 3,000 there. Jim drove all through Chicago. He was OK & level-headed. Traffic?? Bad storm while we drove. Catherine
Photo by John A. Trumble
Dells Photo Service
Johnson Printing Inc.
CAPA-024906
We had just left the Wisconsin Deer Park and came across this beautiful creature in the woods as we were beginning a Duck Tour.
Wisconsin Dells, WI
This roller coaster has a couple of neat tricks ; firstly it dives underground and you hurtle through a long tunnel under the car park. When you pop up back into the daylight the ride then flips you over (a trick that has been seen on a few new wooden coasters recently but was retro-fitted to this one) before returning you underground back across the car park.
It does mean you have to exit the park and wander across the car park to take pics of the turnaround section.
HDR from single raw - Panasonic TZ60
Peaceful walk along a brook in Lake Delton.
chicagoist.com/2013/08/09/around_town_kites_in_the_air.ph...
I like the cartoonish treatment.
Seen here: chicagoist.com/2015/04/13/around_town_playful.php#photo-10