Wisconsin Fun Facts

Did you know:

• The Wisconsin Dells area has more than 200 waterslides, 16+ million gallons of water and over 3,820 inner tubes.

• 3 of Door County’s 11 lighthouses are in Baileys Harbor

• There are more than 240 shipwrecks in Lake Michigan, off the coasts of the Door peninsula and its nearby islands.

• There are more than 100 boat launches, 18 family campgrounds, and 9 swimming beaches in the Minocqua area.

• Hayward has Wisconsin’s only “Quiet Lakes.” Lost Land, Teal and Ghost Lakes were enacted by the State of Wisconsin in 1963 to not have speed limits on their waters exceeding 10 mph.

• Beloit is home to a professional minor league baseball team, the Beloit Snappers.

• Madison is one of the top 5 biking cities in the world and ranks as the Number 2 Most Walkable City.

• The P.T. Barnum Circus, "The Greatest Show on Earth", was founded in Delavan in 1871.

• You can see the Mississippi River, Minnesota, Iowa, and Wisconsin from the legendary Grandad Bluff in La Crosse