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"Site of the famous four-wheel drive cars and trucks first invented in Clintonville...Original workshop of Zachow & Besserdich, inventors of the 1st successful 4 wheel drive cars & trucks."
- section from Clintonville Chamber of Commerce website

  105 East 12th Street
Clintonville, WI  54929
  x1209

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Sat & Sun)  1pm – 4pm

"In 1908, John Krubsack, central Wisconsin farmer-banker, started out to grow this chair. He secured twenty-eight box elder seeds, laid them out in a well-planned diagram, watered them each day and treated the soil carefully. After three years all the trees had sprouted and grown considerably. He then started to graft the trunks together so that he would have the properly shaped legs, a suitable back, a comfortable seat, and restful arms...In ten years, he cut all the trees except four (the four legs). The eleventh year he cut the last four, trimmed the trees, put on the final touches and then breathed a sigh of great relief. His dream had come true."
- section from the Official Site

  (just southeast of Clintonville on County Road I)
E9647 County Road I
Clintonville, WI  54929

  Triangle Park
intersection of Highway 22 (Highway 110) & County Road B

  290 S Main St
Clintonville, WI  54929

Fremont Yeti  (1968)
aka the "Abominable Snowman" of the Deltox Marsh

A group of hunters spy a Bigfoot creature in the Deltox Marsh.

Waupaca UFO Sightings

"There were 5 or 6 bright white lights on the side and 3 white lights on the bottom with a small blinking blue light towards the ground. It almost look triangular because of the 3 on the bottom."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 10-11-05 report

Readfield Graveyard
aka Evangelical Lutheran Zions Cemetery

  From Readfield at Highway 10, head north on County Road W.  The cemetery will be in town on the left.

Weyauwega UFO Sightings

"The object really gave me the impression of a balloon - except for the lights. They seemed to cycle all different patterns."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 02-01-03 report

Devil's Elbow  (a bend in the river)

The Weird Wisconsin website ponders the multitude of Devil-related place names in Wisconsin

New London UFO Sightings

"I sat down to watch, and it seemed these orange lights were chasing each other. It was amazing how they moved."
- section from UFO Wisconsin 09-18-02 report

"Large Ball of Multi-Colored Light" Observed  (2005)

"it was not a ball of fire, but an object ball shaoed (sic) with a glow of colors attached to it and around it."
- section from UFO Wisconsin report

'Haunted House' Has Real Ghosts

Marsh Road

Christy Mansion
aka Shearer-Christy house
private property

Simpson's Restaurant
aka Simpson's Indian Room

"There has been numerouse (sic) reports from the emplyoes (sic) and frequent customers that there is a family waling (sic) around at night. They are not there to hurt anyone, but they let their presence be known."
- section from The Shadowlands website

"Ghosts of America" Haunted Location Reports
(take with a grain of salt)

The reports on this site are presumably fiction, using random Wisconsin place names in the stories listed there.  Even so, you might get a kick out of reading them.

"The one and half story farm house was built in 1854 on the corner of West Fulton and Franklin Streets by Chester and Susannah Hutchinson. The home was moved to South Park in 1956. The Waupaca Historical Society opened the Victorian home as a Museum in 1957."
- section from the Waupaca Historical Society website

  321 South Main Street
Waupaca, WI  54981

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Sun, Sat & holidays)  1pm – 4pm

This is a historic district south of Waupaca, which includes the Crystal Inn Bed & Breakfast and the Red Mill Gift Shop & Wedding Chapel.  The drive through here is beautiful.  Nelson Park sits next to the Red Mill, which is the access point to the covered bridge and chapel.  One of Wisconsin's best-kept secrets.

"The park features: History House, a two story frame built in 1861 housed the first town hall and fire department. Doty-Besserdich House, made of cord or stonewood walls with pieces piled on top of each other, held together by mortar. Ralph Denn, Stavemaker Cabin, Built in 1869 by Ralph Denn to serve as his stave-making factory and home. Stone Collection, 8 stones with a remarkable past."
- section from the Clintonville Chamber of Commerce website

  32 11th St.
Clintonville, WI  54929

hours:
Memorial Day thru Labor Day  (Sundays & holidays)  1pm – 4pm