Points of Interest
East Troy Electric Railroad
Lake Geneva Historical Walking Tour
Rustic Roads
Yerkes Observatory
Lake Geneva Museum
Old World Wisconsin
Webster House
East Troy Electric Railroad
2002 N. Church Street, East Troy
262-642-3263
www.easttroyrr.org
Historic streetcars, rapid transit cars, and interurbans make a ten-mile round trip between East Troy and The Elegant Farmer - Wisconsin's Largest Farm Market at Highways J and ES near Mukwonago. Regular service begins the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend and continues through the end of October on every weekend. Weekday service operates from mid-June through mid-August.
Special events include Trolleyfest Weekend in early spring, Model Railroad weekend, and Fall Fun Days, the fall colors riding season, that connects with The Elegant Farmer's "Cheap Fun" Fall Weekends, with hayrides, pumpkin picking, and many other activities. The Elegant Farmer also features the best apple pies "you ever hung a lip on".
The East Troy Electric Railroad also features award-winning dinner train service, using the railroad's Art Deco diner twins, Ravenswood and Beverly Shores.
262-642-3263
www.easttroyrr.org
Historic streetcars, rapid transit cars, and interurbans make a ten-mile round trip between East Troy and The Elegant Farmer - Wisconsin's Largest Farm Market at Highways J and ES near Mukwonago. Regular service begins the Saturday of Memorial Day Weekend and continues through the end of October on every weekend. Weekday service operates from mid-June through mid-August.
Special events include Trolleyfest Weekend in early spring, Model Railroad weekend, and Fall Fun Days, the fall colors riding season, that connects with The Elegant Farmer's "Cheap Fun" Fall Weekends, with hayrides, pumpkin picking, and many other activities. The Elegant Farmer also features the best apple pies "you ever hung a lip on".
The East Troy Electric Railroad also features award-winning dinner train service, using the railroad's Art Deco diner twins, Ravenswood and Beverly Shores.
Lake Geneva Historical Walking Tour
201 Wrigley Drive, Lake Geneva
262-248-4416
www.lakegenevawi.cc
Starts at the Chamber of Commerce office. Historical walking tour booklet available for a minimal fee. Outlines significant features of Lake Geneva.
262-248-4416
www.lakegenevawi.cc
Starts at the Chamber of Commerce office. Historical walking tour booklet available for a minimal fee. Outlines significant features of Lake Geneva.
Yerkes Observatory
373 W. Geneva St., Williams Bay
262-245-5555 ext 832
astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes
Tours on Saturdays year round, during the week with reservations
Suggested donations of $5/person, tour requests during the week (except Wed) between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 and 4:30 p.m for a nominal fee
Yerkes Observatory offers free public tours every Saturday throughout the year at ten, eleven, and noon. You may wish to attend the free brief Quester Museum program at ten, eleven, and noon, immediately before the tour.
During the 10am, 11am, and noon tours, the tour guide provides a brief talk on the history of Yerkes, astronomical research, and our amazing universe. He will also take visitors into the 90-foot dome, one of the largest of its kind ever built. Here, visitors look at the famed 40-inch refractor, the world's biggest lens-type telescope, and its impressive 73-foot diameter elevator floor. Note that the dome interior is unheated, and during late fall and winter temperatures inside are as chilly as out doors. Please dress appropriately.
Before or after the tour, visitors may look at a time line display on the main floor that covers Yerkes Observatory's early history and is adorned with dozens of photographs from the 1890s. Other hall displays concentrate on comets, galaxies, nebulae, and the death of stars. A gift shop offers authentic meteorites, VCR tapes, color postcards, T-shirts, sweatshirts, scientific kits, books, guides to the stars and planets, and many other science and astronomy-related items.
262-245-5555 ext 832
astro.uchicago.edu/yerkes
Tours on Saturdays year round, during the week with reservations
Suggested donations of $5/person, tour requests during the week (except Wed) between 9:30 and 11:00 a.m. or 1:30 and 4:30 p.m for a nominal fee
Yerkes Observatory offers free public tours every Saturday throughout the year at ten, eleven, and noon. You may wish to attend the free brief Quester Museum program at ten, eleven, and noon, immediately before the tour.
During the 10am, 11am, and noon tours, the tour guide provides a brief talk on the history of Yerkes, astronomical research, and our amazing universe. He will also take visitors into the 90-foot dome, one of the largest of its kind ever built. Here, visitors look at the famed 40-inch refractor, the world's biggest lens-type telescope, and its impressive 73-foot diameter elevator floor. Note that the dome interior is unheated, and during late fall and winter temperatures inside are as chilly as out doors. Please dress appropriately.
Before or after the tour, visitors may look at a time line display on the main floor that covers Yerkes Observatory's early history and is adorned with dozens of photographs from the 1890s. Other hall displays concentrate on comets, galaxies, nebulae, and the death of stars. A gift shop offers authentic meteorites, VCR tapes, color postcards, T-shirts, sweatshirts, scientific kits, books, guides to the stars and planets, and many other science and astronomy-related items.
Lake Geneva Museum
255 Mill Street, Lake Geneva
262-248-6060
www.genevalakemuseum.org
Local history. Open March through December - hours vary (see website). Admission - $6 for adults(12+), children under 11 free, $5 for students/seniors (65+)
Step onto the brick pavement and step back in time. Walking along our "Main Street" you can not only peek into historic stores, homes, a school room and other places, but you can actually go into them for a close up look at furniture, clothing, tools, machines, merchandise, photos and other artifacts of daily living. Take this stroll and you will get a real feel for life and lifestyles in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Geneva Lake area.
262-248-6060
www.genevalakemuseum.org
Local history. Open March through December - hours vary (see website). Admission - $6 for adults(12+), children under 11 free, $5 for students/seniors (65+)
Step onto the brick pavement and step back in time. Walking along our "Main Street" you can not only peek into historic stores, homes, a school room and other places, but you can actually go into them for a close up look at furniture, clothing, tools, machines, merchandise, photos and other artifacts of daily living. Take this stroll and you will get a real feel for life and lifestyles in the late 19th and early 20th century in the Geneva Lake area.
Old World Wisconsin
W273 S9727 Hwy. 67, Eagle
262-594-6301
oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org
Open daily May 1 through October 31 - hours vary (see website). Admission - $16 for adults, $9 for children 5-17, $14 for students/seniors (65+)
Any day of the spring, summer, and fall - only thirty-five miles from Milwaukee - expect to find yourself immersed in historical scenes of farm and village life re-created by real-life characters out of the past. Farmers ply fields with antique farm implements lugged by teams of oxen and horses. Women and children work side-by-side on chores that change with the season - from planting gardens in the spring to stocking larders in the fall. Farmsteads and settlements representing German, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Yankee, and African-American pioneers dot nearly 600 acres of rolling, wooded hills as unspoiled as the land that greeted the first settlers. And an 1870s crossroads village tells the story of small-town life in America's Heartland. Come discover a place where history truly lives and breathes. Come home to Old World Wisconsin.
262-594-6301
oldworldwisconsin.wisconsinhistory.org
Open daily May 1 through October 31 - hours vary (see website). Admission - $16 for adults, $9 for children 5-17, $14 for students/seniors (65+)
Any day of the spring, summer, and fall - only thirty-five miles from Milwaukee - expect to find yourself immersed in historical scenes of farm and village life re-created by real-life characters out of the past. Farmers ply fields with antique farm implements lugged by teams of oxen and horses. Women and children work side-by-side on chores that change with the season - from planting gardens in the spring to stocking larders in the fall. Farmsteads and settlements representing German, Finnish, Norwegian, Danish, Yankee, and African-American pioneers dot nearly 600 acres of rolling, wooded hills as unspoiled as the land that greeted the first settlers. And an 1870s crossroads village tells the story of small-town life in America's Heartland. Come discover a place where history truly lives and breathes. Come home to Old World Wisconsin.
Webster House
Walworth County Historical Society
9 East Rockwell, Elkhorn
262-723-4248
Historical Society Website
Local history.
Open mid-May - mid-Sept, daily Wed - Sat, 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment
Nestled on a quiet street in the city of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the Webster House Museum is a well maintained white clapboard house. The composer Joseph P. Webster once owned the home. Both the structure and its famous owner played an important part of the history of Elkhorn. According to museum records, the Greek-revival style cottage was constructed in 1836 and was originally located in Elkhorn's public square, now known as courthouse square. The building served as the federal land grant office, selling land to Walworth County pioneers before Wisconsin became a state in 1848. The building originally measured 18 by 22 feet and was only one story. The land office was abandoned in 1840 and later moved to its present site at the corner of Rockwell and Washington Streets by LeGrand Rockwell, one of Elkhorn's first settlers.
9 East Rockwell, Elkhorn
262-723-4248
Historical Society Website
Local history.
Open mid-May - mid-Sept, daily Wed - Sat, 1 to 5 p.m. or by appointment
Nestled on a quiet street in the city of Elkhorn, Wisconsin, the Webster House Museum is a well maintained white clapboard house. The composer Joseph P. Webster once owned the home. Both the structure and its famous owner played an important part of the history of Elkhorn. According to museum records, the Greek-revival style cottage was constructed in 1836 and was originally located in Elkhorn's public square, now known as courthouse square. The building served as the federal land grant office, selling land to Walworth County pioneers before Wisconsin became a state in 1848. The building originally measured 18 by 22 feet and was only one story. The land office was abandoned in 1840 and later moved to its present site at the corner of Rockwell and Washington Streets by LeGrand Rockwell, one of Elkhorn's first settlers.
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