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Early color photograph of a guide at Little Norway. Taken by Arthur Rothstein for the Farm Security Administration, 1942.Digitally restored. Perhaps the best-known attraction at Little Norway is the Norway Building which was built in Orkdal, Norway for the Norway Pavilion at Chicago's 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.
This is a list of National Historic Landmarks in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. National Historic Landmarks are designated by the U.S. National Park Service, which recognizes buildings, structures, districts, objects, and sites which satisfy certain criteria for historic significance. There are 45 National Historic Landmarks in Wisconsin.
The old commercial downtown, including the 1855 Italianate-styled Wisconsin House Hotel, the 1857 Federal Style Nosen building, the 1891 Queen Anne Bink saloon, the 1907 Richardsonian Romanesque Zimmerman saloon, the 1909 Neoclassical First National Bank, the 1930 Art Deco Schumacher Monument Co., the 1942 Art Moderne Schanen building, and the ...
This is a list of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Wisconsin. There are over 2,500 listed sites in Wisconsin . Each of the state's 72 counties has at least one listing on the National Register .
The city of Madison is the location of 155 of these properties and districts, including 8 of the National Historic Landmarks; they are listed here, while the remaining properties and districts are listed separately. This National Park Service list is complete through NPS recent listings posted January 10, 2025. [2]
Minocqua (Ojibwe: Minwaakwaa [5]) is a town in northwestern Oneida County, Wisconsin, United States. The population was 4,414 as of 2018. [6] The census-designated place of Minocqua and the unincorporated community of Rantz are both located in the town. Minocqua is commonly referred to as "The Island City." [7]
This is the premiere example of a chain of modern hotels that Schroeder built across Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota, aiming to provide hotels as good as those in large American cities. [121] The lower four floors held public rooms and offices, the next 13 held guest rooms, and the top floor held Schroeder's own penthouse suite. [122] 80
They had been encouraged to seek their fortunes in Wisconsin by the pioneer Nattestad brothers. Ansten and Ole Knudsen Nattestad had immigrated during 1838 from Veggli in Numedal , Norway , to establish the first Norwegian-American immigrant community in Wisconsin at Jefferson Prairie Settlement of Rock County .