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Wisconsin National Historic Landmarks (clickable map) 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.
State Street is a pedestrian zone located in downtown Madison, Wisconsin, United States, near the State Capitol.The road proper extends from the west corner of land comprising the Capitol (on the southwestern edge of the Madison Isthmus, at the corners of Carroll and Mifflin Streets) westward to Lake Street, adjoining the campus of the University of Wisconsin–Madison at Library Mall.
Vintage postcard depicting Great Diamond Island, Casco Bay, and Portland Maine. Great Diamond Island is an island in Casco Bay, Maine, United States. It is part of the city of Portland. At the 2000 census, the island had a year-round population of 77. The island is not accessible from the mainland by motor vehicle and
The University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee was established in 1956, replacing the smaller Downer Avenue Teachers College. Brady Street became the focus of Milwaukee's counter-culture in the 1960s, with Brady Street Days, head shops, Glorioso's Italian Market, several bars and Kitchen Sink Press, one of the world's largest underground comics ...
Washington Island is Wisconsin's largest in Lake Michigan and also has a year-round population of 708 as of the 2010 census. The island has a ferry service and operates Washington Island Airport for air travel. [4] Rock Island is a state park that can only be accessed by ferry from Washington Island.
The Division of Forestry manages a further 471,329 acres (1,907.40 km 2) in Wisconsin's state forests. Several Wisconsin state parks contain resources that have been recognized on a national level. Chippewa Moraine State Recreation Area, Devil's Lake State Park, and Interstate State Park are units of the Ice Age National Scientific Reserve ...
One marvel of the 21st century is that anyone with an internet connection and device newer than the year 2000 can at any point pull up satellite imagery of the entire world. Even more, if the area ...
Although the Dousman family had left the Villa Louis estate by 1913, they continued to own the property. Over the following decades, they rented the mansion for use as a boarding school, among other things. In the 1930s, two of Louis Dousman's children, Violet and Virginia, began to restore the estate to its 19th-century appearance.