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Grant County

 

Occupying the hilly southwestern corner of the state, Grant County is bordered by the Mississippi River on the west and the wild and remote lower Wisconsin River on the north. Its small towns offer plenty of rural hospitality. Tour the area’s historic sites, including the Grant County Courthouse in Lancaster, patterned after St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome. Fennimore offers a pair of delightful museums for rail enthusiasts and doll collectors. The county’s bluff-lined streams and riverbeds tempt trout anglers with quality populations of brown and brook trout.

FEATURES AND PROFILES

Wisconsin - The Last Station to Freedom

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The Trail Ahead

The Trail Ahead They’re called “ultras,” trail runners who tackle the Ice Age 50, the Kettle Moraine 100 and the Glacial 50 – long-distance races that wind through the state. For the runners, it’s about connections, spirituality and the unending beauty of Wisconsin’s trails.
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TOURS AND ITINERARIES

Fall Road Trips Along Two Scenic Wisconsin Rivers

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4 Technicolor Road Trips

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EVENT HIGHLIGHTS

Muskets and Memories

This annual Civil War reenactment in Boscobel is the closest you can come to a trip back in time
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