WisconsinEye visited Milton House Museum in Milton, Wisconsin on September 21, 2009. Executive Director Cori Olson led a tour of the house.

The Milton House Museum is a unique historic site because it is the first grout building in the United States, it is a hexagonal traveler's inn from the 1840's and it was a stop on the Underground Railroad where slaves were hid in the underground tunnels.

Pioneer, Joseph Goodrich, came to Prairie du Lac, as Milton was called then, in 1838, looking for a better place for his family to live. He chose prairie land at the intersection of two Indian trails and built a small frame home.
Joseph Goodrich soon built an inn to accommodate the many travelers through the busy prairie crossroads. All were welcome under Joseph's roof, but not all of his guests traveled by stagecoach or train. Some were spirited into his care by the Underground Railroad.

See http://www.miltonhouse.org for more information on this National Historic Landmark.

As part of Wisconsin Eye's series "Wisconsin Wonders" we visited The House on the Rock in Spring Green, Wisconsin. Built and furnished by Alex Jordan, the house features the world’s largest indoor carousel, Jordan’s vast collections of artifacts, the infinity room, and many more attractions. Marketing Manager Matt Schneider led a tour of the house. 

WisconsinEye toured Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin Estate, located in Spring Green, Wisconsin, on August 17, 2009. Keiran Murphy, Historic Researcher for Taliesin Preservation, Inc., guided the tour.

Nestled in the gently rolling countryside of Adams County, on the south bank of the Wisconsin River, sits Aldo Leopold’s shack. Join us as WisconsinEye visits with Buddy Huffaker, Executive Director of the Aldo Leopold Foundation, and learn more about Aldo Leopold’s legacy and the Aldo Leopold Legacy Center. The center was completed in the Spring of 2007 and has been awarded Platinum LEED status by the U.S. Green Building council, making it the “greenest” building in the United States.

Amy Rosebrough, a state Archaeologist and author of a book on Wisconsin Effigy Mounds and Daniel Einstein, Program Manager of the Lakeshore Nature Preserve, joined WisconsinEye on August 11, 2009 for a tour of two Effigy Mound sites in Madison. The mounds, built between AD 600 and AD 900, symbolize the spirit of the sky, earth and water.

As part of Wisconsin Eye's series "Wisconsin Wonders" we visited Roche-A-Cri State Park, where ancient petroglyphs and pictographs cover a large rock face in the center of the park. Robert Boszhardt, regional archaeologist for the Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, spoke about rock art in Wisconsin, and the images at Roche-A-Cri.