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    Rustic Retreat Deer Park

    5.0 (4 reviews)
    Open 9:00 am - 3:00 pm
    Updated 1 month ago

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    Schairers Autumn Acres - Rusty truck with fall decor photo op!

    Schairers Autumn Acres

    2.5(2 reviews)
    64.3 mi

    First time at this place (opening weekend) and the littles had a blast!! Very impressed, just about…read moreeverything was thought out; full concession stand with very reasonable prices, corn mazes (2), pick your own pumpkin patch with wagons, sunflower fields, plenty of photo ops, games for kids, small petting zoo, tube races, basketball wagon, corn box (instead of sand), wagon rides (the weekend we went) with seek and finds along the way, home decor, wine bar, Spookly the movie playing, kids activity table, plenty of seating and even a shaded picnic area by the games for parents to chill out under. Giving it a 4 star review instead of 5 because the wagon ride pricing was off when we arrived vs what was posted online and the pick your own pumpkins were "off the hip" pricing by a young person.

    Went to the trick or treat maze and I couldn't believe it was even open. We went in thinking that…read moremaybe there was going to just be a little mud in some spots, and it'd get better. Boy were we wrong. It should have been closed with the safety of the people above the money they were making. Or at least a warning given about how bad it gets, BEFORE you go in. My parents almost fell multiple times and I have no idea what we would have done if they did! We could barely walk through let alone, run to find help. And there was no exit early option, which made it THAT much worse! Not to mention how much we paid and went through in the maze to come out completely soaked and miserable after over and hour in there. The people wouldn't give more than one treat and not to the adults who also paid $10 to do the damn maze each. But let me tell you, extra treats were posted and given out the next day which was even more infuriating. My kids each got five pieces of candy, after the conditions and all we went through just to get through the maze. It was my first and last time I will ever go there. PUT YOUR CUSTOMERS SAFTEY FIRST.

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    Schairers Autumn Acres - Memory Match-Up game!

    Memory Match-Up game!

    Schairers Autumn Acres - Feeding the baby goats in the petting zoo area

    Feeding the baby goats in the petting zoo area

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    NEW Zoo & Adventure Park

    NEW Zoo & Adventure Park

    4.0(50 reviews)
    52.4 mi

    Not the biggest or the best zoo by any means, but it's a nice little zoo for a family to spend a…read morehalf day walking around. The NEW Zoo (NEW = Northeast Wisconsin) is small enough that you won't lose your kids, yet big enough to spend a few hours exploring. Relatively clean and easy to navigate. They could use a few more "you are here" signs around the place, but they do give out paper maps where you enter the park. My favorite were the giraffes. You can feed them for $2. They walk right up to the platform... pretty cool to look at them right in the eye! Unfortunately it was mid day and a lot of the animals were snoozing. Still saw enough to make it worth it!

    We enjoy visiting zoos and viewing wildlife, teaching the kiddos new things, and walking! We…read moredecided to visit this zoo recently and enjoyed the abundant Halloween decor and spacious grounds. However, alot of the animals were pacing and seemingly in distress or awaiting meals, both of which could be true. The moose was banging his antlers repeatedly into the fence of his enclosure and we couldn't help but to feel badly. I do think they are maintaining the grounds the best they can and care for the animals but it's a stark contrast with the MN Zoo and others we've been to. It's a bit pricy for what is there but I can only hope all admission costs go towards the entire upkeep of the zoo as I'm sure that's necessary. Worth visiting to help support the animals, for sure.

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    NEW Zoo & Adventure Park
    NEW Zoo & Adventure Park
    NEW Zoo & Adventure Park

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    Lumberjack Special - ...or opt for an old passenger car or a caboose. (Yes, you can ride in the cupola.)

    Lumberjack Special

    3.8(4 reviews)
    30.0 mi

    This is NOT a stuffy ol' museum!…read more When logging was the primary industry in northern Wisconsin (late 19th - early 20th Centuries) the logging was all done in the winter. The ground was frozen and logs could be moved without slogging down in the mud that would happen during Spring and Summer. A camp would spring up until the area was fully logged out, then over the summer, the camp would be relocated, anywhere from four to ten miles further away, in the next stand of lumber. Camps were sometimes named but often just numbered. Often a town would spring up around the camp but die off as soon as the camp was moved. Some survived, Laona is an example. In Laona's case, the Connor Family built a successful sawmill here, which is still in operation. When Camp 5 was logged out and moved on to Camp 6, a farm sprang up so the company could supply the camps with meat and vegetables for lumberjacks with voracious appetites. Descendents of the family that started it all decided to preserve the old lumber camp and farm, and formed a foundation to operate and preserve Camp 5. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and you'll find the historic farm (some of it still operational) and a logging museum as part of the old logging camp. Special events are held throughout the season (check the website for schedules) and it is all very educational while being fun! There's a guided tour of a managed forest that shows you how modern logging operations differ from the clear-cut-and-move-on method of logging from the 19th Century. You'll find displays of stump pullers, skids, water tanks and other logging equipment from the past. Check out the retired, heavy equipment and a Wisconsin Central switch engine that you can enter. Kids will enjoy the petting zoo, although the managed forest tour might not hold the attention of youth who haven't learned about the history of logging in Wisconsin. Be sure to visit the operating blacksmith shop! There's only one way to enter the museum, and that's by steam train! Climb aboard the Laona and Northern Railway for the three mile ride to the museum. You can sit in an open-air observation car behind the locomotive, or opt for riding in an antique passenger car or a caboose. (Yes, you can ride in the cupola.) The season runs from mid June to almost Labor Day each season, plus some Fall dates. Check ahead. A flyer with coupons is available at most hotels and tourist info kiosks in a 50 mile radius. There is a gift shop and lunch is available with a limited menu (freshly grilled burgers, brats and hot dogs) at prices you might expect in a captive situation. All in all, it's a fun couple of hours for the family. (Don't tell the kids they'll be learning something!)

    This is not your average museum. There's no big fancy building with a marble entryway and…read moredressed-up docents. There *is* a big old steam train to ride on (you can even climb up a little ladder and see what's what). My husband went here as a kid and was dying to share it with our little rascals. You buy your tickets then hop on the train (it leaves maybe five times a day) for a short ride (15 minutes?) to an old logging camp. There are a couple of buildings with old equipment and pictures (and a buffalo hide rug that grossed my kids right out), which are good to browse through for a little while. Then you can pay extra for a pontoon boat ride (they take you on this very muddy river, tell you about the logging camp history, and hope for some wildlife) or take the included-with-train-ticket wilderness tour. We didn't take the wilderness tour because the kids were having too much fun in the petting zoo. There were goats, chickens, ducks, a little cow, and turtles to look at in their enclosure. They had adoptable kittens, too, but we resisted their fuzzy adorableness. There is a concession stand on the grounds (crazily expensive, as they all are) and the old camp slaughterhouse, which was eerie. There is a little nature trail with signs, but the bugs made sure we didn't get much out of that. There is a store they call the Cracker Barrel store, but it had zero in common with Cracker Barrel restaurants. It was full of souvenirs and candy (fudge and gummy), and that's where you buy the pontoon boat tickets. Next to this building is the Nature Center, which is a taxidermist's dream come true. Lots of dead stuff in there (again, the kids found it gross) but also some cool minerals and ammonites (I loved them!). We were there for about 2.5 hours and were ready to go by then, but it was a fun little place. It's staffed mostly by high schoolers, with train enthusiasts running the steam engine. We hopped back on the train for the return to the depot, where the kids got to line up and blow the horn. That was COOL. The guy in charge enjoyed it more than the kids, I think.

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    Lumberjack Special - Check out the logging museum and operating blacksmith shop.

    Check out the logging museum and operating blacksmith shop.

    Lumberjack Special - The old hog barn is the entrance to the petting zoo.

    The old hog barn is the entrance to the petting zoo.

    Lumberjack Special - Be sure to visit the operating blacksmith shop!

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    Be sure to visit the operating blacksmith shop!

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