"AWAY IN WISCONSIN" 1960s TRAVEL TOUR OF WISCONSIN RACINE, MADISON, MILWAUKEE 11504

Viewers are treated to tour of Wisconsin in this episode of Jack Douglas’ America! Douglas opens the episode, “Away In Wisconsin,” addressing the audience. A quick montage of shots show viewers a river, rolling hills of dairy land farms, Winnebago Indians performing a traditional dance, and a descendants of Swiss immigrants. A badger runs around its enclosure at the Milwaukee Zoo (01:23). At the city of Racine (01:51), viewers see modern architecture on display in the city’s buildings, included some designed by Frank Lloyd Wright like the Johnson Wax Building. The episode then shows the capital building in Madison (02:07), Milwaukee, and the famous Milwaukee County War Memorial Center designed by Eero Saarinen (02:30). The glass domes of the Horticulture Conservatory in Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park dominate the horizon (03:10). Inside the “Show House” dome (now called the “Show Dome”), viewers see summer flower gardens on display. People relax on a sandy beach of Lake Michigan at Terry Andrae State Park in Sheboygan (04:08). The city of Green Bay sits on the Fox River as it meets Lake Michigan (04:40). The quiet park that is home to Nicolet Memorial (04:57) is just outside Green Bay. Members of the Green Bay Packers train next to the stadium as local citizens watch the practice (05:25). Near Baileys Harbor is small Scandinavian wooden chapel (06:06). In Little Norway (06:32), located in Blue Mounds, viewers see a living museum of Norwegian culture. A young woman in traditional Norwegian costume shows off beaded work (07:27), wooden wedding spoons, a wooden lock jewel box, and an ale bowl. A small model of a Viking ship is also on display. Little Norway also features a small storage house called a Stabbur house, a log cabin used by women who herd cattle (09:19), and a garden gnome. The next stop is at the Alpine Café in New Glarus, WI (09:55). Large rocks sit on the roofs of the Swiss buildings at New Glarus. Men and women play music in a parade celebrating their Swiss heritage; a swiss flag thrower performs in the parade. A music group plays a traditional song for the audience (11:18). At Greenbush, WI is the Old Wade House State Park; the episode shows the old house and inn (12:25). Inside the restored building is a hutch chair, an old pitcher, and two women showing how the Wade family retreived water from a well inside the kitchen. The episode also shows old bedroom furniture and other antique furniture on display at the Wade House. At White Birch Lake, two men walk down to their fishing boat (13:58); they catch a 26-lb musky. Next, the film goes to Craft Mart near Sister Bay, WI. Here, a woman weaves fabrics on an old weaving loom. The next stop is at Circus World Museum in Baraboo, WI. People walk across a bridge to see the carnival exhibits (15:02); visitors see the operations of loading circus cars on and off of train cars. The episode shows a France Bandwagon and an old chain-driven MAC truck from the 1920s that was used by the Bailey Brothers. Elephants perform a brief show for the audience (16:43). Near Hayward, Chippewa harvest wild rice from their canoe (17:05). At History Land, two lumberjacks demonstrate sawing logs. A man throws a hatchet at a target (18:10), and two other men compete in a log roll on the water. Also on the water, men engage in a game of canoe jousting. Next, viewers are taken to Fort Dells in the Wisconsin Dells (19:20). Visitors walk on a hanging bride, take a ride in a stage coach, and are delighted when their train is held up by the outlaw Black Bart. Chief Edward Cloud of the Winnebago tribe plays a drum while his four sons perform a traditional dance (20:08). Passenger boats take people on a tour through the upper dells (20:37), passing Witches Gulch, and motoring through narrow waterways. A Duck boat drives down a dirt road (21:37), then splashes into the Wisconsin River, taking visitors on a ride through the Wisconsin Dells. There is a scenic shot of Wisconsin’s rolling landscape. The film concludes back at New Glarus (22:45), where three men play a song on the large ornate wooden alpine horns.
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[@TheBookofRai]

This video made Wisconsin seem mysterious.

[@jlmurphy6530]

It is. I grew up there. It has a film noir quality about it.

[@RT-dm4bi]

Its so intresting to see how many of these facts have changed overtime. Like that madison was once a small city and that the woods took up 50% of our state. Bizzare

[@tealnoise]

People say Wisconsin isn't as nice as it used to be. It actually still is, I would travel around WI with my family a lot. Still many beautiful places to visit. I will always love my home, Wisconsin.

[@countrygirl4422]

You obviously don't live in the Capital of Wisconsin.

[@cjdfv]

I feel mostly the same about Michigan.

[@spookgook4903]

Just Milwaukee and Madison are getting shittier with their democratic leaders.

[@merricat3025]

@@stonerbearlyrics8143 there are meth and heroin addicts throughout the country. Wisconsin's not alone. Does it matter if Democratic or Republican.

[@memeteam7030]

Alert information is cap! Yeah real Wisconsinite would not say this!

[@Mitch-rd9gs]

The amount of pride I have for my home state is amazing. Being stationed overseas for 2 years has only made me realize how much I miss home.

[@johnnymaximum3828]

over throwing a democracy or stalling a dicatorship?

[@l7537]

Same. I couldn’t imagine growing up and living in any other state

[@juanramos6573]

Born in Milwaukee 1951. Went to Dells quite often. Still have old pics from the 50"s.

[@heyitsmichael6256]

I am 91 yrs. old and have traveled much of the U.S. and the milage show's on my face. But this travel documentary is the shit y'all.

[@koolaidacidkilla179]

Born Raised And I'll never leave. I love Wisconsin!

[@embracethesuck1041]

The ducks are one of the few surviving attractions today. Now the Dells is mostly tacky waterparks.

[@zgreatoutdoors1376]

facts

[@Kat.Evangeline]

Seattle has them as well - complete with kazoos to blow - it's a Tourist thang.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Yeah, the whole thing is ugly and tacky af.

[@c-dublife]

Wisconsin has 15000 lakes. more than Minnesota. we are just humble.

[@julianklatte6221]

But y’all can’t ever go without talking about cheese curds lol 😂 just kidding

[@jayswipedyohead6490]

@@julianklatte6221 bro I’m from here Nd I’ve never even had a cheese curd

[@Angel-xk3uq]

@@jayswipedyohead6490 You are missing out. Fried cheese curds is one of my favorite appetizers. I am not even from WI and I know that much. You sure definitely give the fried one a shot when you get the chance!

[@olegty4007]

On behalf of Minnesota, Wisconsin measures lakes wrong.

[@Woodey79]

yes, the measurement is different for Minnesota and Wisconsin. If Minnesota Measure their lakes like Wisconsin does, they would have over 25,000.

[@voraciousreader3341]

In my opinion, the best part of Wisconsin is the part this film left out: the Lake Superior shoreline along nearly all of the state’s northern border, to include the Apostle Islands National Lakeshore, which can be accessed at Bayfield, WI. There are so many beautiful places to vacation along that coast, and my husband and I feel Lake Superior is by far the “superior” Great Lake, even though we’ve lived in a city next to Lake Michigan for 25 years. Probably bc we were born and raised in Superior, a lovely city across the St. Louis Bay from Duluth, Minnesota.

[@lil_lyrix]

They probably didn’t include it cause that lake belongs to Michigan

[@theodoreiaccino7762]

I am fortunate enough to have a friend with a house on Madeline Island. I am from Chicago, but have always maintained that the Apostle islands are America's best kept secret.

[@JeffreyDahmenator]

Superior is not a lovely city

[@randomstuffilookup2384]

I’ve lived up in this area for 3 years now and it sucks so bad up here. Nature is the only good thing.

[@chickennugget6233]

It will all be ruined when line 3 breaks...

[@mackpines]

My Grandmother was born and raised in Milwaukee. It's so beautiful. I love the Public Museum.

[@star_gazer2967]

I love *LOVE* the Milwaukee museum! Have visited it all throughout my life! I live in Madison ♡⚘

[@bcshelby4926]

@@star_gazer2967 ...the Museum the Central Library were my usual hangouts in downtown when I was gowning up there.

[@star_gazer2967]

@@bcshelby4926... How cool!

[@SUNNYLEO24]

Where are you from

[@Shanecho414]

@@SUNNYLEO24 not Milwaukee with those kinda comments lol

[@tomshaw6373]

My grandparents lived in Milwaukee when I was growing up. We vacationed in Door County for over a decade. I met my future wife there when we were kids in the mid 70s. She's from Milwaukee. In 2023, we are moving to Madison. I've always dreamed of living there since I was a kid. It's a beautiful state.

[@samknox8502]

I currently live in Madison, you’re going to absolutely love it this city is better than ever!

[@tomshaw6373]

@@samknox8502 Well, that’s an endorsement I am very encouraged by.

[@thomaspham9077]

It’s so weird to see Milwaukee without the Art Museum 🥺

[@packersnerd]

🥺

[@lastotallyawesomebleach204]

Yeah it does. It also looks weird without the hoan bridge and US Bank building

[@knighttuttruptuttrup8518]

Summer trips to Wisconsin with Dad, good times! Skiing in the winter, great fun.

[@flower691]

if only the world was still like this 😥 why was i born in the 90's? if only i could have lived these times 😞 i love my wisconsin, but seeing this makes me kinda sad... it feels like the heritage is just gone now.

[@marttram2183]

Turning 27 in 2 days (golden bday!) But yeah I'm with you there lol

[@SkateAndCreate81]

I was born in 2000 I always wished I could’ve lived back then. I hate this generation I would’ve thrived back then

[@marcoaraiza9381]

Segregation

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

It's a glorified film, you know that, right? :)

[@flower691]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 so? isn't that kind of obvious? its still way different/better than current times.

[@neilschmid4991]

Being of Norwegian decent use to love going to little Norway, so beautiful but it's been closed now quite awhile and miss visiting.

[@ShannonHarper]

I didn’t realize it closed, I’m super sad

[@jeffirish9698]

This is wonderful. Growing up in the 60's we watched a lot of these in the classroom.

[@United_HVAC_and_Fans]

This is just historical! Very well persevered the quality is amazing!

[@PeriscopeFilm]

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[@skjaldulfr]

Now I want a Fallout game set in retro Wisconsin.

[@RomanKlein414]

Funny thing is if they made that the story would be why is there no mutants oh wait 2 headed cows but no one is looting or being crazy there just shooting anything that moves funny and drinking A LOT of beer

[@jimsimmons5627]

I can’t believe they didn’t talk about Minocqua in the Northwoods that’s what everybody likes to visit

[@Seankamrath]

That's where I worked for years doing flooring. Super gorgeous up there. Lived in tomahawk for about 23 years.

[@MrMajikman1]

@@Seankamrath I have relatives in Rhinelander, and Three Lakes....beautiful snowmobile trails up north, especially in the Nicolet Forest!

[@bigtub1101]

I love videos like this! Historical videos are always so interesting

[@joe-e-geo]

Wow. In the early 70's my family took a 6-week camping vacation circling the country from Jersey to Cali and back again. So many tourist spots in so many states so much like these - all unique in their own ways.

[@muuutch]

What a beautiful memory.

[@caturdaynite7217]

Lots of old people complaining about the way things used to be. Pretty damn sad if you ask me. It's still a beautiful state. Lots to see and do, come on up and spend your money. Our towns, large and small, appreciate your business.

[@Branflakes143]

Here's an idea for a drinking game: Take a shot every time you see a comment from some racist boomer with a comment that all-but says "This state was nicer before black people." Yeah I grew up in Wisconsin and have no clue what these racist old coots are on about. The place hasn't "gone downhill" just because you saw a Muslim person on State St, grandma. The state isn't "falling apart" just because a black family went to a waterpark.

[@jdcunnington]

@@Branflakes143 - No, it's falling apart because the education system in Milwaukee sucks (standardized test scores on the web will bear that out), children are having babies, and the good employers (A.O. Smith, Tower Automotive, et al) no longer manufacture there. There's no place a minimally-educated person can make a decent buck in the city, or at least not enough to soak up the supply. All the jobs moved out to Waukesha and other points. And I've seen the stats in Milwaukee - ALL races and both sexes don't do well up to state averages in the aggregate. It will be interesting the results of education pre- and post-Covid. I've said for a long time that public education needs to be shaken up. Well, it has been now.

[@dylanb4494]

@@Branflakes143 im going to ignore the murder mil and roving gangs of se xu al assaulters and drug dealers and pretend that people are mad at dark ones for existing. I PRAY youre culturally enriched next.

[@bluebee5266]

@@Branflakes143 You indeed have no clue. You think you know better than people who have actually seen something that you haven't.

[@Playsinvain]

What an ending. Those horns of one pine tree are heart beating

[@501764727]

Amazing Gem of a find..... Nice Upload!!

[@track1219]

Grew up in Racine, great memories of summer vacations in Door County!

[@Emkfry8020]

I’m in Racine also!

[@vonspitz3017]

So cool watching a video from the 60s about towns that I'm familiar with

[@travelstagram6198]

Amazing video!! Thank you for sharing it ✈️

[@Fantom76Keyz]

Thank you for uploading this Gem .

[@Rahul-op3ry]

Oh god, Wisconsin was so beautiful..😘😘

[@andreadavitt8594]

RAHUL SINGH do you wanna live there

[@ThePretzelHead]

Was?

[@ryn-pg9wb]

Still is!

[@redguy4839]

Lucky me I live in Wisconsin

[@Rahul-op3ry]

@@andreadavitt8594 yess. Why not.

[@dr.plutonus1496]

Visited Wisconsin on our summer holiday in 2008 when our children were small. So many good memories: Door County, Sturgeon Bay, a fish boil at Mill Supper Club (where a British family were given a very warm welcome even though my children didn't like the root beer!). Loved Milwaukee too, especially the Betty Brin Children's Museum. Happy days 😁

[@jdcunnington]

I hear the Brits generally think root beer tastes like medicine, so I want to know what medicine you have that tastes like root beer. Ours is usually flavored with a God-awful cherry flavor. And I'd love to get an Irn Bru that the wife's Scots friends keep going on about. The Betty Brin Museum was built on the footprint of the old Chicago & North Western RR station. The Summerfest Grounds just south of there were alternately a Nike Missile site and an airport. The northeastern side now hosts the Discovery World Museum and the state's newest state park.

[@dr.plutonus1496]

@@jdcunnington In the UK we used to have an ointment called Germolene that you rubbed on your chest when you had a heavy cold. Root beer smells exactly like Germolene! 🤧

[@vidcas1711]

Glad you enjoyed Door County! My extended family vacations up there every summer.

[@jeffmrochinski]

This is absolutely fantastic. I live in downtown Milwaukee and love it. What a great state. I've traveled to many states and European countries, but I'm so happy to call WI home.

[@seasonofthewatchers1010]

The big cities in WI used to be so decent, clean, & civilized. What a filthy shame.

[@Branflakes143]

They still are?

[@forgetnumberone3335]

@@Branflakes143 racine still decent, clean, and civilized?

[@johnnash297]

The small towns and rural farmland used to be decent opened minded welcoming & civilized.

[@GoodSirMori]

I'm from Burlingon/Lake Geneva, it held up well

[@bertb5992]

@@johnnash297 why the hate, see something you don't like? Can't stand an opposing viewpoint? Move to California already.

[@johng.9877]

This state was nice all the way up to the 80's where it started to change, rapidly. By the mid 90's almost everything that made WI south of westfield unrecognizable. Cultural influence removed in the goal of diversity. Cities changed drastically and became dirty and crime ridden, this accelerated into the 20's. The southern part of the state is not even a shell of my childhood, and Northern WI has been transformed to a tourist haven where all small city charm has been replaced with modern coffee shops an boutiques

[@NyxSerenity]

I wish I could have seen the old version of Wisconsin. Now southern Wisconsin doesn't have many woodlands and crime has gotten higher. Thankfully I live in a town that still has its old buildings and lots of history, but not many people care about that anymore

[@Cook-hb2nf]

This makes me sad to read 😥

[@rockermarco]

Beautiful country, brutal winters.

[@MrMajikman1]

Perfectly made for snowmobiling!

[@tomshaw6373]

Free ice for hockey!

[@markberman8958]

This is so cool! Thanks for taking all the time and effort to get these uploaded! Just awesome!

[@coreycoyle9548]

Awesome Video!!!!! of My State Wisconsin. The New Glarus part says the Swiss Cheese Queen it is a float for Cheese Days in nearby City of Monroe not the Swiss Cheese Queen. Two of those Women singing knew My grandmother who was from Green County. Anyway This is a Very Great Vintage Video F+L, Corey

[@SounDiZLife]

I've lived in Wisconsin my whole life and I will never leave, for those who don't live here please stay away, LOL I put my life on it this is the best state in the states!!!!

[@HappyValleyCrawlers]

I’d like to argue that Utah is in fact #1, Wisconsin can be #2.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

I'd go with Maine. Way fewer people, bit I haven't seen it in winter.

[@spritz19]

The fact that they didn't mention Devil's Lake is a sin

[@jdcunnington]

My niece was in an article some years back for spotting cougar tracks there. The DNR confirmed them.

[@kennethjohnson6319]

I was born in wi i used to go to the Mitchell Park domes and the zoo we use to take drives in the country especially in the fall a.nd the german architecture history and culture we use to go to the Milwaukee Auditorium and Milwaukee Arena to watch wrestling the Crusher Bruiser vashons blackjacks Etc when wrestling was great in Milwaukee

[@Atlas-wq9vo]

Crusher fest is a great addition to Wisconsin

[@jdcunnington]

The Arena is still in use. The UW Panthers play there now along with the IHL Milwaukee Admirals hockey team. The Domes just got a rebuilding as the concrete was starting to crumble, and a lot of the old iron front buildings are preserved downtown.

[@TWLML420]

Born and raised in Superior, Wi. I'm of Swiss/German decent. Wisconsin is pretty Awesome!

[@kod333_3]

Im going to the Mitchell Park domes for a work party and its so cool to see it in the 60s

[@Og-Judy]

I saw this stuff in the 60s. I live in Wisconsin!

[@mikeodell9688]

Part of my childhood in this video.

[@davidwells2515]

Lived between Chicago and Milwaukee in Wisconsin for 30 years, it’s still a nice place to live depending on the neighborhood

[@jdcunnington]

My hometown went to Hell in a handbasket because of Chicago.

[@briansbikes9469]

I love it here…

[@staceycalder3233]

I grew up in Racine Wisconsin but things are going down hill there not a lot of fun free things to do.lot of snow each winter

[@RJT80]

It's such a beautiful lake city (small city) but yes, it has a few thousand jerks that ruin it for everyone else. Such is the case in many parts of the US. I grew up in Chicago and never heard as much gunfire as I heard living in Racine. Although during the pandemic it unexpectedly went way down. I cant explain that. But now even Madison has an urban gun violence problem. It spread all the way up from Chicago 30 years ago and has just become a cancer on a once very prosperous and civilized area.

[@jeaniemarczniec7755]

It is bad there, I would not waste my time going back there.

[@staceycalder3233]

@@jeaniemarczniec7755 I moved from Racine Wisconsin a little over a year ago

[@davitronresidentevilking1181]

@@staceycalder3233 I live in Racine lol

[@staceycalder3233]

@@davitronresidentevilking1181 I moved a year ago

[@helios1912]

Wow Dad, we can take our "59 Ford Ranch Wagon anywhere...thanks for the post

[@OllieOxyn]

Weird not seeing the calatrava! And I had no idea the domes have been around for so long!

[@daBEAGLE1017]

Milwaukees teets.

[@stevensolway1054]

Go Packers!! Yet, Green Bay also has the NATIONAL RAILROAD MUSEUM since 1956, with 11 historic steam locomotives from all around 🇺🇸AMERICA, and it's the "SHRINE TO THE AGE OF STEAM", when the Railroads built up U.S.A. from 1829 to 1960.

[@sscctt]

Nice

[@user-zx8de8op9l]

Thanks for sharing

[@elizabethpeterson1644]

I do lived in Wisconsin. I lived in Sister Bay, Wisconsin. There is some places that I have been in when I was a kid.

[@kickthesky]

I remember being terrified of Black Bart when I was a kid. Our state has changed so much over the years, mostly for the worst.

[@JulianGem]

As in Bartholomew Roberts?

[@ryn-pg9wb]

@@JulianGem perhaps Charles E Boles?

[@JulianGem]

@@ryn-pg9wb ah, right!

[@rivamarsh]

Fort Dells was classic! I wish it was still there 😢

[@shinyoneincarnate5565]

My family lived in Northern Wisconsin, then Milwaukee from 1900 to 2000. No one locked their building doors. All gates were left unlocked. We left our car keys in our unlocked cars. The grass was green. The farms were bountiful. Farmers markets were plentiful. All political parties were welcome. If you proved your worth, you got re-elected. If you were not for the people & business, you were not re-elected. It was beautiful in the spring, summer , fall. Winter was there for the kids to play in the white snow.

[@FATMAN162x]

"We left our car keys in our unlocked cars" stfu lol bs

[@merricat3025]

@@FATMAN162x I don't leave my keys in my car but I could.

[@dylanb4494]

@@FATMAN162x its true. Its amazing what a high trust homogenous society was like. When you didnt have to worry about being culturally enriched at any given moment.

[@FATMAN162x]

@@dylanb4494 only reason I said anything is cuz I’m from Milwaukee, which is Wisconsins worst lol but I’m only 25 I guess. But from the 90’s on ur just lying

[@elizabethfrohn-hengst296]

I dont lock my house or car never had a problem

[@Iconoclasher]

I used to watch this TV show when it started in 1963. Ran on Sunday nights I think. It's strange there's practically no reference to it anywhere except a few KZbin videos. Not even listed in the IMDB.

[@jdcunnington]

The Nicolet Memorial is actually more east of the city at the base of the Door Peninsula. The small chapel is actually closer to Jacksonport on the east side of the peninsula. The shame is Fort Dells is now a McDonalds, but in the Dells, the Ducks (DUKWs) still run. I'm thinking that last panoramic shot might be from Shot Tower State Park, overlooking the Wisconsin River in the distance. Or perhaps Devil's Lake.

[@vidcas1711]

Was about to comment, it’s to the northeast of the city, but it’s indeed near Hwy 57. They also didn’t mention Wequiock Falls that’s nearby.

[@jdcunnington]

@@vidcas1711 - Yes, I'd forgotten about Wequiock Falls.

[@The_SEWI_Railfanner]

I lived in Wisconsin for 10 years and I haven't moved out of Wisconsin

[@melmoon8412]

Ayeeee I love very close to New Glarus! So cool

[@17primemover]

When I was a little kids, I thought Wisconsin Dells was the coolest place ever, especially Fort Dells

[@davidbaysinger3381]

What oh what has happened to our beautiful country...?

[@20alphabet]

The wrong people are making the decisions for the rest of us.

[@tcmmxgo]

@Bill Barnews no not Africans, it's more of the people who don't think everyone is equal

[@laylajohnikin2279]

@Bill Barnews how about we don't blame certain races for the problems of our stupid/uneducated government and president.

[@laylajohnikin2279]

@Bill Barnews but does that justify your ignorant comment?

[@wifighostcruiser9665]

Our beautiful country went to hell, people think rap is music, they think there are more than 2 genders and that the words family and normal and decency are swear words. God warned us about this and it looks like the time is about here

[@theshib277]

Cathartic ending

[@matthewvandenbranden1307]

Born in Racine 1979 now I call Milwaukee home ♡

[@raestalgia]

As a former Wisconsinite, there's a couple things I like to point out that either this video missed, or just some stuff I like to add stuff from my own experiences from living in Wisconsin. 1. You talk about the unique architectures, and the buildings there, but you failed to mention the Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church in Wauwatosa, or the House On The Rock. 2. You talk about the Dells, but you failed to mention about the Tommy Bartlett Water Show which is probably the most popular attraction to the park, right next to the Duck rides. 3. You talk about the popular Swedish/Norwegian attractions there, but you failed to mention one of the most popular Swedish restaurants in Wisconsin. Al Johnson's Swedish Restaurant with the goats on the roof. 4. And as an added tip. 4:13-When you go to Andrae Park, make sure you are wearing swim shoes, or any kind foot protection when you are walking on the sand dunes, and/or you are going into the lake because even though the sand is very soft, it is also EXTREMELY hot, especially during the summer time. Also, just as the sand is extremely hot, the water is EXTREMELY cold. Lake Michigan is like about 40 degrees in the summer time. Yeah, it's like walking from into an oven to right into the freezer real quick. Along with that, the sand makes it very easy for sticks, twigs, and rocks to hide, so you have to be careful on where you step, or otherwise you can get a stick jabbing right into the bottom of your foot. Oh, and one more thing. When you go swimming into Lake Michigan make sure you are swimming relatively close to the beach because the currents are strong out there. One of our camp councilors told us a kid swam way out into the lake, and the currents pulled him under, and he'd drowned, so yeah.

[@ottffssentet]

1) The Natural Gas Co building with large glass, color-changing flame that forecasts changing weather conditions. And descriptive poem.

[@ottffssentet]

P.S. House On The Rock might be newer than this film. :)

[@jt624]

Not a SINGLE clip of the frozen winter hell that we endure every winter for 5 months? Alcoholic ice fishing? I can't wait to leave.

[@hughjasssssssss]

You say alcoholic ice fishing like it’s a bad thing

[@chickennugget6233]

You mean 9 months 😂

[@NeighborofKT]

Put on a hat and zip your jacket.

[@kenaidog6974]

Grew up there. Great place to be a kid.

[@jimmyroocoh8696]

Same here..wouldn't have it any other way!

[@garyhazlett1283]

im from milwaukee and its the best place to live when all hell brakes loose in the world

[@FATMAN162x]

Worst*

[@jdcunnington]

Yeah...no. I had 5 George Floyd protests go right by my old residence (rented). One was at 1:30 AM and another at 3 AM. After the third one, they were thinly attended and mostly an inconvenience as the demonstrators hogged both lanes of North Avenue. I'm now about 12 miles west of the county line in a quiet place where on an average weekend absolutely nothing happens.

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Never trust a city with it's own nasty smell. Same for Indiana.

[@jdcunnington]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 I was thinking of Gary. Went through there in 1976 going to Indy for the race. It was...fragrant.

[@FATMAN162x]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 weed doesn’t smell nasty

[@AuRowe]

Amazing

[@Tadesan]

This is for those FIBs…

[@WN_Byers]

I moved from Wisconsin to Colorado 11 years ago, and still say FIB when I see one of their license plates. 414 ever 🤣🤙

[@TheMW2informer]

I call em flatlanders too

[@nightfire734]

I feel like I was recommended this from all the RLM I watch.

[@X_explorer]

Good movie!

[@mvirdi333fromUNITEDSTATES]

God Bless Great USA 🇺🇸. Wisconsin is one of The Best State of Great America 🙏

[@ocruadlaoic]

Sconny was lit in the 60's 😂

[@Acrowe]

OMG! Rifftrax has GOT to redo this!

[@emaugustBRDLC]

Let's get a canoe jousting league going. Or a tournament at least.

[@andaimhineach4131]

Man I love this. Anyone know what year it was done? 1965 or so, perhaps? Or earlier?

[@CJinsoo]

I am guessing 1963 because in the first few minutes when they visit green Bay they state the Packers are the first team to win NFL championship 2 years in a row, which should be referencing the 1961, 1962 championship seasons and when “Title town’ started.

[@jdcunnington]

The cheese queen in the New Glarus parade advertises a fair on Sept 18-19, 1965, so a good bet it's from earlier that year.

[@CJinsoo]

@@jdcunnington that’s even better than my speculation.

[@dazeworld8236]

I live in Milwaukee and I’ve been here 17 years and I hate it

[@CJinsoo]

At 18:59 first time I have seen canoe jousting, cool.

[@jimmyroocoh8696]

We did that at summer camp! That was a lot of fun!

[@ClayChapman0]

60 years later and I swear that same dog is still doing that jump in the dells

[@charlespatrick8650]

my dad took 8mm film of that around the time of this doc, always felt screwed that I never got to go (was about 10 years before I was born), and my parents were done with doing things like the Dells by the '70s/'80s, best travel-like thing I got to do when I was a kid was a day at Great America in Gurnee

[@rwinkler7511]

15:11 that steam calliope I'm dying🤣

[@cjdfv]

I imagine Norm MacDonald narrating this to make it funny. RIP

[@SlopTopPapa]

Immediate comedic shift. Thank you.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

RIP to the ole chunk of coal.

[@randomstuffilookup2384]

Need to see some canoe jousting come back

[@cappysdad383]

Have visited Wisconsin a few times and on a whim decided to to take a look at this old video. To my surprise I was brought back to the good old days of travel shows that were about getting worthwhile travel information out. I occasionally watch travel shows but feel they transfer little useful information as they concentrate too much on getting the host in front of the camera instead of the area they are visiting. There is even one where it's the host and kids, like watching someone else's mediocre home vacation video's! Nice to see a travel show where it is moderated behind camera and the travel location is the subject not the vain host/moderator.

[@eascec8374]

The Milwaukee County Zoo opened on May 15, 1961, so this is definitely from 1960.

[@kahmarigreen5392]

I love Milwaukee 😩

[@HalkerVeil]

I wonder how much of this still exists there.

[@gwerphinc6033]

21:00 I enjoy paddling this spot whenever I can.

[@tten2787]

I’m very confused how they choose the places in this film - the drift less area around LaCrosse didn’t make the cut? Apostle Islands?

[@kmking1986]

We are the badger state because of badger mining. Not because of the animal badger mining is digging straight holes into a mountain

[@jdcunnington]

A historical marker out near Cuba City says it's because of the lead miners, who were nicknamed "badgers" for tunneling into the hillsides.

[@ryn-pg9wb]

gotta love galena

[@jdcunnington]

@@ryn-pg9wb - The town or the lead ore?

[@ryn-pg9wb]

@@jdcunnington The ore! As far as I've heard, that's what the men were mining for when they earned the nickname "badgers".

[@Bendoofus]

Ahhh...the sights and sounds of riots in Kenosha in the summer. And don't forget the drive-by shootings in Milwaukee. Good family fun! See you at Walgreens.

[@123kdailey]

Acting like there weren’t riots all over in the 60s…I wonder who you still want to be president lmao smh

[@UnkleAce]

@@123kdailey Stop! Please your embarrassing yourself with your riots to president argument. It’s funny and redundant at the same time

[@TheMW2informer]

If you live in the country you have zero issues like that.

[@123kdailey]

@@UnkleAce what’s embarrassing is still having people like you to stick up for people like him. Straight up you are what’s wrong with this country

[@UnkleAce]

@@123kdailey your welcome 👍

[@countrygirl4422]

Wisconsin especially Madison used to be a great place to live. It's sad to see what's happening to the place I was born and raised. Over the summer I got out of my car on E. Washington Ave. and almost stepped on a needle.

[@brosefmcman8264]

Obama’s America

[@jdcunnington]

The big cities suck. I escaped Milwaukee for rural Waukesha County. Much better quality of life. I still work in the city, so I have a continual basis for comparison.

[@k.lynngearing9770]

Unhinged leftist socialist goons rule the day in urban Madison. Business owners other professionals beware. Voting or expressing political opinion contrary to big government control may jeopardize your business. No joke!

[@JeffreyDahmenator]

K. Lynn Gearing Madison is the only area in WI doing well, economically, so the goons must be doing something right.

[@BenJamin-pd4mp]

Yeah it's disgusting nothing but needles and poop all over the place I thought I was gonna get aids just walking down state street took a long cold shower when I got home I just felt so dirty

[@chriscross6045]

"This German Shepherd makes the 12 foot jump ..." Ummm, I think we should be talking about the fact that if the distance is correct, that dog is almost 10 ft long.

[@dinklehimerschlitz9111]

I love Wisconsin and wouldn't be from anywhere else.

[@chillydawgg4354]

I miss the old days, where people believed in "if you don't have anything nice to say, don't say anything at all"

[@voraciousreader3341]

Here’s a current video about the State Parks in Wisconsin! kzbin.info/www/bejne/pJXSYnh3Z9d8jNk

[@parkfor3906]

Plenty to love about living in WI, but, too cold, too much of the year.

[@jdcunnington]

It keeps the mosquitoes down and the cockroaches away.

[@jimmyroocoh8696]

@@jdcunnington Ya get used to the cold! I ride a motorcycle in the middle of winter here! Talk about freezing the 'ol "nether regions"!

[@Miguel-ve1lh]

@@jdcunnington 🙌👏👏👏👏👏🫶 🪳 🦟🚫🚫🚫🚫🗣🗣🗣

[@Miguel-ve1lh]

@@jdcunnington seriously! 🪳 i lived in Texas for about three months last year and those roaches were something els!!!, so i packed up my things and came back home 🧀 It’s nice to actually feel spring this time around 🍃 Rather than full blazing heat 🥵

[@jdcunnington]

@@Miguel-ve1lh - I remember seeing one in the barracks at Lackland AFB back in '84. 2.5 to 3 inches long. Yikes! A friend who grew up in Melbourne, FL told about how they had back his chihuahua puppy into a corner the first night they had him.

[@lastotallyawesomebleach204]

I wish I could've experienced the dells during those times, that place really sucks now.

[@HansZuerner918]

To bad its not then anymore 😔

[@scotthruska4906]

I’m of bohemian descents along with French Canadian. From Marinette/ MENEKAUNEE… WI.

[@iancostigan5047]

My family is from Marinette. I love that place. My dad use to take us across the railroad bridge on the Menomonie to bum island in Marinette was always fun.

[@daBEAGLE1017]

No mention of 2 bars on every block in Milwaukee.

[@77hodag]

Great place to be an alcoholic.

[@RRaquello]

No plug for the Johnson Wax company when they show those Frank Lloyd Wright buildings?

[@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823]

Point: the Wright buildings all had serious problems. It rained in the Wax building pretty much immediately. Namely in that one in the atrium. He was very arrogant and wasn't even good at making buildings that don't leak.

[@RRaquello]

@@windsofmarchjourneyperrytr2823 Yeah, I've read about those problems. They do look nice from the outside. Wright sounded like the type of guy who would say, if you told him the roof leaked, "use an umbrella". I guess they've solved all those practical problems by now.