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Southern Wisconsin
The state capital between two lakes, the sandstone river gorges of the Dells, and a spring-fed lake ringed by a public shore path.
Photo: Picnic Point and Lake Mendota in autumn, seen from Observatory Hill on the UW–Madison campus, Richard Hurd from Leland, USA, CC BY 2.0
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Wisconsin · United States
Madison
A capital city between two lakes, with a free zoo, a Saturday market around the capitol, and a wooded point on Lake Mendota.
Wisconsin · United States
Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo
Sandstone river gorges, Devil's Lake bluffs, water parks and a circus museum.
Wisconsin · United States
Lake Geneva
A 21-mile shore path past grand estates, a mail boat that delivers on the run, and a historic observatory.
Ready-made trips in this area
2 days · Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo
Wisconsin Dells and Baraboo
Sandstone gorges, quartzite bluffs and a circus museum.
2 days · Lake Geneva
Lake Geneva's shore path
Mansions, a mail boat and a great telescope.
2 days · Madison
Madison between the lakes
A capital city on an isthmus, a wooded point on Lake Mendota, and a Saturday market around the capitol.