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9 Cool, Hidden, and Unusual Things to Do in Madison, Wisconsin

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Madison, Wisconsin

Lost City Forest

The arboretum whose marshy soil sucked up the dreams of housing developers.

43.0423, -89.4190

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Lamp House

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Lamp House

Hidden away in the city of Madison, Wisconsin is a nearly forgotten home that Frank Lloyd Wright built for a childhood friend.

43.0771, -89.3824

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The plaque

Madison, Wisconsin

Elvis Karate Fight Plaque

A stone marker memorializes the spot where the King broke up a street fight with a classic karate stance.

43.1152, -89.3282

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Muir's clock, circa 1860. Exhibit at the Wisconsin Historical Society, Madison.

Madison, Wisconsin

John Muir's Alarm Clock Desk

Before he was America’s most famous conservationist, John Muir was an ingenious mechanical inventor.

43.0754, -89.4000

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Otis Redding Memorial Plaque

Madison, Wisconsin

Otis Redding Memorial Plaque

A bronze plaque marks the site of the only show the King of the Soul Singers ever missed.

43.0716, -89.3802

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Madison, Wisconsin

Annie Stewart Memorial Fountain

A largely forgotten and touching neoclassical marble fountain overlooking a bear mound effigy.

43.0595, -89.4079

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An old postcard showing the Forest Products Building c. 1930.

Madison, Wisconsin

Forest Products Laboratory

Where experiments are conducted on all things wood.

43.0746, -89.4276

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Picnic Point Beach House.

Madison, Wisconsin

Picnic Point Beach House

This forgotten beach house built to look like a Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece overlooks a hidden beach.

43.0842, -89.4284

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