From the loose horses and fires, to the ice houses and fermentation vaults, Ahnapee Brewery owns an integral part of beer-making history in Wisconsin as far back as 1868. Fast forward 150 years to find Ahnapee Brewery re-imagined by Head Brewer, Nick Calaway. True-to-style small craft batches of full-flavored beers are produced in the old Carnival Guernsey Dairy northwest of Algoma, and are served in a two-stall-garage-turned-tap room.

Experience living in a work of art designed by Frank Lloyd Wright! This 4 bedroom 3 bath home features 3 fireplaces, private patios and is fully furnished. Sleeps up to 8. Tours periodically available.

Known for their legendary ice wines, Cold Country Vines & Wines is a family-owned winery located in the middle of a 16-acre vineyard overlooking the East Twin River Segment of the Ice Age Trail. The winery is adjoined to a tasting room where you can enjoy daily wine samples and ice wine flights. Summer Music Concert Series are held inside the covered arena on weekends, rain or shine. Visit website for current hours and listing of all music events.

The Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center is a state-of-the-art, interactive agricultural education center located in Manitowoc County. Farm Wisconsin connects visitors' curiosity to the wonder of Wisconsin farming and provides guests with a better understanding of their food sources and their importance. The center features 10,000 square feet of hands-on learning opportunities, and a birthing barn where visitors may watch calves being born daily and a Farm House Store.

We are a 4th generation family owned cheese factory, that has been making cheese since 1914. Watch cheese being made Monday through Friday mornings, free, through our viewing windows. Enjoy our free museum and stroll through our store where you can enjoy a wide variety of samples, cheese, souvenirs, wine, ice cream, and more. A short 30 minute drive from Manitowoc.

Community building built in 1931, listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Fully renovated in 2006, the building features a fitness center (day passes available, racquetball and basketball courts and meeting/banquet facilities. Venue for many community special events.

Lakeshore Artists Guild advanced the appreciation and dissemination of fine art and fine craftsmanship by maintaining standards of excellence and creating a vibrant arts community in the Manitowoc County area. 

This museum is housed in a two room schoolhouse built in 1873. Come ring the school bell! In addition to displaying artifacts of the Mishicot area, it features collections on rural schools, like the Potawatomi Indians and Chief Mishicott, it's namesake.

Also: Open for Christmas in the Village - December 1, 2017. And sponsor of yearly historical one day bus trip to The Land of Chief Mishicott - next trip scheduled for June 16, 2018.

On the corner of Randolph and Rockway Streets in Mishicot, WI. (920) 755-2525 or (920) 755-3317.

"The best small town historical museum and research center in Wisconsin"




Open Weekends 1-4pm, May through October. (Other times by appointment.)

Discover a Civil War flag, learn the story of Manitowoc's famous circus performers and see a 300-year-old dugout canoe! Many other interesting and historical things await you!

Hours:

Summer Hours (May 1 through October 24):

The McAllister House Welcome Center and Pinecrest Historical Village are open May 1 through October 24, Tuesday through Sunday from 9 am to 4 pm.  Closed Monday.

Standard admission rates apply. See full admission rates below.

Winter Hours (October 25 to April 30): The McAllister House Welcome Center is open October 25 through April 30, Wednesday through Friday, from 9 am to 4 pm. The Pinecrest Historical Village buildings are not open unless for special programming. Special admission rate for winter hours is $5 per person.

Business Description:
Nestled in the scenic rolling Ice Age Kettle Moraine countryside of Eastern Wisconsin, the Manitowoc County Historical Society is a museum of living history.  Feel the heat from the blacksmith's forge, take part in one-room school lessons, and find your ancestor's name in our archives.

This 60-acre interpretive museum of local history features a Welcome Center with local history exhibits and research services and the outdoor Pinecrest Historical Village - a collection of over 25 historic buildings with period furnishings from Manitowoc County's early settlers.

Discover Wisconsin's stories of the past with a visit to the Manitowoc County Historical Society. Be part of our story today!

Delight in the lively entertainment of Manitowoc's oldest and most sought after concert band. Free summer concerts, events and more! Thursday evenings at Washington Park Metro Stage, downtown Manitowoc. Visit website for full performance schedule.

This 6-mile paved, recreational trail is the longest, continuous, scenic view of Lake Michigan in the state of Wisconsin! Hike, bike, walk, or roller blade down this scenic coastline between Manitowoc and Two Rivers. From the south you can pick up the trail in historic downtown Manitowoc at the 8th Street Bridge. You'll pass scenic overlooks, craggy coves and wide beaches, gift shops, restaurants and motels. With over 30 flower gardens,  sculptures, and beautiful views, this will become one of your favorite trails!

Follow the signs through downtown Two Rivers for about a mile to reach the Rawley Point Recreation Trail connecting Point Beach State Forest, the historic Rawley Point Lighthouse, and Two Rivers. The Rawley Point Recreational Trail has a hard-packed limestone base and connects Two Rivers with Point Beach State Forest. The six-mile trail winds through pine and hemlock forests, dunes and fields.

We are a 10-barrel in-house brewery featuring twenty beers on tap and serving authentic Cajun and Creole fare. We are housed in a historic 100 year old, two story, cream city brick building located in Manitowoc's new River Point district. Join us during the summer on our pet-friendly, 2100 square foot patio with fire pits and plenty of seating.

A Victorian Mansion built in 1891, listed on National Register of Historic Places and accredited by the American Association of Museums. Galleries feature changing exhibitions and a collection of American Art. This is the site of Sputnikfest, as a piece of Sputnik IV landed in front of the Mansion in 1962. Named one of USA Today’s “10 Great Places to See Art in Smaller Cities,” the museum features a World Class Art Collection.

A quaint museum located on the East Twin River. We are celebrating 175+ years of fishing heritage since 1837. Climb and view an 1886 lighthouse, shipwreck artifacts, including many from the famous "Christmas Tree Ship-the Rouse Simmons," works of art, step inside a fisherman's house, fashioned as a French Canadian Home, view the history on the Two Rivers Lifesaving Service, picture yourself with the commercial fishermen, view our Native American mural and collection of arrowheads. 

Growing our wine grapes is our passion!  Silarian is a boutique winery focused on producing estate wines while still offering a selection of favorites from wines from around the world and a couple locally brewed beers.  Check our website for live music and other experiences.

Preserving a way of life through the display of farming equipment fifty years and older. This museum is dedicated to the hardest working people in Wisconsin...the dairy farmers. This unique Museum displays miscellaneous tools, antique tractors, vintage farm equipment and a display of a living room, kitchen/dining room and a bedroom of a farmhouse from the early 1900's.

The road less traveled leads to the von Stiehl Winery, the oldest licensed winery in Wisconsin. Specializes in many grape varieties. Tour arched limestone production cellars containing thirty varieties of wine. Quality and price make the winery and absolute “must stop” destination. Guided tours May-Oct. Gift boxes and baskets available. Mail order available. Check out the wine of the month. Wine tastings of carefully produced, Double Gold, Gold, and Silver medal winning wines.

The Midwest's largest maritime museum, where kids and adults can tour of the nation's most completely restored WWII submarine, the USS COBIA. Discover a gallery dedicated to Wisconsin-built recreational boats, or time-travel back to a 19th century shipbuilding town. Have fun with hands-on activities in the Children's Waterways Room and Little Lakefarer's Room, and you can operate a working triple-expansion marine steam engine.  Then visit the Museum’s Gift Store, Pier 75, for all your nautical purchases! All at the region’s only Smithsonian affiliate and the largest Maritime Museum on the Great Lakes.