Attractions & Tours
Attractions & Tours
Ahnapee Brewery
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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.
Beerntsen’s Confectionary
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A lake-shore tradition for over 80 years! Indulge in our fine chocolates, fresh roasted nuts, homemade candies and ice  cream.  Have lunch or dinner and enjoy a delicious sandwich, soups or decadent homemade sundaes  in an old fashioned ice cream parlor that still has black walnut booths and arches. Casual family dining.
Bernard Schwartz House
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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.
Cedar Crest Ice Cream
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Stop in and try any of our delicious 32 hand dipped flavors of Cedar Crest ice cream, sherbet or frozen yogurt. Enjoy a cone, sundae, malt or other tasty treat. Our parlour is located adjacent to our manufacturing plant. Just look for the Big Cow on our front lawn.
Cold Country Vines & Wines
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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.
Duck Creek Vineyard & Winery
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Craft Winery and Distillery brewing 5 flavors of Kombucha tea. Award winning dry reds, whites, semi-sweet fruit wines and mead wines. Crafting gin, flavored moonshines, whiskey, rum, brandy, and bourbon.
Farm Wisconsin Discovery Center
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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.
Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum
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Two Rivers Historical Society:

We're celebrating the History of Hamilton and enter into a new era in the preservation of American Wood Type. Printing & type cutting demos and interesting displays for the entire family.

The Hamilton Wood Type and Printing Museum is the only museum dedicated to the preservation, study, production and printing of wood type. With 1.5 million pieces of wood type and more than 1,000 styles and sizes of patterns, Hamilton's collection is one of the premier wood type collections in the world. In addition to wood type, the Museum is home to an amazing array of advertising cuts from the 1930s through the 1970s, and all of the equipment necessary to make wood type and print with it, as well as equipment used in the production of hot metal type, tools of the craft and rare type specimen catalogs.

$5.00 for Adults and $3.00 for ages 65 and over, or under 12.
Henning’s Cheese
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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.
Lake Michigan Carferry
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Experience a legacy on Lake Michigan. The SS BADGER offers historically fun, nautical adventures. Enjoy a relaxing four-hour shortcut, bar and dining services, famous Badger Bingo, gift shop, museum, open-air decks, kids activities, games, rent a stateroom, lounging and much more! The BADGER crew is eager to welcome each guest with care and safety. History is trending! Awaken your sense of adventure aboard the largest cross-lake passenger service on the Great Lakes – an authentic steamship experience. Daily crossings from Manitowoc, Wis. To Ludington, Mich., mid-May through mid-October. Travel with ease with your car, truck, trailer, camper, motorhome, bus, semi and more – as the 410’ SS BADGER can carry almost any vehicle. Group discounts start at 10 or more passengers. Don’t hesitate, your adventure awaits at ssbadger.com!
LondonDairy Alpaca Ranch & Gift Store – Tour
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LondonDairy Alpacas, founded in 1995 and home to approximately 50 alpacas, is a fully operational ranch involved in agri-tourism, offering an educational, hands-on, interactive and fun experience for the whole family!  The goal on this no-kill ranch is to raise healthy, well-cared for animals for breeding and fiber production, as well as aesthetics and pleasure. Visitors may try their hand at fiber sorting and will go out in the pasture with a guide where the alpacas will approach for direct contact, feeding, and photo taking.  Learn what makes alpaca fleece truly unique, highly valued and distinctive compared to any other fiber. The Alpaca Threads Gift and South American Wine store is open only by appointment or following a tour.

All tours and/or shopping experiences are offered by advanced appointment (24 hours) only.  Tours require a nominal fee and are held rain or shine, spring through fall months. LondonDairy is also available for private wine tasting and other celebratory events by advance arrangement.
MAGIC – Mishicot Historical Museum & Research Center
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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.)
Manitowoc County Courthouse
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The landmark Manitowoc County Courthouse was completed in 1906. It is listed in the National Register of Historic Places and is the centerpiece of a 72 building historic district. After 100 years, the courthouse continues to serve as the principal place of county government as it has since 1906. Tours available.
Manitowoc Lincoln Park Zoo
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The Manitowoc Zoo has just under 200 animals, including 2 rescue cougar cubs adopted in 2014, black bear, bald eagle, snow leopard, wolves, bison and prairie dogs.   The education building features reptiles, amphibians, tropical birds and interactive learning.   Enjoy the playground, activity trail and picnic areas on zoo grounds. Located in beautiful Lincoln Park. The Lincoln Park Zoological Society helps sponsor zoo events and activities. Find them at www.manitowoczoologicalsociety.org/blog/. (free/suggested donation)
Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery
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Just off of Lake Michigan in the glacier etched valley of NE Wisconsin, you'll find Parallel 44 Vineyard & Winery. We invite you to sample our internationally-awarded wines, stroll our 10-acre vineyard, tour the winery, and relax in our tasting room or on our outdoor patio.
Petskull Brewing Company
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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.
Pinecrest Historical Village
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Step back in time to explore village and farm life in Manitowoc County from the 1850's to the early 1900's, travel through 25 historic buildings, and discover hands on activities at the Children's Discovery Village. Located just three miles west of I-43, (Exit #152).
Road America
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640-acre motorsport and camping venue midway between Green Bay and Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
Silarian Vineyards
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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.
The Forst Inn Arts Collective
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Enjoy arts, music, theater and performances at the historic location, in the doorway to Door County. Have a drink in the pub and enjoy the show!
von Stiehl Winery
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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.
Washington Island Ferry Line, Inc.
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Visit Door County's island community. Enjoy shops, parks, museums and accommodations. 30-minute ferry ride from Northport Pier on the tip of the Door Peninsula. Tour by auto, bicycle or Cherry Train. Daily year-round ferry service. Passengers, vehicles (all sizes), bikes. Travel over 100 miles of scenic roads. We operate daily all year long with more ferries in summer. See our website for time of year daily scheduled trips or call for a schedule.  Cherry Train tours and Seasonal daily trips to Rock Island State Park, May-Oct. Your direct connection to Rock Island State Park.
What the Lock?
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Explore our three exciting escape rooms to test your skills! Escape rooms have become one of the most popular and fastest growing entertainment options in America over the past five years. You will solve puzzles and find clues to escape within a set time limit in one of our themed experiences. Can you escape??
Wisconsin Maritime Museum and WWII Submarine
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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.

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