The 25 Best Roadside Attractions in Wisconsin
Ranked by Roadtrippi users — the people who've actually been there. Updated June 2026. Roadtrippi catalogs 525 roadside attractions in Wisconsin.
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1. Sunny the Giant Sunfish
Onalaska, WI
15 feet high and 25 feet long, Sunny is the ambassador of Onalaska, "Sunfish Capital of the World." Unveiled in 1998, restored in 2012.
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2. Lincoln Legs
Aniwa, WI
Abe's familiar bearded head and stovepipe hat is supported by a naked pair of legs. Also on site, a 15-foot-high hammer and a smoking baby. Yard art by Eric and Molly Gunderson.
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3. World's Largest Replica Cheese (Gone)
Neillsville, WI
The World's Largest Replica Cheese occupied a place of honor inside a glass-sided tractor-trailer in this cheese-happy town.
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4. Otis Redding Plane Crash Site
Madison, WI
En route to a Madison concert on Dec. 10, 1967, Otis Redding's plane crashed into Lake Monona. A memorial plaque and seating area on the roof of Monona Terrace remember the "King of the Soul Singers."
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5. Classic Garage Diner (Closed)
Eau Claire, WI
A former auto repair garage has been turned into a 1950s diner with real vintage cars among the booths. Opened June 2015, closed in 2022.
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6. 1980 Easter Island Head
New Berlin, WI
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7. Large Pirate with Treasure Chest (Gone)
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Statue of a pirate captain with eye patch and peg leg is part of the fun at a mini-golf.
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8. Lost Temple
Wisconsin Dells, WI
Mishmash of an ancient pagan temple with live scares and thrills involving mummies, a weird tour guide, and a search for the Golden Skull. Outdoor Atlas statues and Easter Island heads complete the cultural mashup.
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9. Semi Truck Upended
Mauston, WI
The Kwik Trip impaled an 18-wheel semi truck, cab face up, on their sign pole to advertise fuel prices at their travel center.
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10. Pinkie the Pink Elephant
DeForest, WI
Life sized, wears giant eyeglasses. The adjacent gas station sells a variety of Pinkie souvenirs.
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11. Houdini in a Straitjacket
Appleton, WI
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12. World's Most Artistic Bathrooms
Sheboygan, WI
Six bathrooms, each created by a different artist between 1999 and 2004, with names such as "Emptying and Filling," and "Tell Me Something I Don't Already Know ." They're real bathrooms, and men and women can use all six (as long as they're empty).
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13. National Brewery Museum
Potosi, WI
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14. Hodag Store - Monster Merch
Rhinelander, WI
The Hodag is the resident monster of Rhinelander. For those in need of Hodag coffee mugs or souvenir Hodag Poop (it's green), this is the place. If you're lucky, the Monster Mobile will be parked outside.
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15. Strange Horse Statue
Appleton, WI
But you wouldn't know it was a horse unless someone told you. Appleton's most beloved or reviled piece of public art, depending on who you ask.
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16. Osh Vegas
Oshkosh, WI
Sign on a pole mimics the famous "Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas" sign, but it's for a cleverly-named Oshkosh RV park.
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17. Viking Longboat
Eau Claire, WI
Resting on grass at a park entrance is a replica Viking Longboat with chrome car hubcaps as shields.
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18. Trademarked Hodag Statue
Rhinelander, WI
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19. Twin Easter Island Heads
Egg Harbor, WI
Two Easter Island heads at the roadside entrance to a Wisconsin winery. Maybe six feet tall.
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20. World's Largest Toilet Paper Roll (Gone)
Green Bay, WI
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21. Angel With Book of Life in Lap
Waupun, WI
Sculpted by Lorado Taft, the bronze "The Recording Angel" sits with the big, open Book of Life on her lap.
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22. Flag Mural of Machine Parts
Beloit, WI
A large American flag mural, made from old machine parts, on the wall of a former iron foundry.
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23. Andy Gump Statue
Lake Geneva, WI
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24. Don Q Inn
Dodgeville, WI
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25. Big Ice Cream Cone
Abbotsford, WI
Mushroom cloud of raspberry ice cream dwarfs its tapered cone, which tilts on an angle against two wedges of Swiss cheese.
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