First visit was delicious. Josh was friendly and efficient as our server. 50's-60's dance hall…read morevibe and enjoyed the nostalgic feel & Northwoods hospitality. Food was excellent, we'll be back

Excellent food and very nice owners. Best of all you can almost always get a seat. Ambience could…read morebe refreshed but we don't really care about that stuff

This is a fantastic kids museum. I've taken my kids to many different ones in many areas and this…read moreis one of the best. It's not a huge place but it offers enough activities and play areas to occupy kids for at least 2-3 hours. The staff is friendly and helpful and there is an art area that is open all the time to both independent and guided art projects. The one small criticism I would make, and it is a small one, is that there are not many activities for children under the age of 2. If you find yourself in the vicinity of Minocqua, it is worth stopping by

A gem! A wide variety of activities and areas. Certainly making the most of a space that is not…read morehuge. Wonderful staff. Things were really clean and in great working order. Also, the toy store in the front has some great finds!

This is NOT a stuffy ol' museum!…read more When logging was the primary industry in northern Wisconsin (late 19th - early 20th Centuries) the logging was all done in the winter. The ground was frozen and logs could be moved without slogging down in the mud that would happen during Spring and Summer. A camp would spring up until the area was fully logged out, then over the summer, the camp would be relocated, anywhere from four to ten miles further away, in the next stand of lumber. Camps were sometimes named but often just numbered. Often a town would spring up around the camp but die off as soon as the camp was moved. Some survived, Laona is an example. In Laona's case, the Connor Family built a successful sawmill here, which is still in operation. When Camp 5 was logged out and moved on to Camp 6, a farm sprang up so the company could supply the camps with meat and vegetables for lumberjacks with voracious appetites. Descendents of the family that started it all decided to preserve the old lumber camp and farm, and formed a foundation to operate and preserve Camp 5. It's on the National Register of Historic Places, and you'll find the historic farm (some of it still operational) and a logging museum as part of the old logging camp. Special events are held throughout the season (check the website for schedules) and it is all very educational while being fun! There's a guided tour of a managed forest that shows you how modern logging operations differ from the clear-cut-and-move-on method of logging from the 19th Century. You'll find displays of stump pullers, skids, water tanks and other logging equipment from the past. Check out the retired, heavy equipment and a Wisconsin Central switch engine that you can enter. Kids will enjoy the petting zoo, although the managed forest tour might not hold the attention of youth who haven't learned about the history of logging in Wisconsin. Be sure to visit the operating blacksmith shop! There's only one way to enter the museum, and that's by steam train! Climb aboard the Laona and Northern Railway for the three mile ride to the museum. You can sit in an open-air observation car behind the locomotive, or opt for riding in an antique passenger car or a caboose. (Yes, you can ride in the cupola.) The season runs from mid June to almost Labor Day each season, plus some Fall dates. Check ahead. A flyer with coupons is available at most hotels and tourist info kiosks in a 50 mile radius. There is a gift shop and lunch is available with a limited menu (freshly grilled burgers, brats and hot dogs) at prices you might expect in a captive situation. All in all, it's a fun couple of hours for the family. (Don't tell the kids they'll be learning something!)

This is not your average museum. There's no big fancy building with a marble entryway and…read moredressed-up docents. There *is* a big old steam train to ride on (you can even climb up a little ladder and see what's what). My husband went here as a kid and was dying to share it with our little rascals. You buy your tickets then hop on the train (it leaves maybe five times a day) for a short ride (15 minutes?) to an old logging camp. There are a couple of buildings with old equipment and pictures (and a buffalo hide rug that grossed my kids right out), which are good to browse through for a little while. Then you can pay extra for a pontoon boat ride (they take you on this very muddy river, tell you about the logging camp history, and hope for some wildlife) or take the included-with-train-ticket wilderness tour. We didn't take the wilderness tour because the kids were having too much fun in the petting zoo. There were goats, chickens, ducks, a little cow, and turtles to look at in their enclosure. They had adoptable kittens, too, but we resisted their fuzzy adorableness. There is a concession stand on the grounds (crazily expensive, as they all are) and the old camp slaughterhouse, which was eerie. There is a little nature trail with signs, but the bugs made sure we didn't get much out of that. There is a store they call the Cracker Barrel store, but it had zero in common with Cracker Barrel restaurants. It was full of souvenirs and candy (fudge and gummy), and that's where you buy the pontoon boat tickets. Next to this building is the Nature Center, which is a taxidermist's dream come true. Lots of dead stuff in there (again, the kids found it gross) but also some cool minerals and ammonites (I loved them!). We were there for about 2.5 hours and were ready to go by then, but it was a fun little place. It's staffed mostly by high schoolers, with train enthusiasts running the steam engine. We hopped back on the train for the return to the depot, where the kids got to line up and blow the horn. That was COOL. The guy in charge enjoyed it more than the kids, I think.

The service was fun! The pizza was one of the best I've had. Great craft beers on tap.read more

New owners (used to be called 2 Fools Bar)…read more They cleaned the place up a bit and removed the wall that used to separate the dining area from the bar. Really opened the space up. Limited menu, but the sandwiches were very good. I had a chicken breast sandwich and I would recommend it to everybody. The lettuce and tomato were very fresh! French fries were okay but serving size was on the small side. Drinks were good but also limited in selection. Owner was bar tending and her daughters were cooking. Family business! Had fun! Enjoyed the food and drink.

Great way to spend a day with family…read more We stay in cabins in Fay Lake and this makes a great day trip. If you little ones there isn't much better: petting zoo, real steam train to ride, nature trail, hay ride, old trains and big construction equipment they can climb on and play on, museum, ice cream, tours and more. My 4 year old grandson had a blast. Price is high. $20 per adult, $10 for kids over 2.

I happened to see a small advertisement for this place at a cabin we were staying in Eagle River…read more I am happy I did. About an hour away was a place that was so much fun to visit. We took an old fashioned steam train to a logging "town". Toured a museum on the logging industry in WI (very interesting) they had a working blacksmith, a petting zoo, a tour of the forest (very cool) and a general store. It was so much fun, my 6 year old loved it. People were so nice, the place was so clean. We did not do the walk to the one of the houses (no time but we will next time). We had so much fun and I am so glad that we found this place. I am now telling everyone to go visit this really cool gem in the north woods.

I can't think of any other place that would hold a major festival on a Wednesday except in the…read morerelaxed North Woods town of Eagle River. Yet every year in August, around the middle of the month and always on a Wednesday, Eagle River celebrates Paul Bunyan Fest. People come from as far away as Arizona and Colorado to this event. The main streets of town are shut down so that craft vendors can set up shop in their tents and storefronts can hold sidewalk sales. It's pretty much the same vendors every year, many of whom we've come to know. It's never too early to start Christmas shopping, and many vendors sell decorations for the fall and winter holidays. This includes wreaths, autumn-themed dried arrangements, or scented candles. Packer-related quilts, lampshades and wall plaques abound, but hey, this is northern Wisconsin and it's to be expected. There's also vendors selling various dip mixes, salsas, and seasonings, our favorite being Bayfield Spice. Seems their cheddar cheese popcorn topping is always a huge hit and they sell out of it quickly. We get 4-5 packs of it to last us the year. If you're lucky, they may even have the white cheddar topping too. Another sight to see is a guy who does chainsaw sculptures by carving up thick tree trunks. He parks a flatbed truck in the middle of the street and cordons it off for safety. Spectators come see the intricate carvings of bears, eagles or totem poles that he chips away with his chainsaw. You can even bring one home with you if you have a few hundred dollars and some room in your vehicle. And finally, there's some food too. We always eat beforehand and skip that, but they usually have brats with sauerkraut. It seems too crowded with old people, and there's polka music blaring on a nearby loudspeaker. But if you stay away from that part of the festival, you'll be just fine. And you gotta stop at Tremblay's to get some fresh fudge before you leave. My favorite is the chocolate-peanut butter. But that's another review...

Wonderful! Nice people, friendly faces , and some of the best Halloween decorations I've wvwr seen…read morein my life! I'll get some pictures up soon, can recommend watching the ball game here too! I didn't go for the food yet...but I'm curious!

Checked out this cute little winery in Three Lakes. They offer free wine tasting of up to six…read moresamples per person, along with some crackers & their house made cheese spread. The interior is really cute with wines, cheese, sweatshirts, and other wine items for sale. Outside they have a nice patio with tables too. The proprietors are a cute older couple. The wife took care of our tasting and was very friendly and talkative. We learned they only make wines with whole fruits. We really enjoyed their wines and went home with four bottles. Prices were reasonable. They also sold wine by the glass for $5. Recommend this when you're in the north woods!

I loved that they don't charge for tasting. Wine was good I think anyone can find one they love…read moreplus the cheese spread was so good