Pretty cool little excursion in LaCrosse. Easy drive up. Not a lot of signs alerting which…read moreparking lot is for the highest vantage point so my tip to you: drive through the open gates and drive until you see a parking lot with a gazebo-esque type outdoor building and that will be the highest point. Quick walk out to the edge. Some wild flowers added to the experience. It was a beautiful morning. Very clear and we were able to see the Mississippi river, Minnesota and of course Wisconsin. Worth taking the half hour to take in this view.

10/14/23 - we were in LaCrosse and saw that there was an overview of LaCrosse from the bluff. You…read moreneed to drive up a short distance to an overview that gives you a great panoramic view of the city below. In addition you can see the Mississippi River w/LaCrosse on one side & Minnesota on the other side. Such a beautiful overview of the town, trees, hills, Mississippi River, train tracks & an eagle soaring above the cities on the wind currents (so cool & majestic) Granddads Bluff is a short run uphill to an overlook going through a hairpin turn on the way to the overlook. Great way to spend a few minutes seeing the sights below w/the beginning of the fall colors. It would have been nicer coloration in a few more days

What an experience! We did the 4 hour Mystery Cave wild cave tour (the longer 4 hour one). Mystery…read moreCave is not only a super cool place to see (being 450 million years old, having fossils, being rather "untouched", etc) but the tour itself was amazing. Jake was a friendly, knowledgable, and engaging tour guide. He was very willing to answer questions (and I had a lot) and had lots of knowledge to share. His genuine interest and energy, along with the cool-ness of Mystery Cave made this unforgettable experience. If you're physically able (and do read the disclaimers/etc on the website), I highly recommend doing the wild caving tour!

Friendly staff, good service, unforgettable experience, excellent view(the last one). Don't call to…read moremake an appointment. An old lady could not hear well and hang up. Wasted us $8. They charge a fee if you call to make a reservation by phone.

So, the house, what you can see of it: 5 stars. It's gorgeous and everything is well preserved…read more Why the 2 stars though? Three reasons: 1. I would post pics showing what it looks like but no photography is allowed. I thought the one woman was going to bat my phone out of my hand when I took it out to take a pic. It is 2019; 80 year old grandmothers have smartphones with cameras. If it's about flash photography, say so and let me take pics without the flash. Otherwise, a restriction on photography gets you an immediate downvote in my book. 2. You see three rooms and you can't even go in and look around, it's all roped off. 3. None of the guides knew anything beyond their script. Anytime anyone asked a question they said they didn't know the answer. Why are you working here if you don't know half the questions people are asking? Beautiful house, what you can see of it. I got in free with a tour but based on my time there today would never pay to go inside.

Fantastic tour, house is preserved so well and you can tell the staff/volunteers have a lot of…read morerespect for its history. Well worth the ticket cost. Tour probably an hour or longer and so much detail!!!

In most places when you will cross the Mississippi River and journey from one state to another…read more Here in La Crosse, this section of the river is entirely in Wisconsin and you won't be at the border to Minnesota for another mile or so. There are two spans here, with the upriver (westbound) being the Cass Street Bridge and the downriver (eastbound) is the Cameron Avenue Bridge. They connect downtown La Crosse with Barron Island. It is only when you are on the La Crosse West Channel Bridge and you go from Barron Island to cross into La Crescent Minnesota. The Cass Street Bridge (the one that I drove heading west) opened in 1939 and replaced a swing bridge that was damaged in 1935. It is a cantilever bridge 17 panel rivet-connected warren through truss with a a total length of 2532 feet and a width of 30 feet. There is 67 feet of clearance below to the Mississippi. It is paired with the Cameron Avenue bridge that is more modern and opened in 2004. If you're here, do check out the deck truss approach spans which are curved. Another interesting feature is the stairways that are midway along the approach spans at each end of the bridge and allow pedestrians to climb up to the bridge sidewalk. The western stairway includes a crossover stairway that passes under the deck truss allowing pedestrians to switch which sidewalk they are walking on without walking across the roadway. [Review 20711 overall - 280 in Wisconsin - 1692 of 2023.]

Great place to hike, fish hunt and find yourself. Learn about the areas history at the same time.read more

This was a cool little experience that takes you way back to a different era. The people are all…read moredressed in period costume and actually working the land with old tools and they will let the kids push one of the old fashioned lawn mowers you can visit the old barns and stores and learn a tad about history. The ladies were actually baking something from an old recipe and we got a chance to sample it ---the gardens are all done by hand and they use the produce from that to cook with. . It was a great little experience glad I went and worth taking your kids to if you are around the area.

Small, cute, and quaint Amtrak station! Though others reviews have shown that this station is…read moreunmanned, purchasing Amtrak tickets online are extremely easy and would recommend doing so prior to showing at up at the station. I took the train back to MKE and boarding was easy. The station itself feels rich with history with original ticketing station which I enjoy!

What a great way to see the countryside, chat with your seat mates and get across the state as fast…read moreas you can drive. They even stored our bikes up front and let us pre board to get them loaded before seating was called. Fun staffers escorted us and bs'd for a minute. Ticket checkers were cherry and it all felt like black and white movie. Stops were quick and efficient. Ride was smooth and quiet. The observation car was stunning while the light lasted and gave a good destination for twitchy legs. Snack and bar cart downstairs did us right too. Cost effective and a solid alternative to flying or driving.

This bridge over the Mississippi River is the traditional delineator that splits the United States…read morein half. Yes, the Mississippi starts somewhere up not too far north from here in Minnesota at Lake Itasca and flows south to New Orleans. This is where the east meets the west in the north. This bridge carries Interstate 90 and joins La Crosse Wisconsin to Dresbach Minnesota. It was fully opened to traffic in October 2016, replacing a previous 1967 plate girder bridge. The bridge consists of a pair of parallel, concrete box girder structures over the main river channel and precast concrete girder structures over the back channels. The bridge has two lanes in each direction and includes 18 feet of shoulders inside and outside. The bridge is rather boring with few features or accoutrements but it gets the job done. There is no toll in either direction. I've also crossed the Mississippi in Cairo https://www.yelp.com/biz/i-57-bridge-cairo?hrid=JF0q8MwMYungXJVSOhfg3g, Memphis https://www.yelp.com/biz/memphis-and-arkansas-bridge-marion?hrid=09JRv_jh6CzQLjxU6X4ACg, Greenville https://www.yelp.com/biz/greenville-bridge-lake-village?hrid=WGXvzX4AagbXz9LLRId8Pg and Vicksburg https://www.yelp.com/biz/mississippi-river-bridge-vicksburg?hrid=0YJFnhUafyNWCYBI-q1jSQ. [Review 17169 overall - 181 in Wisconsin - 686 of 2022.]