Such a cool museum full of historical fishing pieces. The huge musky fish is hard to miss, the…read morearchitecture is super cool and fun to climb up the stairs to the mouth of the fish. It was pretty cold so pack a coat if you visit in the winter or fall. There's separate buildings with all the records and thousands of different lure types. They also have vintage poles, motors, photos, records and so much more. Our favorite part was seeing all the mounts on the wall. Record fish, interesting colored fresh water fish and even several types of fish from other countries mounted as well. Much bigger than we initially expected. Well worth the money and the lady working the front desk was really friendly.

Stopped here on a rainy day just to see the giant musky with my son. Walked the museum and there's…read morean impressive amount of old fishing items and decor!

Most of what you see here looks like it's been donated by local families. There's an Eldon Marple…read moreroom with interesting information about Hayward's early history. There are all kinds of fun areas to dig into. Nearly every Visitor magazine produced, old Ba-Ke-Ia yearbooks going back to the early 1900s. Information on all the old churches including the organ from the old First Lutheran church. Downstairs much to wander through about our Native American heritage. My only suggestion: it would be nice to have some tables & chairs where you can sit down & truly delve into all the books & other items available. Remember to leave a donation. Entrance is free & anything you can offer is a huge help to keeping this Museum going.

Stars deducted for my own dislike of trains. I guess they are ok, but when they are rusting in a…read morefield useless but for bums and pigeons, who gives a crap. So they were the backbone of the country 100 years ago. So were horses before that. We joked partially about salvaging a few of these old beasts and insulating them and making a crazy modern house. Not so crazy an idea, as their website has some for sale. As for the history side of things? Not my bag. But it is here, and if you are here and you like trains, make a day of it! Go for a ride! Take a tour! Break out those overhauls! Live in the past!

We stumbled upon this Museum as we were making our way across Wisconsin. I love to photograph…read moretrains and take train rides. Unlike Zachary I like trains and found this place fascinating. I only had a little time to explore and what I did see I really like. They have a great collection of fixer up trains and I saw some that I had not seen before. If you have time and enjoy trains this is a must stop. When through this way again I will plan to have time for more sights and hopefully a train ride!

We unfortunately missed the last tour, but a very nice employee we spoke with said that we were…read morewelcome to walk around the grounds and check out the outside of the mansion. Wow, what a place I can't even imagine what it would be like to live in such a huge house and what kind of staff you would need to run it! The grounds outside were quite lovely. They were nice gardens and I hope to make it back to check out the inside of the house at some point.

We had very high expectations after seeing the Glensheen Mansion. Price was not worth admission…read more This was a guided tour for the Fairlawn. Wanted to just walk and take in the building but you can not deviate from the tour. Waste of money.

The museum itself is amazing. The woodworker was truly talented and it is hard to believe that…read moreanyone could do such beautiful life sized work. Our group of 4 was greatly impressed with his talent. The experience would have deserved a 5 star if it had not been for the woman at the front desk who said she was married to the nephew of the sculptor. She was terribly rude to us and continued to belittle us and shame us if we were not listening to her and looking her in the eye while she told us what we were about to see in the museum. After we toured the museum I came out to ask her a few more questions and again she shamed me by saying "You don't read, do you?" That tone continued and still she ranted about the rudeness that we exhibited when she was talking to us. She was the one that was rude. It is too bad that the museum does not have someone at the front desk that is more welcoming and kindhearted. With that being said, I still would recommend the museum, but if this woman is at the front desk, be ware! She is negatively impact on the beauty of the man's work.

This museum is so well done. We went with a 3 year old who had a blast on the multiple slides,…read moreclimbing areas, looking at the wildlife and learning along the way. This was a nice surprise for the area and is very worth a visit!

Excellent place to visit For adults families teens and little kiddos. If you like to golf…read moreparticipate in the fundraiser it's a blast.

If you have an interest in the unusual or cutting edge, depending on your perspective, then by all…read moremeans visit the only remaining whaleback ship which worked the Great Lakes. The visitor is led around in a group which usually leave by the top of the hour. For myself, my knees became weak when we viewed the triple expansion compound engine. One note, the ship no longer sits w/i the water. The tour guide had been at this job for 10 yrs and it definitely showed.

Jacob gave us our tour and this young man was amazing. He was so well educated on the boat ad could…read moreanswer any questions we had. Thanks for a great tour!

Small museum, as you often find up north in small towns and Cable fits the bill. But some…read moreinteresting displays and info. Birchbark indian canoe hanging from the ceiling. Great old stove and a lot of old cooking tools, old irons, etc. i particularly enjoyed the info on the railroad. They took the tracks out in 1979 to make a bike path. Its pretty much one room. The building was a former potato warehouse. The docent that day, Carol, was friendly and helpful when we asked some questions. Lots of old pictures, which I enjoy. Free but accepts donations.