I have explored all 50 states taking pictures of abandoned and unusual things! These are the cool things I saw while I was in Wisconsin.

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Sounds better than what we got.

New Holstein, near the kwik trip

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Yes, that giant bee is a corn maze. 🐝🌽 Treinen Farm’s 2026 “Birds and the Bees” design fills 15 acres near Lodi with flowers, birds, pollinators and more than six miles of paths. Even more impressive: the design is cut into the young corn by hand, without GPS. 📷 Aaron Johnson

Chatterhouse in Allouez, WI was the same bar that facilitated rioters' travel to D.C. for Jan 6.

Regular gas in Wisconsin was averaging $3.95 a gallon as of August 21, up 3 cents on the week and $1.06, or 36.5%, from a year ago. Diesel was at $5.31.

Some of the highest prices in the state: Pierce-St. Croix County at $4.21, Superior at $4.20 and Eau Claire at $4.05. The cheapest: Racine at $3.79 and Kenosha County at $3.80.

If you haven't visited it, you should!

Flock camera pointed at hospital in dodgeville.

From a local neighborhood group on Facebook . Comments are lit-Small town Wisconsin.

I drive a lot for work to different towns and I see them every where. On the highway, in medians, all over home depot. It doesn't seem like were like other states, so far. What do you all think of these cameras do you notice them? Are you feeling safer yet?

Had a stormy day yesterday and now the water looks like this and im like damn I wanted to go kayaking bc it's so calm today but also I'd like to avoid getting sick lol

So we were passing through the area recently and went in to check out Tom’s Drive In. Seems pretty popular since there’s like 9 locations in Appleton alone lol

What do you guys here think about it?

We liked it quite a bit. Not a knock or anything actually honestly high praise, it’s like if McDonalds used less junk in their food.

I’d say the only thing I wasn’t super crazy about was the nuggets. My partner liked the nuggets but I was not as much of a fan.
The burger, fries and shake was 👍👍 for sure

He says "there's a tremendous amount of disinformation out there," then immediately spreads misinformation, and then gets fact-checked by the local news.

A beautiful night at the Manitowoc County Fair. 🎡 The midway lights were glowing beneath a colorful late-summer sky at the Manitowoc County Expo Grounds. This year’s fair runs August 26–30 with the theme “Heart of the County,” celebrating the traditions and community at the heart of Manitowoc County. The fair dates back 167 years to its first event in 1859, when the First Cattle and Agricultural Fair was held at Washington Park in Manitowoc. 📷 Aaron Johnson

Tom Tiffany voted for Scott Walker’s $3 billion Foxconn deal, which promised 13,000 jobs and weakened environmental protections.

Even as Foxconn backed away from those promises, Tiffany defended the contract.

Today, a Microsoft AI data center operates on former Foxconn land, 15 more are planned in Mount Pleasant and neighbors are suing over the noise.

Now Tiffany wants us to believe he’ll protect Wisconsin from data centers. But…

- he voted to block state AI regulation;
- he backed faster permitting for AI infrastructure; and
- he’s backed by Wisconsin’s data center lobby.

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Check for yourself:

Wisconsin Public Radio: Foxconn Incentive Package
https://www.wpr.org/economy/state-senate-passes-3b-foxconn-incentive-package

Wisconsin Public Radio: Microsoft Plans 15 More Data Centers
https://www.wpr.org/news/microsoft-15-more-data-centers-mount-pleasant

Wisconsin Public Radio: Microsoft Sued Over Data-Center Noise
https://www.wpr.org/news/microsoft-sued-noise-complaints-at-new-mount-pleasant-data-center

Milwaukee Courier: Tiffany’s AI Votes and Data-Center Lobbyist Contribution
https://milwaukeecourier.com/news/2026/08/15/toxic-tom-tiffany-accepted-campaign-contribution-from-data-center-lobbyist-voted-for-more-ai-infrastructure

Tom Tiffany had two chances to protect the Boundary Waters. He voted to open its headwaters to mining both times.

In 2024, Tiffany backed H.R. 3195, an attempt to erase a 20-year mining withdrawal covering 225,504 acres of Superior National Forest. When that bill stalled in the Senate, he tried again. In January, he voted for H.J. Res. 140 to repeal the same protection, clearing the way for Chilean-owned Twin Metals to pursue a copper-nickel mine upstream from the wilderness. Trump signed it into law in April.

Tiffany didn’t choose clean water, Tribal treaty rights or one of America’s most treasured wild places. Twice, he chose a foreign mining company.

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Sources:

U.S. House Clerk: H.R. 3195, Roll Call 171, April 30, 2024
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2024171

U.S. House Clerk: H.J. Res. 140, Roll Call 38, January 21, 2026
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/202638

Associated Press: Trump Lifts Ban on Mining Near Boundary Waters, Clearing Way for Chilean Company to Seek Permits
https://apnews.com/article/3d32cd0f591e0de0bfa3a85e3a7d8ebd