10 Lost Wisconsin Attractions You Can Never Visit the Same Way Again

A frontier town where outlaws stopped the stagecoach. A roller coaster that stood for years after its park closed. A house built to show visitors the future. Wisconsin once had attractions that turned ordinary family road trips into lifelong memories. Today, these ten places have closed, disappeared, moved, or changed beyond recognition. In this documentary, Wisconsin Memory Mile revisits Fort Dells, DandiLion Park, Thumb Fun, Xanadu, Telemark Lodge, the Wonder Spot, the original Northernaire, Little Norway, Storybook Gardens, and the Tommy Bartlett Show. Through archival photographs, historic footage, and researched accounts, we explore what made them special—and why their original chapters ended. Did you visit any of these places? Share your memories below, and tell us which Wisconsin place we should cover next. CHAPTERS 00:00 Wisconsin Memory Mile 00:06 Ten places we remember 01:17 Fort Dells 03:42 DandiLion Park 05:51 Thumb Fun 07:57 Xanadu 10:19 Telemark Lodge 12:37 The Wonder Spot 14:48 Original Northernaire 17:05 Little Norway 19:26 Storybook Gardens 21:38 Tommy Bartlett Show 23:56 What remains after a place closes? Subscribe to Wisconsin Memory Mile for more stories about Wisconsin’s lost attractions and remembered places. FOOTAGE & ARCHIVAL CREDITS Full footage credits, archival sources, Creative Commons licenses and details of modifications: [https://docs.google.com/document/d/1p...] Licensed stock footage supplied by Storyblocks. Additional footage used with creator permission. #WisconsinHistory #LostAttractions #WisconsinMemoryMile