Historic Homes & Buildings

• Dodge Mining Camp Cabin (circa 1827)
  205 East Fountain Street • Dodgeville, WI 53533
  608-935-7694 or 608-935-5557
  Dodge Mining Camp Cabin is an interpretive site that is open year-round except holidays, by appointment only. more...  map

• House on the Rock
  5754 State Road 23 • Spring Green, WI 53533
  608-935-3639
  The House on the Rock Attraction began as a 14-room house in the 1940's to what is now a complex of many buildings, exhibits and garden displays. Situated on the 60-foot sandstone Deer Shelter Rock, overlooking the Wyoming Valley, the House on the Rock consists of rooms, streets, buildings and gardens that cover over 200 acres. A bell gallery, waterfalls, massive fireplaces, walls of rock and glass, oriental art, stained glass lamps, bronze statuary, a three-story bookcase filled with rare books, glass cocktail table, 3,264 windows, and more can be viewed at the extraordinary House on the Rock, "an architectural marvel." Three separate self-guided tours are offered during the regular season. All tours include the container gardens which feature 285 different types of plants.  map

• Iowa County Courthouse
  222 North Iowa Street • Dodgeville, WI 53533
  608-935-0399
  The over 150 year old Iowa County Courthouse is Wisconsin's oldest continuously operating courthouse.  map

• Orchard Lawn/Gundry House (circa 1868)
  234 Madson Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-2884
  A stately Italianate-style home situated atop a hill on 11 acres, the S.V. Shipman-designed Orchard Lawn/Gundry House is the home of the Mineral Point Historical Society. Orchard Lawn has hosted weddings on the formal lawn, live music on the front porch, and theatre performances in the double parlor. The house is available for tours during the summer months or by appointment. more...  map

• Trinity Episcopal Church
  409 High Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-3019
  Organized on December 8, 1839, the Gothic Revival-style Trinity Episcopal Church is "reputedly the oldest church building in Wisconsin in continuous use." The trefoil Trinity window above the altar is said to be the oldest stained glass window in Wisconsin. more...  map

• Walker House (circa 1836)
  1 Water Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-1660
  Open daily from 11:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m., the restored Walker House in Mineral Point has served visitors since the late 1830’s. more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Pendarvis State Historic Site
  114 Shake Rag Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-2122
  Owned and operated by the State Historical Society, Pendarvis is a historic site interpreting the history of Cornish settlement and Wisconsin's lead-mining heyday. "Costumed interpreters offer guided tours through the Pendarvis complex, recalling the days when Mineral Point was a rough and tumble lead mining camp. They explain what brought the Cornish, with their expert knowledge of mining and stone masonry, their Celtic superstitions and their frugal foodways, to settle in this Shake Rag neighborhood." Pendarvis is open year-round for pre-arranged group tours, events and field trips. more...  map

Libraries & Research Centers

• Dodgeville Public Library
  139 South Iowa Street • Dodgeville, WI 53533
  608-935-3728
  Located at the corners of Iowa and Fountain Streets in historic downtown Dodgeville, the Dodgeville Public Library is open Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., on Tuesdays and Thursdays until 7:00 p.m. and from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. on Saturdays. more...  map

• Mineral Point Public Library
  137 High Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-2447
  Established in 1895, the Mineral Point Public Library is open Monday through Friday from 10:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. and on Saturdays 12:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. The Library is also open on Thursdays from 7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• Mineral Point Railroad Depot Museum
  11 East Commerce Street • Mineral Point, WI 53565
  608-987-2695
  "Wisconsin’s oldest depot and the oldest surviving structure of the Milwaukee Road," the Mineral Point Railroad Depot was in operation from 1856 to 1984. The restored two-story vernacular-style limestone depot is the home of the Mineral Point Railroad Museum and its "artifact collection that tells the story of 150 illustrious years of Mineral Point and southwestern Wisconsin railroad-related history."  map