Portage Wisconsin Attractions

Historic Homes & Buildings

• Fort Winnebago Surgeon's Headquarters
  W8687 State Road 33 • Portage, WI 53901
  608-742-2949
  This is the only building remaining from the original Fort Winnebago and it overlooks the site... more...  map

• Historic Indian Agency House
  Indian Agency Road • Portage, WI 53901
  608-742-6362
  This restored site was once the workplace of John Kinzie and his family, the agent to the Winnebago... more...  map

Historic Sites & Monuments

• Fox-Wisconsin Portage Site
  Wauona Trail Street • Portage, WI 53901
  608-742-6242
  This portage was originally a trading place of furs and supplies for hundreds of years until the... more...  map

• Portage Canal
  Downtown Portage
  608-742-6242
  This canal was dug using shovels and wheelbarrows in 1838 and was completed by the U.S. Army Corps... more...  map

• Portage Canal Industrial Historic District
  608-742-6242
  This beautiful historic district offers a varietyof sites and monuments for various past events.... more...  map

• Society Hill Historic District
  Downtwon Portage
  608-742-3315
  The Society Hill Residential Historic District consists of about 137 primary buildings, some as old... more...  map

Museums & Galleries

• American Legion State Headquarters & Museum
  2930 American Legion Drive • Portage, WI 53901
  608-745-1090
  This building houses the American Legion headquarters as well as a museum full of plaques, statues,... more...  map

• Museum at the Portage
  804 MacFarlane Road • Portage, WI 53901
  608-742-6682
  This local Portage museum offers displays and exhibits relative to the history of the city as well... more...  map

Science & Technology

• MacKenzie Environmental Center
  W7303 County Road • Poynette, WI 53955
  608-635-8110
  View deer, buffalo and wolves, interpretive exhibits, nature trails, observation tower, and an... more...  map