Guidebook for Circle M Farm: The Greater Driftless Region

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Guidebook for Circle M Farm: The Greater Driftless Region

Drinks & Nightlife

Awesome distillery and tasting room on a gorgeous property you can roam. Best Gin Ever! And bourbon, maple bourbon, vodka, cherry vodka. Local bars make mixed drinks from these local spirits.
Blue Ash Farm
16681 Valley Rd
Awesome distillery and tasting room on a gorgeous property you can roam. Best Gin Ever! And bourbon, maple bourbon, vodka, cherry vodka. Local bars make mixed drinks from these local spirits.

Food Scene

Famous across the nation as one of the earliest and biggest farmers markets. GREAT food, amazing experience of local access in an agricultural state. Just 45 minutes from the farm.
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Dane County Farmers Market
3241 Martin Luther King Jr Blvd
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Famous across the nation as one of the earliest and biggest farmers markets. GREAT food, amazing experience of local access in an agricultural state. Just 45 minutes from the farm.
Amazing Italian food on a farm.
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Campo di Bella
10229 Sharp Rd
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Amazing Italian food on a farm.
A donut bar. 'Nuf said.
Sunrise Donut Café
1014 17th Ave
A donut bar. 'Nuf said.

Everything Else

Mining museum.
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Pendarvis
114 Shakerag St
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Mining museum.
Charming.
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Swiss Historical Village Museum
612 7th Ave
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Charming.
Terrific flower, garden and gift shop.
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Brenda's Blumenladen
17 6th Ave
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Terrific flower, garden and gift shop.

Shopping

Great thrift store - Lands End returns and seconds in Mount Horeb. There are also Bargain Nooks in Platteville, Mineral Point, Darlington, and Spring Green. Might as well hit them all!
Bargain Nook V
126 E Main St
Great thrift store - Lands End returns and seconds in Mount Horeb. There are also Bargain Nooks in Platteville, Mineral Point, Darlington, and Spring Green. Might as well hit them all!
Unusual shop in a charming town.
The Opal Man of Spring Green
137 S Winsted St
Unusual shop in a charming town.
Indescribable shoe store. Huge. Everything from ladies cowboy boots to steel toes work shoes to kids cleats. Got to check it out. Old fashioned service.
The Shoe Box
1314 Canal St
Indescribable shoe store. Huge. Everything from ladies cowboy boots to steel toes work shoes to kids cleats. Got to check it out. Old fashioned service.

Arts & Culture

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House on the Rock
5754 WI-23
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Incredible outdoor theatre experience. World Class Shakespeare and classic plays.
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American Players Theatre
5950 Golf Course Rd
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Incredible outdoor theatre experience. World Class Shakespeare and classic plays.
Unbelievable tours, story and views.
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Taliesin Preservation: Frank Lloyd Wright Visitor Center
5607 County Rd C
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Unbelievable tours, story and views.
Art and Folk school in Mineral Point - classes for kids and adults. Unique setting in a Cornish mining settlement.
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Shake Rag Alley Center for the Arts
18 Shakerag St
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Art and Folk school in Mineral Point - classes for kids and adults. Unique setting in a Cornish mining settlement.
Incredible indie music venue in an old machine shed in Spring Green. Tickets sell out way ahead of time. BYO meat to grill on their hibachis.
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Shi-tty Barn
506 E Madison St
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Incredible indie music venue in an old machine shed in Spring Green. Tickets sell out way ahead of time. BYO meat to grill on their hibachis.

Entertainment & Activities

One of the last drive-in theatres in the US!
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Sky-Vu Drive-In
N1936 WI-69
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One of the last drive-in theatres in the US!
Gorgeous river with sand bars and amazing protected view shed. Rent kayaks, tubes or canoes and put in at Spring Green. Contact Riverside Resort or Carl's Paddlin for rentals. You can also just visit the beach and swim at Spring Green near the Taliesin Visitor Center.
Lower Wisconsin River
Gorgeous river with sand bars and amazing protected view shed. Rent kayaks, tubes or canoes and put in at Spring Green. Contact Riverside Resort or Carl's Paddlin for rentals. You can also just visit the beach and swim at Spring Green near the Taliesin Visitor Center.
Wonderful, quirky roadside attraction run by lovely kind people. A must see of hundreds of moving models.
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The Toy Train Barn Museum
W9141 State Rd 81
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Wonderful, quirky roadside attraction run by lovely kind people. A must see of hundreds of moving models.
Fantastic historic and hands-on museum.
The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums
405 E Main St
Fantastic historic and hands-on museum.
Charming small town children's museum.
Black Earth Children's Museum
1131 Mills St
Charming small town children's museum.
Great outfitter for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. Sells kayaks and canoes.
Carl's Paddlin'
33783 US-14
Great outfitter for the Lower Wisconsin State Riverway. Sells kayaks and canoes.

City/town information

Nearly an hour away from the farm, but worth the scenic drive. You can shop at the Opal Man, paddle on the Lower Wisconsin river, see an outdoor play at American Players Theatre, or tour Taliesin.
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Spring Green
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Nearly an hour away from the farm, but worth the scenic drive. You can shop at the Opal Man, paddle on the Lower Wisconsin river, see an outdoor play at American Players Theatre, or tour Taliesin.
Nearly an hour away, but lots of places to see and things to do. Home of Platteville University. Tour the Rollo Mining Museum, including a tour of the mine!
Platteville
Nearly an hour away, but lots of places to see and things to do. Home of Platteville University. Tour the Rollo Mining Museum, including a tour of the mine!
Everyone's image of a midwestern small town. Great dive bars, little tiny shops, antiques, nails, clothes, home goods, all in historic buildings.
Shullsburg
Everyone's image of a midwestern small town. Great dive bars, little tiny shops, antiques, nails, clothes, home goods, all in historic buildings.
Historic Swiss Settlement (on former Ho-Chunk land). Quaint shopping, antiques, boutiques, cheese, food, LOTS of beer festivals outside. Great park and pool. Check the chamber website for events. Rent bikes from the Visitor Center and head out on the Sugar River Trail for the day!
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New Glarus
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Historic Swiss Settlement (on former Ho-Chunk land). Quaint shopping, antiques, boutiques, cheese, food, LOTS of beer festivals outside. Great park and pool. Check the chamber website for events. Rent bikes from the Visitor Center and head out on the Sugar River Trail for the day!
Historic STONE city, disputed original capital of WI, Cornish heritage, beautiful buildings and shops. Artists, antiques, local food and more. Not to be missed when you are in the area.
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Mineral Point
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Historic STONE city, disputed original capital of WI, Cornish heritage, beautiful buildings and shops. Artists, antiques, local food and more. Not to be missed when you are in the area.
County seat with historic courthouse and charming downtown. Shops, bars, brewery, river walk and history. Saturday farmers market. Rent ATVs from Mike's Small Engine and spend a day exploring the countryside.
Darlington
County seat with historic courthouse and charming downtown. Shops, bars, brewery, river walk and history. Saturday farmers market. Rent ATVs from Mike's Small Engine and spend a day exploring the countryside.
A booming historic town a half hour north of the farm. History and geology museum, many shops, great food, good walking, great county park. TROLL CAPITAL of the world! Don't miss Sjolinds Chocolate shop. Norwegian heritage, antiques, world headquarters of Duluth Trading with flagship shop and tool museum.
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Mount Horeb
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A booming historic town a half hour north of the farm. History and geology museum, many shops, great food, good walking, great county park. TROLL CAPITAL of the world! Don't miss Sjolinds Chocolate shop. Norwegian heritage, antiques, world headquarters of Duluth Trading with flagship shop and tool museum.
Absolutely charming historic downtown a half hour from the farm, with great shopping and food and MUSIC played from the belltower of the historic courthouse. Don't miss the antiques, the historic cheese museum, the old school movie theatre and Minhas Brewery.
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Monroe
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Absolutely charming historic downtown a half hour from the farm, with great shopping and food and MUSIC played from the belltower of the historic courthouse. Don't miss the antiques, the historic cheese museum, the old school movie theatre and Minhas Brewery.