Cave of the Mounds, between Mount Horeb and Blue Mounds, has hundreds of colorful stone formations in the cavern's 14 rooms. Circus World Museum, in Baraboo, has a large collection of equipment from U.S. circuses. Displays include items used by the Ringling brothers, who started their world-famous circus in Baraboo in 1884. Circus acts perform daily each summer. Door County, on Door Peninsula, is a popular vacation spot.
Tourists enjoy the picturesque countryside.
Popular activities include camping, sailing, backpacking, and hiking. It has six fireplaces, seven pools, unique antiques, and the world's largest carrousel. Old World Wisconsin, near Eagle, is an outdoor museum that contains a number of houses and other structures built by Wisconsin immigrants of the 1800's. Pendarvis, in Mineral Point, is the site of several of the first permanent homes constructed in Wisconsin. These homes, built in the 1830's and 1840's, have been preserved and restored by the State Historical Society.