Nine Unforgettable Wisconsin Small Towns

An online publication called WorldAtlas just released a list of Wisconsin’s nine most “unforgettable” small towns.

The spots that made the list are Stockholm, New Glarus, Baraboo, Lake Geneva, Chippewa Falls, Sister Bay, Port Washington, Stevens Point, and Washington Island.

Why are these towns impossible to forget? That is unclear. WorldAtlas offers highlights from each, citing natural beauty, public spaces, bodies of water, and charming main streets, but nothing so unique that it would permanently sear a place into one’s memory.

Perhaps something wonderful happened in those towns, but they’d rather keep those special moments to themselves. Or maybe they were exposed to sights so jarring in those nine places that they don’t want to relive them, even though those moments will rerun in their head until they draw their last breath. It’s hard to say.

While the Drink Wisconsinbly Week in Review Editorial Board is unfamiliar with WorldAtlas’s oeuvre, their list is legitimate, so we’ll just assume their methodology is sound and that they have their reasons for not sharing specifics of why the time in these towns will never leave them, while other spots they have visited will gradually fade from their hippocampus and into oblivion.

According to our research, Wisconsin is home to 190 incorporated cities, 1,255 towns, and 419 incorporated villages.  We love them all equally and wouldn’t dream of singling out any as better or more worthy of mental retention than others. So if your small town didn’t make the list, don’t worry about it. You’re still in a 1,864-way tie for first place in our book.