My favorite place to day-trip from the suburbs. About a 2 hour drive from where I am, about 20 minutes outside of Madison. Mount Horeb draws a lot of insperation from the Swedish ancestry of many of the settlers, which you will see when you visit fro...
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Little Treats
Restaurants
Authentic Swedish food in New Glarus, love the cheesy potato cake (roesti). They also have cheese fondue. Yum!
Glarner Stube
Love this place!! Great place to stop for a beer (or a root beer, house made!) And a bite to eat. Their food is delicious.
Grumpy Troll Brew Pub
Bars/Breweries
Such a cool building to have a cidery in, very homey and cozy. Great place to hang out and enjoy a couple ciders.
Brix Cider
Outside of mount horeb, closer to Verona. But a great place to hang out outside and have a couple drinks, they have live music. Great in the summertime. They also have kombucha!
Hop Garden - Paoli
Great inside and outside spaces, they make their own root beer as well! Dog friendly as well.
Lake Louie Brewing and Wisconsin Brewing Company
A Wisconsin classic, fun little tour with tastings and a large seating area to hang out with a few spotted cows. Must reserve a time for a guided tour.
New Glarus Brewing Company
Coffee/Tea
You have to try the waffle
Icki Sticki
For tea lovers! They have a great selection
Telsaan Tea
Activities
For your first trip you should definitely walk around and try to find all the troll statues, and if you see a man selling kettle corn outside the town hall definitely stop (he's the mayor!)
Mount Horeb
Such a neat shop! A must-stop on every visit, support your local witches!
Spellerific, LLC
If Mount Horeb is too far for a day trip, this is such a cute place to stay! Family owned and operated, a little piece of history of the town.
The Little Village
Huge corporate office that allows the pu lic to walk around and explore their themed campus, they have a Wizarding school section (ok hogwarts), superheroes, lots of cool buildings and so much to see, you could spend hours walking around and probably...
Epic
If you like caves! And who doesn't. Neat to walk around.
Cave of the Mounds
A must-see at least once in your life, historic house with lots of whimsy, a huge collection of... all kinds of things. Dolls, instruments, and carousel. I love the room with the whale and the sea creatures singing Octapus's Garden
The House on the Rock
Little Treats
One time I went here and they accidentally made two extra grilled cheeses (how does that happen??) And they asked me and my partner if we wanted them. We did. They were amazing. They have incredible hot chocolate, definitely a go-to if you visit in t...
Sjolinds Chocolate House
Cute shop with selection of sweets, they have great ice cream!
Sugar Troll
Well worth the drive for a little treat (or a larger treat if you get a pizza) great fresh ingredients, incredible bread
