Wisconsin

Cave of the Mounds, A Registered National Landmark. This is their homepage and it does have a lot more history than the first page. It does not have many photos and there is a lot more description of the area and the attractions. Mysterious World has some beautiful photos and some history. Wikipedia has a photo and some history as well. Pam Rotella photos.

Crystal Cave, this is a fine page with lots of modern day history and some excellent photos. Just visit the history and photo gallery pages. Pam Rotella has some photos but she describes the Crystal Cave of Wisconsin as being plain and unimpressive. Worth looking at anyway. Don't think she likes the bats.

Eagle Cave page by Showcave/Showcave gives a brief history and no photos. It is an onyx cave, Wisconsin's largest. Their homepage has no history but there are several photos. It is listed as Eagle Cave Natural Park but the webpage had no useful information unless you want to rent a motel room. BSA Troop 13 took pictures of their visit to the cave. Ralph Holmes gallery has lots of photos.

Ledge View Nature Center also look to Calumet County for info and photos. Ledge View Nature Center and Park features 105 acres of forest and field, a 60-foot observation tower, a dolostone quarry, three natural caves (access controlled), an arboretum, the Fun Trail, 2-1/2 miles of hiking trails, and an exhibit building with live animals and museum-quality interactive educational exhibits on the Niagara Escarpment, Wisconsin Bats, Lake Sturgeon, and Birds. The Silurian Sea, Ledge View sits on the Niagara dolostone, in an area once populated by coral reefs. The Niagara dolostone underlies all of eastern Wisconsin, from Door County down to Lannon, Sussex, Waukesha, into Illinois. It continues up into Canada and over to New York. Niagara Falls is dropping off the other side of it. Fossils in the rock give us an idea of what kinds of animals used to live here. The structure and density of the bedrock also reveal typical local water depths of that long-ago ocean. Find notes explaining that Carolyn's Caverns and Mother's Cave have crawl passages and that means all crawling. And that's a tight squeeze.

Mississippi Valley Archaeology Center, Rock Art Sites... Not just rock art, find info and photos for Gullickson's Glen, a small overhanging rock shelter located in the Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin. Hanson refers to a sandstone outcrop near the top of a large ridge overlooking the Kickapoo River Valley. Indian Cave is a narrow, low, natural fissure cave/shelter containing prehistoric petroglyphs. Larson Cave is a shallow naturally-formed cave/shelter containing prehistoric petroglyphs and prehistoric occupation debris. The Running Deer petroglyphs are located in the same area as the Twin Bluffs petroglyphs. Since no cultural materials have been found at the site, an age for the creation of the petroglyphs cannot be determined. Samuel's Cave is a naturally-formed rockshelter containing prehistoric petroglyphs and pictographs that probably date to the Oneota occupation of the La Crosse area, (ca. 1300 to 1600 A.D.). The Twin Bluffs petroglyphs occur on a small, flat, vertical rock face with a small rock ledge at the base. Regional comparisons suggest that prehistoric activity in the shelter probably dates to the late prehistoric period, ca. 250 B.C. to 1500 A.D., although no diagnostic artifacts have been recovered from the vicinity of the site. The Viola Rockshelter is situated part way up a small ravine in the bluffs that form the deeply cut Kickapoo River Valley. In 1986 salvage excavations were undertaken and four periods of occupation were found ranging from ca. 1500 B.C. to 1000 A.D. It is undetermined which if any occupation created the petroglyphs.

Agger Rockshelter is given a mention on this page. The address is restricted but it is privately owned. No photos and little other information. But it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It is second on the page that opens. Also listed on the National Register of Historic Places fine Samuel's Cave and Bell Coulee Shelter. Note that this info is just from one county in Wisconsin. Look to the bottom of the page for the other counties, a map and other states.

Wisconsin Historical Images, Parks, Forests, Recreation Areas & Trails but be sure to follow the link for Merrick State Park. A great picture looking down on the Mississippi River. Awesome indeed. On the far left of the page you will be able to find other and all state parks and forests. They have plenty.