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10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Wisconsin

10 Facts You Probably Didn’t Know About Wisconsin

by Discover Wisconsin | Nov 5, 2014 | Arts & Culture, Food & Drink, History

1. Wisconsin is modest about its lakes. Minnesota’s official motto may be the “Land of 10,000 Lakes”, but Wisconsin is not one to brag. The lake count comes in somewhere over 15,000, but the Wisconsin DNR modestly publishes a listing of 16,692 lakes....

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