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Dairy is a major industry in the State of Wisconsin. Pictured is a worker in 1922 at a New Glarus cheese factory placing a Wisconsin stamp on wheels of cheese.

Wisconsin (/wɪˈskɒnsɪn/ ^ⓘ wiss-KON-sin) is a state in the Upper Midwestern region of the United States. It borders Minnesota to the west, Iowa to the southwest, Illinois to the south, Lake Michigan to the east, Michigan to the northeast, and Lake Superior to the north. Wisconsin is the 25th-largest state by land area and the 20th-most populous.

The bulk of Wisconsin's population live in areas situated along the shores of Lake Michigan. The largest city, Milwaukee, anchors its largest metropolitan area, followed by Green Bay and Kenosha, the third- and fourth-most-populated Wisconsin cities, respectively. The state capital, Madison, is currently the second-most-populated and fastest-growing city in the state. Wisconsin is divided into 72 counties and as of the 2020 census had a population of nearly 5.9 million.

Wisconsin's geography is diverse, having been greatly impacted by glaciers during the Ice Age with the exception of the Driftless Area. The Northern Highland and Western Upland along with a part of the Central Plain occupy the western part of the state, with lowlands stretching to the shore of Lake Michigan. Wisconsin is third to Ontario and Michigan in the length of its Great Lakes coastline. The northern portion of the state is home to the Chequamegon-Nicolet National Forest. At the time of European contact, the area was inhabited by Algonquian and Siouan nations, and today it is home to eleven federally recognized tribes. During the 19th and early 20th centuries, many European settlers entered the state, most of whom emigrated from Germany and Scandinavia. Wisconsin remains a center of German American and Scandinavian American culture, particularly in respect to its cuisine, with foods such as bratwurst and kringle. Wisconsin is home to one UNESCO World Heritage Site, comprising two of the most significant buildings designed by Wisconsin-born architect Frank Lloyd Wright: his studio at Taliesin near Spring Green and his Jacobs I House in Madison. (Full article...)

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Students outside Adams Hall, 1930

The University of Wisconsin Experimental College was a two-year college designed and led by Alexander Meiklejohn inside the University of Wisconsin–Madison with a great books, liberal arts curriculum. It was established in 1927 and closed in 1932. Meiklejohn proposed the idea for an alternative college in a 1925 Century magazine article. The magazine's editor-in-chief, Glenn Frank, became the University of Wisconsin's president and invited Meiklejohn to begin the college within the university. Despite pushback from the faculty, the college opened in the fall of 1927 with a self-governing community of 119 students and less than a dozen faculty. Students followed a uniform curriculum: Periclean Athens for freshmen and modern America for sophomores. The program sought to teach democracy and to foster an intrinsic love of learning within its students.

The college's students became known as free spirited outsiders within the university for their different dress, apathetic demeanor, and greater interest in reading books. The college's demographics were unlike the rest of the university, with students largely not from Wisconsin and disproportionately of Jewish and East Coast families. The college developed a reputation for radicalism and wanton anarchy, especially within Wisconsin. The students lived and worked with their teachers, called advisers, in Adams Hall, away from the heart of the university. They had no fixed schedule, no compulsory lessons, and no semesterly grades, though they read from a common syllabus. The advisers taught primarily through tutorial instead of lectures. Extracurricular groups, including philosophy, law, and theater clubs, were entirely student led. (Full article...)

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Harley-Davidson, Inc. (H-D, or simply Harley) is an American motorcycle manufacturer headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, United States. Founded in 1903, it is one of two major American motorcycle manufacturers to survive the Great Depression along with its historical rival, Indian Motorcycles. The company has survived numerous ownership arrangements, subsidiary arrangements, periods of poor economic health and product quality, and intense global competition to become one of the world's largest motorcycle manufacturers and an iconic brand widely known for its loyal following. There are owner clubs and events worldwide, as well as a company-sponsored, brand-focused museum.

Harley-Davidson is noted for a style of customization that gave rise to the chopper motorcycle style. The company traditionally marketed heavyweight, air-cooled cruiser motorcycles with engine displacements greater than 700 cc, but it has broadened its offerings to include more contemporary VRSC (2002) and middle-weight Street (2014) platforms. (Full article...)

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Image 1Location of Wisconsin in the United States (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 2The Wisconsin State Capitol is located on the isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, in the city of Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 3Map of Wisconsin Territory 1836–1848 (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 4Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green (from Wisconsin)
Image 5Wisconsin 2020 Population Density Map (from Wisconsin)
Image 6The U.S. Bank Center in downtown Milwaukee is home to the headquarters of Foley & Lardner, Robert W. Baird & Company, Sensient Technologies Corporation, and is the Milwaukee office for U.S. Bank, IBM, and CBRE. (from Wisconsin)
Image 7The Milwaukee Art Museum (from Wisconsin)
Image 8Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Wisconsin)
Image 9Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette addresses an assembly, 1905 (from Wisconsin)
Image 10Music stage at Summerfest, 1994 (from Wisconsin)
Image 11Timms Hill is the highest natural point in Wisconsin at 1,951.5 ft (594.8 m); it is located in the town of Hill, Price County. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 12Corn planting in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 13On May 29, 1948, the U.S.Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 14Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for vice president, and later served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Image 15Privy Seal of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 16Sunset over Lake Winnebago. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 17The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 led to large protests around the state capitol building in Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 18Jean Nicolet's 1634 landing in Wisconsin (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 19Ethnic origins in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 20The 300th anniversary of Nicolet's landing in 1634 is commemorated on a U.S. stamp, issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1934 (from Wisconsin)
Image 21Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate state area highlighted (from Wisconsin)
Image 22Blackjack Springs Wilderness, in the Chequamegon–Nicolet National Forest. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 23Privy Seal of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 24The Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol (from Wisconsin)
Image 25The Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase was built in 1903, as dairy farming spread across the state. (from Wisconsin)
Image 26Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 27Jean Nicolet, depicted in a 1910 painting by Frank Rohrbeck, was probably the first European to explore Wisconsin. The mural is located in the Brown County Courthouse in Green Bay. (from Wisconsin)
Image 28Drawing of Industrial Milwaukee in 1882 (from Wisconsin)
Image 29Map Showing Lines of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company c 1907 (from Wisconsin)
Image 30The largest platform mound at Aztalan, with modern reconstructions of steps and stockade (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 31Ethnic origins in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 32The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice Age glaciers. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 33The Senate Chamber of the Wisconsin State Capitol (from Wisconsin)
Image 34Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 35State welcome sign (from Wisconsin)
Image 36Köppen climate types of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 371865 map Wisconsin prepared by Increase Lapham (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 38Timms Hill is the highest natural point in Wisconsin at 1,951.5 ft (594.8 m); it is located in the Town of Hill, Price County. (from Wisconsin)
Image 39Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette addresses an assembly, 1905 (from Wisconsin)
Image 40The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party. (from Wisconsin)

Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census

Legend

Non-Hispanic White

40–50%

60–70%

70–80%

80–90%

90%+

Native American

80–90%

(from Wisconsin)

Image 42The color guard of the Wisconsin 8th Infantry with Old Abe (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 43American Family Field is the home stadium of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 44Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, with the approximate state area highlighted (from Wisconsin)
Image 45Lambeau Field in Green Bay is home to the NFL's Packers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 46The U.S. Bank Center in downtown Milwaukee is home to the headquarters of Foley & Lardner, Robert W. Baird & Company, Sensient Technologies Corporation, and is the Milwaukee office for U.S. Bank, IBM, and CBRE. (from Wisconsin)
Image 47Map of counties in Wisconsin by racial plurality, per the 2020 U.S. census
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- Non-Hispanic White
    40–50%
  
    60–70%
  
    70–80%
  
    80–90%
  
    90%+
  
  Native American
    80–90%
(from Wisconsin)
Image 48Music stage at Summerfest, 1994 (from Wisconsin)
Image 49Drawing of Industrial Milwaukee in 1882 (from Wisconsin)
Image 50Wisconsin counties (from Wisconsin)
Image 51Map Showing Lines of The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company c 1907 (from Wisconsin)
Image 52Timms Hill is the highest natural point in Wisconsin at 1,951.5 ft (594.8 m); it is located in the Town of Hill, Price County. (from Wisconsin)
Image 53The Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Eagle Regiment with Old Abe (from Wisconsin)
Image 54Wisconsin 2020 Population Density Map (from Wisconsin)
Image 55Corn planting in Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 56Chief Black Hawk, by George Catlin (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 57A stone barn built for cows in Wisconsin. The circular silo was used to store feed. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 58Wisconsin, from an altitude of 206 nautical miles (237 statute miles; 382 km) at 7:43:39 am CDT on March 11, 2012 during Expedition 30 of the International Space Station. (from Wisconsin)
Image 59Wisconsin congressman Paul Ryan was the 2012 Republican Party nominee for vice president, and later served as the speaker of the House of Representatives from 2015 to 2019.
Image 60Wisconsin counties (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 61St. Croix Falls, 1865, log jam (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 62The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice age glaciers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 63French-Canadian voyageur Joseph Roi built the Tank Cottage in Green Bay in 1776. Located in Heritage Hill State Historical Park, it is the oldest standing building from Wisconsin's early years and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 64Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 65On May 29, 1948, the U.S.Post Office issued a commemorative stamp celebrating the 100th anniversary of Wisconsin statehood, featuring the state capitol building and map of Wisconsin. (from Wisconsin)
Image 66Wisconsin counties (from Wisconsin)
Image 67State welcome sign (from Wisconsin)
Image 68Köppen climate types of Wisconsin (from Wisconsin)
Image 69Köppen climate types of Wisconsin, using 1991-2020 climate normals. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 70Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin in Spring Green (from Wisconsin)
Image 71The Little White Schoolhouse, in Ripon, 1854, which hosted the first meeting of what became the national Republican Party (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 72The Daniel E. Krause Stone Barn in Chase was built in 1903, as dairy farming spread across the state. (from Wisconsin)
Image 73The 300th anniversary of Nicolet's landing in 1634 is commemorated on a U.S. stamp, issued by the U.S. Post Office in 1934 (from Wisconsin)
Image 74The 2011 Wisconsin Act 10 led to large protests around the state capitol building in Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 75The Milwaukee Art Museum (from Wisconsin)
Image 76The Wisconsin 8th Volunteer Eagle Regiment with Old Abe (from Wisconsin)
Image 77A general map of Wisconsin (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 78Drawing of a mastodon skeleton by Rembrandt Peale (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 79The state seal of Wisconsin contains a shovel and pickaxe, reflecting the importance of lead mining to Wisconsin's history. (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 80Logs being transported on a sleigh after being cut (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 81Islands off the Door Peninsula. (from Geography of Wisconsin)
Image 82Wisconsin in 1718, Guillaume de L'Isle map, approximate state area highlighted (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 83Lambeau Field in Green Bay is home to the NFL's Packers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 84Wisconsin Governor Robert La Follette in 1905 (from History of Wisconsin)
Image 85American Family Field is the home stadium of Major League Baseball's Milwaukee Brewers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 86The Wisconsin State Capitol is located on the isthmus between Lake Mendota and Lake Monona, in the city of Madison. (from Wisconsin)
Image 87Wisconsin is divided into five geographic regions. (from Wisconsin)
Image 88The Driftless Area of southwestern Wisconsin is characterized by bluffs carved in sedimentary rock by water from melting Ice age glaciers. (from Wisconsin)
Image 89The Little White Schoolhouse in Ripon, Wisconsin, held the nation's first meeting of the Republican Party. (from Wisconsin)

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... that Frank Avery Hutchins has been called the "father of Wisconsin public libraries"?
... that the BOW counties in Wisconsin were one of the regions of the U.S. that helped Joe Biden win the presidency in 2020?
... that the oldest surviving synagogue building in Wisconsin was almost razed in the 1970s?
... that firefighters had to wade through deep pools of viscous, slippery butter and cheese spawned by the great butter fire?
... that Bruce Schroeder, who presided over the trial of Kyle Rittenhouse, is the longest-serving state court judge in Wisconsin?
... that there have been several attempts to make Colby cheese the official state cheese of Wisconsin?

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v t e Largest cities or towns in Wisconsin ^[1]
	Rank	Name	County	Pop.
Milwaukee Madison	1	Milwaukee	Milwaukee	577,222	Green Bay Kenosha
	2	Madison	Dane	269,840
	3	Green Bay	Brown	107,395
	4	Kenosha	Kenosha	99,986
	5	Racine	Racine	77,816
	6	Appleton	Outagamie	75,644
	7	Waukesha	Waukesha	71,158
	8	Eau Claire	Eau Claire	69,421
	9	Oshkosh	Winnebago	66,816
	10	Janesville	Rock	65,615

See List of cities in Wisconsin for a full list.

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