One of Wisconsin's most beautiful parks. This 400 acre showplace, which had its beginning back in the 1890s, is located along the southern edge of Lake Winnebago. Summertime brings brilliant flower displays, special events, and festivals. Children of all ages visit the petting zoo, rent aqua bikes, bumper boats, and canoes, ride the miniature train, enjoy the playground and the old fashioned carousel. Fishing charters and boaters launch from 18 free ramps!

One of the few authentic, wooden merry-go-rounds left in Wisconsin. Built out East in the 1920s by the Allen Herchel Co., all the animals were wooden pegged and fashioned without nails. Sam Costas bought it from the Jack Vomberg Carnival in 1946, and after three years of renovation used it at his outdoor theater. In the early 1950s Donald Duck was added. Costas moved the carousel to Sam's Beer Hut in 1955 where it gave 180,000 rides the first year. It used light bulbs rather than neon and is still operated by a simple clutch mechanism and two gears.

CREDITS: Convention and Visitors Bureau-Fon Du Lac