La Crosse Attractions

The Barbed Wire Museum in La Crosse highlights the history of the invention of barbed wire and how it impacted the settlement of the midwest from the late 19th century to the present. Displays include more than 2,400 varieties of barbed wire as well as a variety of the tools used in manufacturing, installing, and maintaining barbed wire fences.

The Post Rock Museum is housed in a native stone house, built in 1883, with a form of limestone common to the region. Displays include how rock was found, quarried and used.