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15 things you have to do in the area beyond water parks
Wisconsin Dells bills itself as the Waterpark Capital of the World, and for good reason. The area is home to half a dozen indoor and outdoor water parks, including America’s largest, Noah’s Ark.
The water parks are probably what first drew you to the Dells, and they’re worth a visit on a hot summer (or cold winter) day — especially this year, with new attractions like a rotating water slide at Mount Olympus, a tube ride with multicolored lights at Chula Vista, and two dueling waterslides at the renovated Wild West Waterpark at the Wilderness (to be completed by the fall).
But water parks are not the only things worth visiting in the area, and they’re not what first brought visitors more than a century ago. The area’s natural water attractions are to thank for that.
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Clockwise from top: A boardwalk leads through Witches Gulch; A tour boat takes visitors past the Dells of the Wisconsin River, a state natural area covering five miles of the river near Wisconsin Dells. CHELSEY
LEWIS/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL The Riverside & Great Northern Railroad runs on a 15-inch gauge railway in Wisconsin Dells. WISCONSIN
DELLS VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU The sun sets over Mirror Lake outside Wisconsin Dells.
CHELSEY LEWIS/MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL The paved, accessible Riverwalk in Wisconsin Dells stretches for about half a mile along the Wisconsin River; Latte Stone Brewing Co. opened on Broadway in Wisconsin Dells in 2021. WISCONSIN DELLS VISITOR AND CONVENTION BUREAU The Del-Bar's Prairie-style architecture was designed by James Dresser, a student of Frank Lloyd Wright.