Local History

Badger Mining Museum.  With extensive renovations set for completion in early 2006, our museum of local and mining history will be a site to behold.  When you're done, descend into an authentic 1827 mine shaft and see how the original Wisconsin "badgers" chiseled out a living.

Father Samuel Mazzuchelli Burial Site.  Learn more about Father Mazzuchelli, and visit his burial site at St. Patrick's Chuch, in nearby Benton, Wisconsin, just eight miles from Shullsburg.

St. Augustine Church, one of Father Mazzuchelli's most unique churches.

Self-Guided Six Mile Tour of Shullsburg

Pendarvis Historic Site, in Mineral Point, Wisconsin, just 35 minutes from Shullsburg, offers an authentic reproduction of an early 19th century Cornish mining community.

Visit Wisconsin's First Capital Site in nearby Belmont and see the birthplace of Wisconsin's state government.