Upper Marais

Places of Interest

Effigy Mounds National Monument

Photo: Jamiesambdman, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Effigy Mounds National Monument preserves more than 200 prehistoric mounds built by pre-Columbian Mound Builder cultures, mostly in the first millennium CE, during the later part of the Woodland period of pre-Columbian North America.

Villa Louis

Park

Photo: Jonathunder, CC BY-SA 3.0.

The Villa Louis is a National Historic Landmark located on St. Feriole Island, in Prairie du Chien, southwestern Wisconsin. The villa and estate are a historical museum operated by the Wisconsin Historical Society.

Crawford County Courthouse

Courthouse

Photo: Jimmy Emerson, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Crawford County Courthouse is located in Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin.

Places in the Area

Prairie du Chien

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Prairie du Chien is a city in the Southern Wisconsin River Valley of Southwest Wisconsin, near the junction of the Mississippi and Wisconsin rivers.

Marquette

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Marquette is a small town in northeast Iowa. It is of interest to travelers as the jumping-off point for Effigy Mounds National Monument. Another small town, McGregor, is immediately to the south.

McGregor

Village

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McGregor is a city in Clayton County, Iowa, United States. The population was 742 at the time of the 2020 census. McGregor is located on the Mississippi River across from Prairie du Chien, Wisconsin. Pike's Peak State Park is located just south of the city.

Upper Marais

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Localities in the Area

Notable Places Nearby

Curious Lakes to Discover

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