Location: Platteville
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Top 10 Things to do in Platteville, Wisconsin (WI)
Platteville is the largest city in Grant County in southwestern Wisconsin. The population was 11,224 at the 2010 census, growing 12% since the 2000 Census. Much of this growth is likely due to the enrollment increase of the University of Wisconsin–Platteville. It is the principal city of the Platteville Micropolitan Statistical area which has an estimated population of 49,681.
Restaurants in Platteville
1. Platte Mound M
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5.0 based on 6 reviews
Reviewed By traceyr294 - Platteville, United States
Over the years the locally famous "M" has become easier to access. It is maintained by the University of WI-Platteville and the students light the "M" every homecoming. They built a nice parking lot and a wooden stairway to the top of Platteville Mound with rest benches along the way. Once you get up there, you can take the hard-packed hiking trial which runs along the ridge of the mound. You can see sinkholes, limestone outcroppings, and caves. Get to the end and see the wonderful stacked stone art, built by some patient students, perhaps? You can see for miles around. If it's a Sunday mid-morning you can enjoy the clip-clop on the road below as the Amish horse and buggies go by.
2. The Mining & Rollo Jamison Museums
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4.5 based on 68 reviews
Your underground adventure awaits! Tour the 1845 Bevans Lead-Zinc Mine, ride in a real 1931 mine train (weather permitting), and discover the local history of the Upper Mississippi Valley mining district. The museum traces the development of culture in southwestern Wisconsin's Driftless Area starting with mining the local Mississippi Valley Type ore deposits, rural life, and the establishment of community. Galleries display fascinating and nostalgic models, dioramas, artifacts and photographs interpreting stories and music of home, school, farm and civic life in the Platteville region. Don't miss the fighting squirrels!
3. The Ticket
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4.0 based on 3 reviews
4. Historic 2nd Street
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3.0 based on 2 reviews
5. The Mitchell-rountree Stone Cottage
Laura J. Rountree, artist and musician, lived in the Mitchell-Roundtree Stone Cottage in Platteville, WI. her whole life. Laura left her home and all of its belongings to the Grant County Historical Society when she passed away in 1966. Over the years, dedicated volunteers and donors have worked to preserve the home and its contents which are now being cataloged.
6. Down at the Boondocks Saloon
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
7. Nick's
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5.0 based on 1 reviews
8. Bauer-Kearns Winery
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2.0 based on 2 reviews
