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Mt Horeb, Wisconsin   

August 27, 2022

 


An afternoon rainstorm wasa the perfect excuse for us to take a long drive around some of the other towns near Madison, and they were all interesting -

- Verona, home of the fantasy-themed Epic corporate headquarters

- Frank Lloyd Wright's country estate, Taliesen

- Spring Green, and its cute main street bookstores and gift shops.

But by far the most interesting was Mt. Horeb, the self-proclaimed troll capital of the world.  


During the 1980s, to celebrate their Norwegian heritage as well as a reaction to the construction of a highway bypass around the town, Mount Horeb has transformed itself into the "Troll Capital of the World." Downtown is decorated with several life-sized, carved, wooden trolls.