Outdoor nature center in Monona, Wisconsin that offers hiking trails featuring self-guided tours

A 16-acre oasis of sprawling gardens and hidden treasures near the heart of Madison

Built in 1903 on the shores of Lake Monona by the acclaimed violin maker and his family. Served as both home and workshop until it was destroyed by fire in 2007

Built in 1888,  featured a grand Georgian-style lakeside manor and was one of the earliest year-round homes on Lake Monona

Built by Judge E. W. Keyes to protect a cherished natural spring on his lakeside farm, remains a historic symbol of the area’s pastoral past and now stands in Stonebridge Park

Originally built as a garage in 1925, served as a speakeasy and later a grocery store where the movement to incorporate Monona as a village began

Built in 1871, served as a vital civic and social hub for nearly a century before being razed in 1967

Two surviving linear earthworks in Woodland Park that  are remnants of a once extensive Native American mound group that stretched along Monona’s southwestern slope

Opened in 1918 and  was Dane County’s first facility for tuberculosis patients and now serves as an arboretum and treatment center for youth

located in Roselawn Memorial Park

The city’s first airport, operating from 1926 to 1938 

Built in 1905 over the Yahara River and became infamous during Prohibition as a hotspot for speakeasies and nightlife, giving its name to a once-notorious area of Monona

The largest of an ancient mound group on Lake Monona’s Yahara River outlet and was a burial site used by Woodland people around 2,000 years ago 

Built in 1878  and a classic example of a Wisconsin farmhouse, marking the retirement home of a successful farmer who contributed to the area’s development

Built in 1906 as a simple, bungalow-style summer cottage on the southeast shore of Lake Monona

Purchased in 1901 and  once spanned 150 acres of corn, wheat, and dairy farming, with much of the land now developed into Monona’s city facilities

Built in 1932 with Tudor-style architecture, incorporates the cobblestone foundation of a 1890 home and features a blend of historic design and modern artistic influence

Built in 1900 and  has remained largely unaltered, featuring high ceilings, solid maple floors, and a sandstone foundation 

Built in 1926,  an early example of wealth in Monona, blending Georgian and Dutch Colonial styles with a spacious design and stunning views of Lake Monona

Built as the center of a 62-acre truck farm known for its strawberries, milk, and eggs, features a grand Central Promenade that once extended to Lake Monona

Built around 1903, was originally a farmhouse with a porch and seven rooms, later evolving through ownership by Joseph Fix, who added farm operations and saw the repurposing of its poultry house into a church

A grand resort on Lake Monona built in 1879, was known for its curative spring water and picturesque setting, but was destroyed by fire in 1895

Built in 1923, this cottage remains as a rare reminder of Monona’s early days as a summer vacation retreat

Established in 1893, a successful family-run dairy operation known as Duck Point Guernsey Farm, with four generations living on the land and contributing to the local community

Built in 1856, a cream-brick Italianate home that began as the center of a 500-acre dairy farm and now serves as a historic house museum and community landmark

Built in the late 19th century, a grand 17-room brick home that was a social hub of early Monona, remembered today despite its demolition in 1969

Monona’s first bungalow, built in 1913–14 as a model home by designer Cora Tuttle, introduced the distinctive California Bungalow style to the area

A conical-linear burial site thought to align with the spring equinox sunset, located on private property at 4009 Monona Drive and commemorated with a historical marker in 2020