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Grondl68 t1_istzylc wrote

For context, this is the same place where a few years ago parents were taking prom pictures and a bunch of the boys were throwing Nazi salutes and no one thought it was a big deal. Fun place.

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Drumlin t1_isun39b wrote

It’s a pretty place. I spent a lot of time there in college studying the Geology. There’s a metamorphic rock found there, called Baraboo Quartzite, that I wrote a couple of papers on in school.

Devils Lake is a pretty state park and I liked rock climbing back in the day.

That said, I found the locals to be a bunch of drunks that hated FIBs, which I am.

(Fucking Illinois Bastards)

Also, Baraboo was the winter home of the Barnum and Bailey Circus, and it’s their only clams to fame, other than the quartzite.

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Dophie t1_isvus2j wrote

Born and raised in Baraboo and you’re not wrong about anything except that Baraboo was the summer home for the Ringling Brothers. They wintered in Sarasota, Florida. Idk where Barnum was from.

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Candid-Mine5119 t1_isuo57l wrote

The circus museum is legit

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Important_Outcome_67 t1_isvu3yc wrote

We were back visiting family, my 10 year old daughter gave the tiger keeper a hard time for keeping all those tigers in such a small enclosure.

Proud Dad moment.

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Cagey_Cret1n t1_it0chcv wrote

I’ve also heard the FIB’s bullshit, and I do love the Dells, and I’ve spent time in Baraboo. I hope they understand a lot of us feel the same about them. “Oh, WE don’t know how to drive? How many DUI’s do you have again?” Wisconsin is seriously in the #10 spot for drunk driving incidents. Illinois is 48th. I just know I’d rather drive behind than in front of you.

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