If you find yourself with a spare day or two and you don’t mind traveling 19 miles, take a look at Menomonie. This place offers up plenty to keep you engaged. Explore the area beginning with Wakanda Park, Wakanda Water Park and Mabel Tainter Center for the Arts. The locals will also probably point you in the direction of Chippewa Falls, 35 miles away. If you can only find time for one attraction here, make sure it’s Lake Wissota State Park. (But we’re also big fans of Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company and Chippewa Falls Museum of Industry and Technology.)