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Driftless Area

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Abandoned Building
Farm with Mississippi View
Farm on a Hill
Limestone Pillar
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Ranked #510 of 647 attractions in Wisconsin
4.0 of 5 stars 1 Review
Description: Encompassing parts of southwest Wisconsin, this is a unique region that has never been glaciated, at least for the past several million years.
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“Incorrectly Listed as Just Wisconsin -- comprises areas of four states”
4 of 5 stars Reviewed 3 January 2009

The Driftless Area of the US comprises southwest Wisconsin, extreme Northwest Illinois, Northeast Iowa and Southeast Minnesota. It is an region which was surrounded by glaciers in the last Ice Age but escaped glaciation. Hence instead of the usual flatland found in much of the Midwest, this area consists of rolling hills with limestone outcropping and caves (sometimes known as... More

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