Janesville

Janesville is a city in Wisconsin with agricultural and manufacturing roots that, in its heyday, boasted GM and Parker Pen plants, and is known as "Wisconsin's Park Place" with the highest urban acreage of parkland per capita in Wisconsin.

Get in
Interstate 90/39 passes through Janesville, as do U.S. Hwy 14 and 51 and state Hwy 26 and 11.

See

 * Bessie The Cow
 * Lincoln-Tallman Museum, 440 N Jackson St. 19th century Italianate-style house owned by an abolitionist attorney who once hosted Abraham Lincoln there, with many original furnishings. Th-Sa 10AM-4PM. +1 608-492-3884
 * Lincoln-Tallman Museum, 440 N Jackson St. 19th century Italianate-style house owned by an abolitionist attorney who once hosted Abraham Lincoln there, with many original furnishings. Th-Sa 10AM-4PM. +1 608-492-3884

Do

 * Rock Aqua Jays, a water ski team that performs seasonally at Traxler Park.
 * Access to hiking on the Ice Age Trail at Riverside Park.
 * Access to hiking on the Ice Age Trail at Riverside Park.

Buy

 * Basics Cooperative Natural Foods
 * Woodman’s Market

Eat

 * Cozy Inn Chinese Restaurant

Drink

 * Mocha Moment

Sleep

 * AmericInn by Wyndham Janesville, 3900 Milton Ave, Janesville. Large indoor pool atrium. +1 608-371-9981.