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The Elegant Farmer 1545 Main Street, Mukwonago Noted by Gourmet magazine and Wall Street Journal and hailed by Food Network as the best pie in America, The Elegant Farmer Farm Kitchen Bakery’s Apple Pie Baked in a Paper Bag® is their signature item. From its well-known Autumn Harvest Festival and May-October Train Rides to its monthly family fun events including Dairylicious Days, Old Fashion Farm Fair and the Do-Si-Do Family Square Dancing Hoedown, The Elegant Farmer continues to be one of southeast Wisconsin’s year-round family destinations.

Providing a wonderful shopping experience and simply the best foods from its Farm Kitchen Bakery, Deli & Market, The Elegant Farmer also offers its delicious CiderBaked® Ham, fruity applesauces, jumbo muffins and cookies, fruit and yeast breads, Blue Ribbon Cheeses, seasonal fruits and vegetables and much, much more. The 61-year-old, family-owned business is at the corner of Highway ES and J between Mukwonago and East Troy.

Open daily June-August, 8:00 a.m.-8:00 p.m. and September-May, 8:00 a.m.-6:00 p.m. Closed Easter, Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year's Day. For more information call 262-363-6770 or for online shopping and event information visit www.elegantfarmer.com.

East Troy Electric Railroad Experience living history at Wisconsin’s landmark railroads! In the days before urban sprawl, highway congestion, paved roads and automobiles, people got around town by trolley. While all but gone from most American cities, the East Troy Electric Railroad Museum preserves a unique part of the 19th and 20th century history for all to experience, learn from and enjoy. Call 262-642-3263 or go online at www.easttroyrr.org to obtain more information about scheduled trolley departures, dining by rail or museum special events.

Mukwonago Museum - Red Brick House Listed on the National Register of Historic Places, the Red Brick House is home to the Mukwonago Museum, which preserves the Mukwonago area’s culture for future generations. Guests can explore the interior of Waukesha County’s first brick house, walk through the Grutzmacher wing and view Native American artifacts, and trace the history of Mukwonago through the period rooms. The museum is located in the heart of Mukwonago at 103 Main Street. Open Sundays from 1:00-4:00 p.m., June-October or by appointment.

Old World Wisconsin Relive the Spirit of America's Heartland Explore this premier outdoor museum of 19th century rural and immigrant farm life. Costumed interpreters perform the daily tasks of farmers and shopkeepers in more than 65 historic buildings. Nearly a dozen ethnic groups are represented at the 1870s Crossroads Village and 10 farmsteads, stocked with many rare breeds of horses, oxen and hogs. The gardens and fields are planted with many heirloom varieties of grains, flowers, fruits, herbs and vegetables. Nature trails, seasonal special events, restaurant, museum store and more, just a short drive from Mukwonago. Open May 1-October 31, 2009, plus post-season special events. Visit www.oldworldwisconsin.org or call 262-594-6300.

Ten Chimneys Ten Chimneys, the National Historic Landmark estate of Broadway legends Alfred Lunt and Lynn Fontanne, is open to the public as a world-class house museum and a national resource for theatre and the arts. Almost all of the estate’s décor and collections are intact and remain unchanged since the Lunts first assembled them in the 1930s and ’40s. A tour of Ten Chimneys is the perfect treat for out-of-town guests. Open May to mid-November, Tuesday-Saturday. Children under 12 not permitted. For more information, call 262-968-4110, or visit www.tenchimneys.org.

Fishing and Boating Fishing and boating enthusiasts will enjoy the area’s many lakes, rivers and streams. Some of the local lakes include:

• Potters Lake
• Lake Beulah
• Upper and Lower Phantom Lakes
• Spring Lake
• Eagle Spring Lake
• Willow Spring Lake
• Rainbow Springs Lake
• Mukwonago County Park
• Mukwonago River
• Fox River
• Ottawa Lake (located in the Kettle Moraine Forest)

Maxwell Street Days Sponsored by the American Legion Post 375 and held at Mukwonago’s Field Park every second weekend in June, third weekend in July and August and second weekend in September. This open-air flea market attracts over 650 sellers and thousands of visitors. Call 262-363-7758 or visit www.mukwonagochamber.org.

Midnight Magic Join us for this old-fashioned Christmas celebration held every year at the beginning of December. Shopping, parade, fireworks, crafters, pictures with Santa, entertainment, horse drawn carriage rides, historic trolley rides and much more! Visit www.mukwonagochamber.org.

Fall Fest Town-wide celebration of fall held in September. Crafters and vendors, food, live music, and kids activities including hay rides, scarecrow decorating, petting zoo and pony rides. Fun for the whole family! Visit www.mukwonagochamber.org.