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Welcome...
You'll feel right at home in Richland County
when you visit our businesses, restaurants, lodging, events, and
attractions. That's because the people here are warm and
inviting... we are genuinely glad that you've come to the Richland
area. In addition, Richland County is at the center of scenic
Southwest Wisconsin, a land filled with many wonders of nature and
history, so we're confident you'll have a wonderful visit.
 The
city has several motels, and there are at least a dozen other delightful
places to stay throughout Richland County.
 More
than 20 restaurants dot the community and the county. They
range from some of the most popular food chains to local "flavor" such
as "Cafe Fiesta Fe," "Papa's Donuts," and "Mellem's Fish House."
 Frank
Lloyd Wright, widely recognized as the greatest architect of the
20th century, was born here in Richland Center and later lived only
a few miles away in Spring Green. There he built Taliesin, his famed
home, along with several other homes. He also built a unique
warehouse in Richland Center that stands out as one of his early
works and the only remaining structure of its kind. The
architectural detail of the A.D. German Warehouse is highly
reminiscent of a Mayan temple.
 A
drive through the Richland County countryside is as picturesque and
eye pleasing as they come. Roads wind through green valleys between
towering, tree-covered hills. Streams cut a winding path on the
valley floors, and widely spaced fine homes and photogenic farms dot
the land and climb the hillsides. Here and there you'll run across
one of the many natural wonders like Natural Bridge at Rockbridge,
Steamboat Rock, Elephant Rock, and Eagle Cave, Wisconsin's largest
onyx cave.
 Visitors
frequently stop at one of the many fruit farms, cheese factories,
craft shops, and artists' studios found in Richland County. They
come for everything from antiques and original landscape art to
quaint wood carvings, handmade soap or a few pounds of freshly made
or aged Wisconsin cheese. Many will stay a night or two in the quiet
comfort of one of the county's inviting bed and breakfast
establishments, or enjoy a stay at one of the public or privately
operated campgrounds.
History buffs can take a driving or
walking tour of Richland Center's nearly 30 historic buildings,
including the 1889 courthouse, the 1873 Park Hotel, and, of course,
Frank Lloyd Wright's Warehouse. The Fred H. Pratt House may fool a
few. (It looks like a Wright design, but it is not.) It's the
work of the La Crosse architectural firm of Bentley and Merman, and
a good example of the Prairie Schoolhouse design style from about
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