Sacred places in Wisconsin

Three places to begin a deeper relationship with Wisconsin.

Follow each place’s story, then its source trail. Living communities and custodians determine how visitors may participate.

United States · Pilgrimage shrine

A Carmelite basilica and shrine on a glacial hill, long associated with pilgrimage and Marian devotion.

United States · Pilgrimage shrine

A Marian shrine connected with the Church-approved apparition tradition associated with Adele Brise.

United States · Sacred landscape

A Mississippian settlement whose mounds and reconstructed palisade preserve evidence of an important Indigenous community.