Wisconsin Concrete Park

Fred Smith, a retired lumberjack with no formal art training, spent 16 years building 237 concrete sculptures on the property behind his Rock Garden Tavern along Highway 13 in Phillips. The figures range from life-size to towering: lumberjacks, soldiers, animals, mythical creatures and a concrete replica of a Wisconsin Central Railway locomotive. Smith built everything by hand, embedding glass, rocks and found objects into the concrete.

The John Michael Kohler Arts Center and the Kohler Foundation restored the park in the 1970s after Smith's death. Today it is one of the most significant folk art environments in the United States and a Wisconsin Historical Marker site, and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Admission is free, with donations accepted.

Source: Price County Fun; Wisconsin Historical Society.