Factory Tours Member Login Return to home page Celebrating American Imagination and Industry!                   Print This Page   Sort by Location   Latitude/Longitude Location List   Beachwood Cheese Company Beechwood, WI Welcome to Beechwood Cheese. We are located in the lush rolling hills of Wisconsin’s dairy country. Nestled on the edge of the Kettle Moraine Forest Preserve, we have been producing high quality natural artisan cheese for over 100 years. With generations of family cheese making knowledge, our goal is to continue making the most flavorful and highest quality cheese. Our secret is that we still use handcrafting techniques which bring out flavors that giant automated manufacturers could never duplicate. Taste our various flavors. Our natural ingredients will tickle and tempt your sensations. Our goal is not to be the biggest cheese company- just the best company with great tasting cheese! Take a look around our website. We...Click here for more details... Carr Valley Cheese La Valle, WI Nestled amongst the rolling hills and lush pastures of central Wisconsin, Carr Valley cheese remains one of Wisconsin’s traditional cheese plants, famous for its cheddar varieties made the old-fashioned way. Owned and operated by the Cook family, Carr Valley will celebrate its 100th anniversary this year. While tourists, and locals alike, flock to stores in Sauk City, Mauston and La Valle for cheese curds and aged cheddar blocks, what sets the business apart are the specialty cheeses created and produced by Sid Cook. “The general trend in cheese making is bigger, but here at Carr Valley we have just become more specialized...the cheeses and styles are those others aren’t making,” Sid says with pride. Sid, certified as a Wisconsin M...Click here for more details... Cedar Grove Cheese Plain, WI Located just east of Hwy 23 in Plain, Cedar Grove Cheese is a family owned cheese factory practicing and teaching the cheesemaking art. We feature the best traditional and specialty cheese you've ever tasted - without artificial hormones or animal enzymes including: Fresh Cheese Curds Colby Marbled Colby Mild Cheddar Medium Cheddar Garlic Dill Cheddar Sun-dried Tomato Basil Cheddar Monterey Jack Pepper Jack Farmer Cheese Cedar Grove Cheese specializes in organic cheese which is made from pasteurized whole organic milk. The organic certification is obtained through OCIA. Our other ingredients are cultures, enzymes (non-animal) and salt. White Cheddar Monterey Jack Jalapeno Pepper Jack Tomato & Basil White Ch...Click here for more details... Corenso North America Wisconsin Rapids, WI One of the world's leading producers of high performance cores and tubes and high quality coreboards. Corenso provides free, guided tours of the Core Converting Mill. The tour will demonstrate the production process of manufactured spiral wound cores with applications from small medical tape all the way up to large paper mill cores....Click here for more details... Gray Brewing Company Janesville, WI This micro-brewery prides itself on its flavorful line of beers, rootbeer and cream soda. The tour takes you from brewing to bottling to tasting of the delicious brews and is a treat for all to see and enjoy. Gifts also are available for purchase....Click here for more details... Harley-Davidson Powertrain Operations (Tomahawk ,WI) Tomahawk, WI The Tomahawk Operations facility was established in 1963 in Tomahawk, Wisconsin, and quickly became the sole supplier of fiberglass parts for Harley-Davidson® motorcycles. Since then and after several expansions, the Kaphaem Road and Somo Avenue facilities comprise 192,000 square feet, standing proudly on 96 acres of land. More than 400 employees manufacture plastic and fiberglass parts, including sidecars, saddlebags, and windshields. Tomahawk’s Somo Avenue facility paints, assembles, and ships the components to the York Vehicle Operations facility where it all comes together on Original Equipment motorcycles. The Diversified Products division on Kaphaem Road includes sidecar production, Genuine Motor Parts & Accessories, and does custo...Click here for more details... Hillestad Pharmaceuticals, USA Woodruff, WI We invite you to drop by and tour our manufacturing facility. Located on highway 51 (1/2 mile north of hwy 47 & 51 intersection) in Woodruff. See vitamins, minerals, protein tablets, herbs , skin cremes and lotions manufactured using natural source nutrients. Don't miss it....Click here for more details... Honey Acres Ashippun, WI Now in its 5th generation, Honey Acres began in 1852 when C.F. Diehnelt arrived in Milwaukee from his native Germany with his beekeeping talents. Today, Honey Acres is located on a 40-acre property in rural Ashippun, Wisconsin; midway between Milwaukee and Madison. Combining almost 150 years of beekeeping experience and our passion for honey, Honey Acres offers a complete variety of gourmet honey, honey cremes, honey mustards, honey confections and a variety of gift presentations....Click here for more details... Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company Chippewa Falls, WI It's in an area of wooded hillsides; swift-flowing rivers; dairy farms; small, friendly towns; and one very special place - Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin. Join thousands of folks who visit the Jacob Leinenkugel Brewing Company each year on their trips to the Northwoods. Experience how Leinenkugel's® award-winning beers are handcrafted in an old-world Germanic brewery dating back over 140 years. There's no place, or beer, like ours. Come take a tour, sample our brews and see for yourself.The Leinenkugel brewery tour, which starts and ends at the Leinie Lodge™, is free. Let our Lodge guides introduce you to Leinenkugel's® history, family and brewing process. After the tour you can enjoy our award-winning beers at our historic sampling b...Click here for more details... Jelly Belly Center (WI) Pleasant Prairie, WI Sweet sensations and a world of delight await you at the Jelly Belly Center, a mouthwatering stop located off the I-94 Milwaukee/Chicago corridor,near the state line. The Center is designed so visitors can take a tour of our warehouse (really, it's fun!) and taste the magic of "the original gourmet jelly bean," Jelly Belly. You'll start from Jelly Belly Junction, and hop on board the Jelly Belly Express train for a tour inside the large warehouse and distribution center. The 30-minute ride makes stops at a variety of Stations with large screen videos showing the company's century of candy making and how we make candy corn, jelly beans, taffy, gummies and more. Fun sights make the center a destination for family fun. See a dancing ch...Click here for more details... Knigge Farms LLC Omro, WI Half hour guided tour of a working family dairy farm using robotic milking technology. You will tour a free stall dairy barn where cows milk themselves 24 hours a day. Visit calves and feed them if your visit is during their feeding time. Cats, kittens, chickens and Jack the farm dog are other animals for you to see....Click here for more details... Kohler Company Kohler, WI For anyone who’s ever wondered how their KOHLER bathtub or faucet was made, the company opens its doors in a unique insider’s tour – the Industry in Action factory tour. Offered every weekday morning, Kohler’s Industry in Action factory tour takes visitors through the numerous buildings that create everything from vitreous china lavatories to massive 6-foot cast iron tubs....Click here for more details... Lakefront Brewery Milwaukee, WI Milwaukee’s own Lakefront Brewery Inc. started in 1987. The industrious and inventive microbrewery located on the Milwaukee River has become a Milwaukee landmark. Its rich history includes partnerships with local taverns, preservation of local historical pieces, unique tours, family style dining options and most importantly, great beer. Beginnings President Russ Klisch said it all started with his brother, Jim. Jim expressed interest in beer making near his birthday and Russ humored him by giving him a book on the subject. To Russ’ surprise, Jim read the book and brewed the beer. According to Russ, Jim was not known as a gourmet cook, but he made a good beer. Russ was impressed, but decided he could brew one bett...Click here for more details... Lambeau Field Green Bay, WI with an intimate tour of this amazing, hallowed ground. The 60-minute tour gives you access to behind-the-scenes areas. You'll learn the history of Lambeau Field. And you'll even walk through the team tunnel on the same concrete that every Packers player has walked on since Lombardi's teams took the field. Each one-hour tour will begin in Harlan Plaza at the statues of Curly Lambeau and Vince Lombardi. Tour guides will lead fans through the all-new Atrium, up to the Club Level for an exclusive look at the private boxes, club seats and the Legends Club, and then visit the upgraded concourse and check out the turf of football's most famous gridiron. Call for group tour information. And don't forget your camera....Click here for more details... Leinenkugel Brewing Chippewa Falls, WI When Jacob Leinenkugel first came to Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, in 1866, he found wide rivers, lush forests, clean water. And 2500 thirsty lumberjacks. As the son of a German brew master and brother to two others, Jacob knew an opportunity when he saw one. So he and business partner John Miller set to work building the Spring Brewery. The name held the secret of their rich, tasty product—the pure water that flowed from the Big Eddy Spring. Neither acidic nor alkaline, the water was perfect for brewing full-bodied beer. And, in 1867, the first batch of Leinenkugel’s beer was born. Within thirteen years, Jacob and his crew were handcrafting 1800 barrels of Leinie’s per year to meet the growing thirst for quality beer in the Chippewa Valley...Click here for more details... Madison Wisconsin Public Television (WHA-TV) Madison, WI Wisconsin Public Television's loyal audience makes it one of the highest-ranking PBS services nationwide, reaching nearly 600,000 television households each week - an audience whose demographics reflect the local population as a whole. 60,000 households support WPT through annual donations. Since 1970, Nielsen ratings have ranked WHA-TV as one of the most-watched public television stations per capita in the country. Ratings indicate that 259,000 of the 400,000 south-central Wisconsin viewing households watch WHA-TV on a weekly basis....Click here for more details... Mepps / Sheldons', Inc. Antigo, WI The American Home of Mepps / Sheldons', Inc., the world headquarters for Mepps, the world's #1 lure, is located at 626 Center St. on the north side of Antigo, Wisconsin. We're just off Highway 45 North. Visit us the next time you're in the area. Take a guided tour, and watch us hand-make the world's #1 lure. See all of the 4000-plus lures Mepps manufacturers. We also have an impressive trophy room you won't want to miss!...Click here for more details... Miller Brewing Company Milwaukee, WI Sample Miller Brewing's tasty brews! Kids are always welcome, and get to sample some refreshing soda. We offer tours in one of our brewery. Miller Brewing Co.'s Milwaukee Brewery still sits on the original land purchased by Frederick J. Miller in 1855. This land now houses its corporate headquarters, as well. The brewery offers free, daily tours of its facilities, where you see each step of the brewing process performed by the 950 employees who work there....Click here for more details... Milwaukee Journal Sentinel Production Facility Milwaukee, WI Tours are free, include a video presentation, and generally last 45-60 minutes. Groups of up to 30 and children over 10 are welcome. Tours are available year-round....Click here for more details... New Glarus Brewing Company New Glarus, WI Stop on by our little brewery next time you're in the area. While you're here, you can visit our gift shop. New Glarus Brewing Company's Gift Shop offers a wide variety of merchandise from clothing to glassware to keychains and stickers. We have something for everyone. All of our delicious brews can be purchased as well in the gift shop. Do you need directions to New Glarus?...Click here for more details... Old Country Wisconsin Cheese, Inc. Cashton, WI The Old Country Wisconsin Cheese factory is located in the heart of the Amish community in Western Wisconsin. We accept fresh can milk from 230 Amish milk producers who live around Cashton, Hillsboro, Tomah, Wilton, Sylvan, Readstown, Liberty Pole, and Chaseburg. Old Country Cheese brings in 120,000 pounds of milk a day from over 230 Amish milk producers. Old Country Wisconsin Cheese is one of only a few factories left in the United States that handles only fresh can milk. In 1982, the Old Order Amish Community of Cashton reached a consensus. Having their own cheese factory was the best way to provide Amish dairy farmers with a continuing market for milk shipped in traditional cans. In the spring of 1983, Old Country Cheese accepted...Click here for more details... Palermo's Pizza Milwaukee, WI If you’d like to learn more about Palermo’s Pizza we invite you to take Milwaukee’s only pizza factory tour. Tours of our Villa Palermo facility are available during which you’ll learn about how pizzas are made, our company’s history and other fun facts about pizza. Tours take approximately 1 hour to complete and include a 20-minute video of our company history; a walking tour of the plant and a slice of our fresh pan pizza in our Pizzeria & Café and Palermo’s merchandise....Click here for more details... SC Johnson Wax Racine, WI Since its opening on April 22, 1939, the SC Johnson Administration Center has been a "mecca" for tourists, architects and Frank Lloyd Wright devotees from around the world. Artists and photgraphers have captured the building's sweeping curves and geometric designs on canvas and film. And thousands of people have delighted in the spectacular "bird-cage" elevators. What began as a new office building for SC Johnson Wax has become a testament to the foresight of H. F. Johnson, Jr. and the vision of Frank Lloyd Wright. The feeling was shared by LIFE magazine when it compared the 1939 World's Fair and the SC Johnson Wax building: "Future historians may well decide that a truer glimpse of the shape of things to come than is represented by the New...Click here for more details... Sprecher Brewing Co Glendale, WI Start your tour in our Rathskellar Museum where you can view brewing memorabilia from long gone Wisconsin breweries while waiting for your tour to begin. Next, visit the brew house and discover how Sprecher is reviving the Old World brewing traditions that once made Milwaukee famous. Travel through the lager cellar to see the Bavarian murals on display on our bottling room. After the tour, the next best thing to Munich is Sprecher's indoor beer garden, with oom-pah music and samples from any of eight or nine beers and six sodas on draught. Prosit!...Click here for more details... Stevens Point Brewery Stevens Point, WI The Stevens Point Brewery is steeped in a history that has transcended the trials of the Civil War, the Great Depression and Prohibition. More than 150 years later, the Stevens Point Brewery continues to successfully brew quality beer, just as the brewery's founders, Frank Wahle and George Ruder, did in 1857. This undeniable endurance is a testament of why the Stevens Point Brewery, in Stevens Point, Wisconsin, is the 5th oldest continuously operating brewery remaining in the United States. Today, the Stevens Point Brewery is proud to be Wisconsin-owned and independently operated. We take great pride in our history. And, we continue to work hard, as our founders did, to continue to provide our customers today with quality award-winning b...Click here for more details... Stora Enso Wisconsin Rapids, WI Each year, thousands of visitors who’ve never been inside a paper mill take a tour at Stora Enso. What do they find? Although some think of papermaking as a ‘smokestack industry,’ when you visit, you’ll find a clean, high-tech manufacturing operation that meets strict environmental standards set by state and federal agencies. Tour visitors see how paper touches their lives and what a complex and interesting process it is!...Click here for more details... Svoboda Industries Kewaunee, WI Svoboda Industries Inc specializes in manufacturing fine wooden parts and products to customer specifications. We can provide everything from parts and kits to completely finished and assembled packaged product. Our woodworking capabilities include design input and refinement, prototyping, short and long production runs, complete assembly, packaging and bulk or drop shipping. Some of our processes include: CNC machining, CNC handle machining, secondary operations, mouldings, and full finishing including staining, clear top coats and painting. We are well versed at working with hardwoods, softwoods, exotic woods, MDF, plywood and wood substrates. At Svoboda Industries Inc our mindset is to exceed your expectations for Service, Qualit...Click here for more details... Three Lakes Winery Three Lakes, WI One of the most important aspects of Three Lakes Winery is our tours. This is because we consider it an important tool in educating people about the difference between fruit winemaking and making grape wine. We also have the chance to show how our fruit wines are different from other fruit wines! The Tour has a prominent place in our website, too, although nothing can compare to the "real" thing. As you read, try to imagine the smell of wine fermenting, or the sound of the bottling machine in action...better yet, plan a trip up to Three Lakes and stop in! We are open all year round, seven days a week....Click here for more details... Trek Bicycle Corporation Waterloo, WI Trek is a privately held corporation that still resides in Waterloo, the small town in Southeastern Wisconsin where in 1976 five employees started making hand-built bicycle frames in an old wooden barn. Nearly a quarter century later, Trek is the world leader in bicycle products and accessories, with 1,500 employees worldwide. Our designers and engineers incorporate the most advanced technology available into Trek products, resulting in many industry innovations. The award-winning Y bike. Alpha aluminum, OCLV and OCLV HC carbon fiber frame materials. The Pro Race geometry. Y Foil, Variable Rate Suspension (VRX), Women's Specific Design (WSD), Soft Tail Pro (STP), and Hilo triathlon bikes. Our dedicated dealer network promotes th...Click here for more details... Waukesha County Materials Recycling Facility Waukesha, WI Discover the relationship between recycling, energy savings, waste reduction and cost savings! A presentation of surprising recycling facts is guaranteed to raise awareness of the critical role that recycling and waste reduction play in saving energy and reducing pollution. A tour of the plant floor and a visit to our education room for an hour-long trip is sure to inform and surprise you....Click here for more details... Widmer's Cheese Cellars Theresa, WI The story of Widmer's Cheese begins over 70 years ago, when our founder, John O. Widmer, left Switzerland to come to America. He choose to settle in one of the most famous cheese producing regions of the world, Dodge County Wisconsin. As did many Swiss immigrants, John O. Widmer became a cheese maker. He worked in various cheese factories as an apprentice before settling in Theresa Wisconsin in 1922. His theory was quality first, and he consistently strove to produce a better product. He passed on his methods to his three sons John, Ralph and Jim who have since retired, and passed on the family business and tradition to Joe Widmer. Embracing the manufacturing techniques which have been handed down through generations of cheese makers,...Click here for more details... Wisconsin & Southern Railroad Company Janesville, WI The Janesville Roundhouse is rich with history. Built in 1905, the roundhouse remains in active service today, serving as a critical terminal on the Wisconsin Southern Railraod system. ...Click here for more details... Wisconsin Wagon Company Janesville, WI Early Years: In 1915, "Wisconsin Carriage Company," who had the reputation for building quality buggies, carriages, sleights and cutters realized that the introduction of the automobile was adversely affecting their historic business. So they put their efforts into the design and manufacturing of coaster wagons, "skudder" cars and other sidewalk toys. It was at this time the company decided to name this spinoff group "Janesville Products Company". Their toys were sold by the thousands and gained a nationwide reputation. Toys were advertised regularly in such national publications as the "Saturday Evening Post". Early Coaster wagons featured ball bearing spoked wheels and nickel-plated dust caps. This "speed-wagon" also sported a se...Click here for more details... Return to home page    Page last updated: 11/20/2009 For site problems or suggestions: webmaster