Mount Horeb (Norwegian Trollway) ★ 4.6
Mount Horeb, the Norwegian-heritage village on the Trollway west of Madison, runs Scandinavian bakeries, the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub and the Mustard Museum.
New Glarus (Little Switzerland) is a food day trips in Madison.
Editorially verified June 3, 2026 by Lewis Vaughan, TableJourney editor. Source.
Mount Horeb, the Norwegian-heritage village on the Trollway west of Madison, runs Scandinavian bakeries, the Grumpy Troll Brew Pub and the Mustard Museum.
Spring Green, the Wisconsin River town with Frank Lloyd Wright's Taliesin, runs the Spring Green General Store, Driftless Cafe and a summer theatre season.
Sauk City and Prairie du Sac, the Wisconsin River twin villages where Culver's was founded in 1984, run the first store, Wollersheim Winery and bluff drives.
Mineral Point, the Cornish-settled mining village southwest of Madison, runs Pendarvis Historic Site, Cornish pasty restaurants and an 1800s downtown.
Middleton, the Madison-adjacent suburb to the west, runs the Capital Brewery Bier Garten since 1986, Clasen's European Bakery and a Hubbard Avenue strip.
Monroe, the Swiss cheese capital of the US south of Madison, runs Baumgartner's Cheese Store and Tavern, Alp and Dell cheesemaker and a biennial cheese fest.