Wisconsin Concrete Park

The park includes over 200 folk art sculptures built with concrete and decorated with glass bottles and other found objects.

Fred Smith, who ran the Rock Garden Tavern on the property, began building the sculptures in 1948 after retiring from his career as a lumberjack.

Smith, who lacked any formal artistic education, initially built two-dimensional bas relief plaques and eventually transitioned to constructing his larger sculptures.

"[3] The sculptures primarily feature people engaging in everyday activities, such as farming, watching workers, and drinking beer.

[3] One sculpture, the last Smith completed before his stroke, features a team of Clydesdales pulling a Budweiser wagon.