Little House Wayside Cabin — Attraction in Town of Pepin

If you've read the books, you'll enjoy visiting LIW's birth site. The winding county road out of Pepin is very pretty. The cabin is lovely though I don't know if it's a replica of the cabin the Ingalls built.

The soybean fields were maturing and the trees were blowing in the breeze. I did notice the lack of bugs on my windshield. Is that from corn and soybean pesticides or monoculture?

Though Miss Laura never returned to Pepin, Wisconsin, it was a treat to visit the place of her birth. Worth a stop and a great route to avoid Twin Cities traffic. Don't miss the sweet little museum in Pepin, WI.

Nice picnic table, area to walk the dogs and let the kids run and decent outhouse options.

Finally, the farm across the road looked...

This was a sentimental visit for me. I've wanted to see the Little House in the Big Woods for decades. The site is open access. You park and can go right up to the house, day or night, any time of year. The door uses a rope latch system and there's a sign asking people to keep the door shut. The interior is small, but there's an information wall that's a good excuse to linger and read. The original cabin, of course, was long gone before the books were even published, and this new version was the result of a fundraising campaign...

A first hand experience at a the early day's. Simple times when you made the most of what little you had. The place makes you appreciate what you have today. It was a great experience to see where Laura Ingalls got her start. Big things can come from such small beginnings like a redwood tree. I thought the same thing when I seen Johnny Cash's home. It was an honor to be here. It's a bit of a drive and what you see is what you get but life is about experiences so get out there to The Little House in the Big Woods. "Little...