The Den at Nordic Ridge

05/27/2026

These babies were born last night! If you’d like to see them, we’ve had a cancellation this weekend at the den so feel free to contact us directly to set up a reservation if you’d like.

05/26/2026

Good morning from the den at Nordic Ridge 

05/21/2026

Building #8 awaits your search for treasures along with many other buildings at Serendipity Farm. We are open this weekend May 22 thru May 25, 2026 from 10 to 4 each day.
Where: 6404 Marsh Rd, Waterford, Wi 53538
Please park in field to the north of the large gray barn. No pets please.
262-534-7628 if you need to leave a message.
Please stop out and say hi! I love you man (and ladies)!

05/21/2026

She thinks she’s Madonna! “Strike a pose“

05/07/2026

02/15/2026

02/15/2026

𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗕𝗢𝗢𝗞 𝗔𝗟𝗘𝗥𝗧: Sherman Funmaker, poet and musician, designer and teacher, son and brother, shares his life story in his intensely personal debut, “Bear Tracks: Memories of a Ho-Chunk Elder.”

In this collection of poems and short essays, Funmaker explores themes of childhood and familial ties, finding and leaving home, coming of age, experiencing love and loss, creating art, and seeking belonging.

Learn more about this latest book published by the Wisconsin Historical Society Press: https://wihist.org/4tpaCdP

You can find “Bear Tracks” at your favorite local bookstore or online retailer.

02/15/2026

𝗗𝗶𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗸𝗻𝗼𝘄? The first practical typewriter was invented in Milwaukee!

On Feb. 14, 1819, C. Latham Sholes, the inventor of the modern typewriter, was born. Though originally from Pennsylvania, Sholes moved to Wisconsin as a child and later lived in Green Bay, Kenosha, and Milwaukee.

Working alongside fellow inventors in a small Milwaukee machine shop, Sholes spent nearly seven years perfecting his design. In 1874, his model became the world’s first practical typewriter to be mass-produced.

After years of refinement to the original 1867 design, Sholes’s old colleague James Densmore invested the funding needed to bring the machine to market, convincing E. Re*****on & Sons of Ilion, New York, to manufacture it. With a few final improvements, the Re*****ons produced the model shown here later donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society in 1915 by Sholes’s son, Fred.

𝗙𝘂𝗻 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝘁: The familiar “QWERTY” keyboard layout still used today debuted on the very first Sholes & Glidden machines. There was no shift key because the original models typed only in capital letters.

Learn more: https://wihist.org/3M0D9pj

📸: Sholes & Glidden typewriter, c. 1874 | Wisconsin Historical Museum object 1964.31

02/15/2026

𝗙𝗲𝗯𝗿𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆 𝟭𝟱 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗶𝘀𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘆!

A day we celebrate all the things we love about the Badger State!

Wisconsin is rich in glacial landscapes, featuring drumlins, eskers, till plains, marshes, and moraines. One of the most striking examples is the Kettle Moraine area in southeastern Wisconsin, a lasting reminder of the glaciers that shaped the state. Meanwhile, roughly 15,000 square miles, mostly in southwestern Wisconsin, remained untouched by glaciers, forming what we now know as the Driftless Area.

Learn more about the state we call home: https://wihist.org/4rbAPLt

📸: 2008 | map from the textbook, Wisconsin: Our State, Our Story, published by Wisconsin Historical Society Press