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Thursday Doors - On Friday

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 At Old World Wisconsin This week Dan, the Thursday Doors host, encouraged bloggers to share holiday doors. Last Saturday I went to a Christmas event at Old World Wisconsin, a site where they have gathered 19th century structures from across the state.  To see more holiday doors, click here . 

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: All One Color

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  Chicago Botanic Garden This week Cee's challenging bloggers to share photos that consist of one color. Here's a few I found. Thailand To see more interpretations of the prompt, click here . 

Cee's Fun Foto Challenge: Circles, Wheels

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  Pabst Mansion Every Tuesday Cee offers a challenge to bloggers. This week she's inspired us to share posts featuring photos with circles or wheels. Mine come from two Wisconsin sites, the Pabst Mansion and Old World Wisconsin. To see more fun fotos, click here .  Pabst Mansion Round Logs, Norwegian Cabin, Old World Wisconsin Old World Wisconsin, Pommeranian Cabin

Thursday Doors: Pabst Mansion

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  Thursday Doors is a weekly blogging challenge allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing it, between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time). To get to the hub where you'll find links to dozens of doors, click here . I saw these doors at the Pabst Mansion while taking a tour last week. It's an elegant retirement home for the Pabst family of beer fame. The mansion is in Milwuakee, Wisconsin.

Best of Thursday Doors

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St. Gregory the Greater, Chicago As Dan who hosts the Thursday Door Challenge is traveling, I thought I'd share some of my favorite doors from the last couple months.  Old World of Wisconsin Pilsen

Thursday Door Challenge: On the Prairie

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  Pomeranian house, Old World Wisconsin Thursday Doors is a weekly blogging challenge allowing door lovers to come together to admire and share their favorite door photos from around the world. Feel free to join in on the fun by creating your own Thursday Doors post each week and then sharing it, between Thursday morning and Saturday noon (North American Eastern Time). To get to the hub where you'll find links to dozens of doors, click here .

Which Way Challenge

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Old World Wisconsin, Eagle, WI Hosted by Alive and Trekking, the weekly Which Way Challenge inspires bloggers to share photos of ways including:   Roads:  gravel, asphalt, cobbled, dirt, freeway, expressway, highway, bridges Indoor walkways:  hallways, aisles, people movers Outdoor walks:  sidewalks, paths, trails Stairs, elevators, escalators, or steps Railway tracks, monorails, ski lifts Runways and tarmacs Ferries, canals and locks Parking lots, private driveways Tunnels Signs of any kind:  directional, informational, store signs, wind vanes Maps that are posted as signs You can see more wonderful ways by clicking here . 

Thursday Doors: Old World Wisconsin

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  Norwegian farm door My contribution to the Thursday Door Challenge comes from Old World Wisconsin, which I just discovered last weekend. It's a wonderful historical site where they've gathered 19th century buildings from across the state. I love learning about history by seeing places like this.  To see more doors, click here .  To the summer kitchen - Norwegian farm

Old World Wisconsin

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  I love history and jumped at an invitation to go to Old World Wisconsin. I had never heard of this outdoor museum, which provides visitor with a chance to see all kinds of homes, farm and commercial buildings from the 19th century. Old World Wisconsin has brought together a variety of buildings designed and constructed by different ethnic groups, which gives visitors a chance to see what different groups' and classes' homes and fam buildings.  Throughout the site, visitors will find guides in historical dress who offer information on life in Wisconsin more than 100 years ago.  During COVID, visitors are asked to stay one ox length apart and wear masks inside the buildings.  I thoroughly enjoyed this historic spot. Every aspect is well displayed. The staff is hospitable and knowledgeable.  Outside a Pomeranian house There's a free tram that traverses Old World Wisconsin. It comes every 15 minutes or so and the drivers shared lots of fun facts and were able answ...