Erin, Wisconsin

The Basilica and National Shrine of Mary, Help of Christians at the Holy Hill is a Roman Catholic Marian shrine in Erin, Wisconsin, United States, dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary under the venerated title Help of Christians. The land and the shrine serves as a religious pilgrimage and attracts approximately 300,000 visitors each year. Pope Benedict XVI raised the shrine to the status of Minor Basilica via Pontifical Decree on 11 July 2006.

Thompson is an unincorporated community in the town of Erin, in Washington County, Wisconsin, United States. It is located near Holy Hill.

The Loew Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is a 1,090-acre (4 km2) member of the Wisconsin state park system. The unit offers hiking, hunting, and horse riding along the east branch of the Oconomowoc River and the shore of 23-acre (0 km2) Loew Lake, and also features a number of large conifer plantations. A section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail runs through the park as it follows the Kettle Moraine.

Toland's Prairie or Toland Prairie, later Toland, was a rural unincorporated community in Erin township in Washington County, Wisconsin near the Dodge County line, northwest of Alderley and east of Monches, around the intersection of Clare Lane and Roosevelt Road (Sections 19, 20, 19 and 30). It was named after pioneer farmer and politician Patrick Toland. There was a Toland's Prairie post office from 1846 to 1883; in 1865 the postmaster was John Toland. In 1883 the name was changed, and the Toland post office operated just across the county line in Ashippun from 1883 to 1900.

WPTT (1540 kHz, "Party 92.9") is a commercial AM radio station in Hartford, Wisconsin, serving the Greater Milwaukee radio market. It airs an adult hits radio format and is owned by Tomsun Media LLC, which is operated by David and Connie Stout. The radio studios are on North Main Street at Summer Street in Hartford. WPTT is a daytimer station. Its transmitter is co-located with WTKM-FM's tower, on West Waterford Road. WPTT is powered at 500 watts using a non-directional antenna but must go off the air at night to avoid interference. AM 1540 is a clear channel frequency, reserved for Class A stations KXEL in Waterloo, Iowa, and ZNS-1 in Nassau, Bahamas. Programming on WPTT is heard around the clock on 200-watt FM translator W225CP at 92.9 MHz. It uses the translator dial position in its moniker "Party 92.9."

WTKM-FM (104.9 MHz) is a commercial FM radio station in Hartford, Wisconsin, serving the Greater Milwaukee radio market. It is owned by Tomsun Media, LLC, which is operated by David and Connie Stout. The radio studios are on North Main Street at Summer Street. WTKM-FM airs a full service radio format of classic country music, with local news, weather, talk and high school sports. WTKM-FM is a Class A FM station. It has an effective radiated power of 5,800 watts. The transmitter is on West Waterford Road in Hartford, shared with its sister station, WPTT 1540 AM.

Druid Lake is a kettle lake located in the town of Erin, Wisconsin, Washington County, Wisconsin near Hartford, Wisconsin. Druid Lake is a natural glacial-formed lake. Druid Lake is surrounded by rugged mixed woods and glacial drumlins in the Southern Savannah Region of southeastern Wisconsin's Kettle Moraine area about 25 miles northwest of Milwaukee. The lake has a maximum depth of 53 feet (16 m). The lake covers 120.9 acres (0 km2), has 2.3 miles (3.7 km) of shoreline and has an average depth of 25 feet (10 m).

Camp Whitcomb/Mason is a year-round facility located near Hartland, Wisconsin, approximately 35 miles (56 km) northwest of Milwaukee, Wisconsin on Lake Keesus. Founded in 1911 and owned and operated by the Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Milwaukee, it is the oldest Boys and Girls Clubs camp in America. Set on 306 acres (1.2 km²) of hills, fields, wetlands, and forests, Whitcomb/Mason provides campers with a variety of natural experiences. Their lodges, cabins and pavilions are available for rent to school, family, church, non-profit and corporate groups throughout the year. Accredited by the American Camp Association, the camp operates residential (overnight) and day camp programs throughout the summer.

Zivko's Ballroom was a music venue located in Hartford, Wisconsin. The Art Deco ballroom was built in 1928, although it was not until 1949 that it became Zivko's Ballroom, after being purchased by businessman Marty Zivko. Some of the artists that performed at Zivko's include Duke Ellington, Louis Armstrong, Joe Walsh, Ted Nugent, Cheap Trick, Ricky Nelson and Chubby Checker. Today the building, now known as the Chandelier Ballroom, is used mainly for wedding receptions.

Friess Lake is a 121-acre lake in the Village of Richfield, in Washington County, Wisconsin. It is a recreational lake with sport fishing and it is a no-wake lake. Little Friess Lake is connected to Friess Lake by a small channel.

The Kettle Moraine Scenic Railway (reporting mark KMRY) was a heritage railway once located in North Lake, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1971 by Richard Hinebaugh, who bought a branch line from the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad (Milwaukee Road) to create a small museum. It ceased operations on October 21, 2001, because the town wanted to shut it down to make way for urban development in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Nothing remains at the former site, and the right-of-way has since been paved over and is now the Bugline Trail. In July 2015, former McCloud No. 9 was sold to the Age of Steam Roundhouse in Sugarcreek, Ohio.

The Pike Lake Unit of the Kettle Moraine State Forest is a 678-acre (274 ha) unit of the Wisconsin state park system. The unit is located just east of Hartford, Wisconsin on State Highway 60, on the east shore of the 446-acre (180 ha) Pike Lake. It was dedicated by Wisconsin governor Patrick J. Lucey in June 1971. The park provides a campground, a beach, an observation tower, hiking and biking trails and a naturalist program. A section of the Ice Age National Scenic Trail runs through the park as it follows the Kettle Moraine.