5108. See the Trolls of Mt. Horeb

The first stop on our Southwest Wisconsin County road trip was Mount Horeb to see the trolls. Mount Horeb was settled by Norwegians and other Scandinavians where troll folklore originated. What started as a gimmick to entice people into a gift shop, has become a slogan for Mount Horeb getting people off the highway and into town.

There are twenty-three different trolls through out Mount Horeb most of them on the main drag. Some of them are outside and some of them are inside. There is a map that tells you where each of the trolls are.

We get off in Mount Horeb and saw a troll at Culvers and another giant one just on the outskirts of downtown. We get downtown and I'm expecting to see these large wooden trolls and we find none. They vanished over night it seemed. Sure there was one at the Chamber of Commerce but that's all I could seem to find. Either we are blind and can't see giant trolls or the map needs updating.

Now the hubby wasn't too enthusiastic about troll hunting so he wouldn't park and walk the streets of downtown to find these trolls. That's what I really wanted to do. He just didn't understand what troll hunting really is all about.

I was able to get out at the Grumpy Troll and get a picture with a troll.

Maybe another time I can get back to Mount Horeb and really go on a troll hunt. At least I saw some trolls and even got my picture taken with one.