With more than 40 sets of larger-than-life lantern displays, Boerner Botanical Garden in Whitnall Park will be transformed into a magical forest for this 2025 season!

Open September 12 – November 2, 2025, Tuesday – Sunday.

Tickets are available for specific date and there are four time slots each night.

First Entry starts at 5:30pm

Second Entry is at 7:00pm

Third Entry is at 8:30pm

See the historic Paine estate transformed into a spectacular showcase of illuminated sculptures and environments with the second incarnation of The Nature of Light, an immersive, nighttime experience harmonizing light, art, and nature. This mystical adventure brings visitors on a journey both inside the mansion and outdoors throughout four acres of gardens, wandering among numerous lighted vistas and sculptural displays where they can view, touch, explore, and play with the nature of light itself.

Scenic Tour Hours | May 1- October 31 - OPEN

Monday - Saturday: 9:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.; Sunday: 1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.

Holy Hill Art Farm

Tickets From $15.90

Oct 18 · 2 - 9pm CDT

In 1845, the first clerk of Washington County built a quaint, one-room cabin in the wooded, rolling hills of the northern Kettle Moraine. Nearly 90 years later, Ray Wolf, an avid horseman, restored the cabin, added a basement bar and opened it to fellow equestrians. It soon became headquarters for many a fox hunt, and so the name, “Fox & Hounds” was a natural when the Wolfs opened their restaurant in 1933.

The original building was built in 1930 as a resort and ice cream stand. The name Copper Dock came about when owners were looking at the property and the sun was setting over the lake, it caused such a reflection that looked like a gleaming copper line – a copper dock.