The Little House Wayside is a

rest area A rest area is a public facility located next to a large thoroughfare such as a motorway, expressway, or highway, at which drivers and passengers can rest, eat, or refuel without exiting onto secondary roads. Other names include motorway servi ...

located in

Pepin County, Wisconsin Pepin County is a county in the U.S. state of Wisconsin. As of the 2020 census, the population was 7,318, making it the fourth-least populous county in Wisconsin. Its county seat is Durand. Pepin County is the birthplace of Laura Ingalls Wild ...

. It is approximately seven miles (11 km) northwest of

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located in the town of

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and approximately one mile southeast of

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on County Highway CC (formerly Wisconsin Highway 183). The Wayside is located on the plot where

Laura Ingalls Wilder Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder (February 7, 1867 – February 10, 1957) was an American writer, mostly known for the ''Little House on the Prairie'' series of children's books, published between 1932 and 1943, which were based on her childhood ...

was born on February 7, 1867. The site contains a replica of the house that was described in the book, ''

Little House in the Big Woods ''Little House in the Big Woods'' is an autobiographical children's novel written by Laura Ingalls Wilder and published by Harper in 1932 (reviewed in June). It was Wilder's first book published and it inaugurated her ''Little House'' series. It ...

''. The unfurnished cabin contains a fireplace, two bedrooms, a loft, and information about Wilder and her family.Wilder, Laura Ingalls, 1867-1957
/ref> The site is now surrounded by open farmland, although it was a dense hardwood forest when Wilder was born. The site is maintained by the Laura Ingalls Wilder Memorial Society. The house is closed for the winter after the snow gets deep.

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Little House Wayside
Museums in Pepin County, Wisconsin Wayside, Little House Tourism in Wisconsin History of Wisconsin Laura Ingalls Wilder Ingalls family residences {{Wisconsin-museum-stub