- The list below includes 63 free or cheap things to do in or near Appleton, Wisconsin, including 55 different types of inexpensive activities like Movie Theaters, Children's Museums, History Museums and Gardens.
- From Lawrence University to Appleton Memorial Park, there are a variety of budget-friendly attractions in Appleton and in nearby cities within 25 miles like Oshkosh, De Pere, Green Bay and Neenah.
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The Lakeshore Cinema Cafe has been specializing in showing intermediate-run Hollywood movies since their opening in 2002. Group special events are available along with a wide variety of concessions featuring full waiter service.
39.2 Miles
Located in a historic mansion, the Rahr West Art Museum features a variety of exhibits focusing on modern art, architecture, and design. It holds a permanent collection as well as traveling exhibits, and hosts special events and educational programs.
39.3 Miles
A 1300 acre protected area, Woodland Dunes Nature Preserve is a sanctuary for animals as well as a recreation destination. Activities vary seasonally, including snowshoeing and skiing in winter and particularly good bird watching in spring.
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The Shawano Lake County Park is a leisure park that offers accommodations including picnic tables, barbecue grills, and roofed shelters that are open to the public. The park also includes tennis courts and ping pong tables.
39.5 Miles
A full service dock and boat launch on Lake Michigan, Manitowoc Marina offers sales, service, and rental space for boat owners in the area. The marina also offers a heated storage option those choosing to winter their boats with them.
39.6 Miles
This is the only full-service marina on Green Lake. It offers, shopping, fuel docks, restaurants and equipment rentals for boating, skiing, bikes, wave runners, kayaks, canoes, boating accessories, tubing, wake boarding, and stand-up paddle boards.
39.6 Miles
A 24-lane bowling center, Meadow Lanes North offers open and league bowling with automatic scoring and optional bumpers. The center provides party hosting, three private event halls, a lounge, a pro shop and a game room.
40.0 Miles
This 6-acre backyard garden sits on Lake Michigan and is open for viewing from Mother's Day to the first frost. Featured in the gardens are a rose garden, a Japanese garden, formal gardens, sunken gardens and 900-feet of herbaceous borders and colorful annuals.
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3310 Memorial Drive, Two Rivers, WI
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The paved 5.5 Mariners Trail runs along the shore of Lake Michigan connecting Manitowoc with Two Rivers, and visitors can continue with the Rawley Point Trail, a seven-mile trip through Two Rivers and Point Beach State Forest. Together the Mariners Trail & Rawley Point Bike Trails is 12.5 miles long.
41.6 Miles
Featuring horror themed rooms, Splatter Haus is a haunted house during the Halloween season that visitors can explore. The house has actors dressed up in costume that are ready to scare visitors around every corner.