You might associate Lake Como with this lake in Italy that offers a rustic travel experience. But Wisconsin's Lake Como is a quiet community with a population just shy of 3,000. Smaller and more ...

The lake was created a half-century before its heyday. Niagara Falls, Canada native, 23-year-old, Edward Thompson selected a mill site in 1851 and built his dam, in 1852, near the mouth of his ...