Wisconsin is a terrific place for wild swimming and cold-water plunging. Here's how a typical summer pastime has become my obsession.

by Scott Hurley, FOX 11 News Tue, August 20th 2024 at 1:25 PM ...

Of the 15,074 "documented lakes" in the state, 60% don’t even have a name. If we use Wisconsin’s lake database and apply the same 10-acre standard as Minnesota, Wisconsin has only 5,898 lakes.

Although 136 might seem like a lot at first, the number is less than 1 percent of Wisconsin's roughly 15,000 lakes. So visiting a wild lake is something akin to spotting an endangered species or a ...