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"Brooklyn, Wis. -- In March 1989, Susan Waterman, 42, decided she was tired of toxic chemicals, radioactivity and the pressure of her positions in the botany and plant pathology departments at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

"So she…

"Oakley, Wisconsin: When they tried to pick peas in a garden here, Craig and Timmy Schmidt found they were too “pea-picking” short. The variety they were picking is known as telephone peas because the vines grow seven feet tall."

"Juda, Wisconsin: They may not qualify as skyscrapers, but these storage tanks create somewhat of a skyline in the country. The silos belong to E.J. Kaderly and are used to store food for his dairy cows."

Flames have begun to roar inside of the old Turner Hall of Monroe in 1936.

Flames run amok in the old Turner Hall in 1936.

People can be seen here inspecting the damages that were caused by the great $100,000 fire in Monroe, Wis., in January, 1914.

Fire blazes inside of this building that is currently still mostly intact, though this fire was far from being done. The fire caused $100,000 in damages to many buildings in Monroe, Wis., both businesses like this one and homes as well.

A fire in January of 1914 set many buildings ablaze, including the D.C. Ryan residence seen here totally engulfed in flames. There where an estimated $100,000 in damages in total from the fires.

"Other firms copied his design for a heavy duty manure spreader because he failed to patent it, but Stanley Knight saw his ideas for farm equipment carried out at a Brodhead factory employing 18 men."

"MONROE, WIS, APRIL 12 -- THEY RODE IT OUT --Mrs. Albert Tucker and her daughter, Anita, left of Warren, Ill., relax at Monroe, Wis., yesterday after the car in which they were riding was spun three times by a tornado and thrown off the highway. …