Wisconsin Dells, is self-proclaimed the "Water Park Capital of the World", can be found in south-central Wisconsin. It is located partially within four counties: Adams, Columbia, Juneau, and Sauk. The city was named from the "Dells of the Wisconsin River", it is an eight kilometer gorges, cliffs, tributary canyons, and rock formations carved into Cambrian sandstone that corridors the river.

In 1857, the place was founded as Kilbourn City by Byron Kilbourn, who also founded Kilbourntown, one of the three original towns at the joining of the Milwaukee, Menomonee, and Kinnickinnic Rivers that combined to become Milwaukee.

In 1886, The Dells was made famous by the photographer named H. H. Bennett, who took the first stop-action photo of his son jumping onto Stand Rock.

The picturesque beauty and extraordinary sandstone rock formations and tributary canyons of the place have invited more than 5 million tourists annually. In 1994, it was designated as a State Natural Area because Native Americans left behind some archeological evidence such as carvings and burial mounds, camps and village sites, garden beds and rock art.

The place has 18 indoor water parks and 3 outdoor water parks covering 70 acres of land. It is the home of the biggest outdoor water park in the United States, The Noah's Ark. It is also the of some of the largest indoor water park resorts in the US, such as the Kalahari Resort, the Great Wolf Lodge, Chula Vista Resort, and the Wilderness Resort.