It is worth visiting the house that Wisconsin taxpayers pay for. The best time in to go on one of the CHRISTmas tours.

Enjoy a tour of the house the Governor lives in and enjoy the history. This tour is best at Christmas time when it is decorated for the season

What I saw was beautiful, but only 5 rooms on the 1st floor, is all you can tour. Grounds were all roped off. Lake view was great.

While we enjoyed visiting the home, and enjoyed the views and learning about the history/construction/etc. of the home, we were fairly underwhelmed. Probably not the highlight of anyone's trip. If you have NOTHING to do and would like a nice view of the lake then by all means go ahead, but its not worth going too far out of your way for.

We went for the Christmas tour and it was lovely. The staircase is magnificent as you enter and the rooms look out on Lake Mendota. The decor is historical as it should be.