Kangaroo Pelts, apparently. :eek:
A picture of the Dalai Lama in Mendota, or the retreat.
My parents live in West Bend, and the butcher around the corner from them is a Kewaskum outlet. Wonderful bacon, and the dried summer sausage is phenomenal.
Bonus points if it’s hockey-related.
If you can afford to ship with dry ice, how about frozen custard from Kopp’s or Michael’s?
I was raised to think that the best summer sausage came from Sheboygan county. But after having discovered Kewaskum brand, I don’t bother with Johnsonville, Sheboygan, or even Miesfeld’s summer sausage any more.
And Custard is a great idea, if you have sufficient dry ice!!
Carmex
Fire Engines (there are a disproportional amount of fire engine makers in Wisconsin. The NYC fire trucks are made in Clintonville)
Industrial machinery (IIRC some of the turbines in the Hoover dam. And that big piece of mining machinery)
Paper
For smoked meats, I recommend http://www.nueskes.com
Hometown pride makes me mention Kaukauna Klub cheese
http://www.kaukaunacheese.com/kc/kc.nsf/SPWD/HomeHome?OpenDocument
Brian
Great ideas! And for stocking stuffers I’ll get some manhole covers from Neenah!
Again, thanks for all the responses. I just hope that in a week or so when I actually think about shopping, I won’t have already forgotten about this thread.
A 1975 AMC Gremlin. Last time I was in Kenosha they were everywhere.
Not to dis Bucky, but those t-shirts with the Memorial Union chairs printed on them in orange and green are pretty nice, too.
Those things were from the late '70s, actually. Wisconsin Student Association President Jim Mallon went on to write for Mystery Science Theater 3000.
As to the OP, within one block of each other in Madison are good stops for Wisconsin shopping:
- Wisconsin Historical Society Museum.
- House of Wisconsin Cheese. They have much more than cheese. All sorts of Wisconsin souvenirs.
Someone please mention the Mustard Museum in Mt. Horeb! I still get their catalog here in CA.
Or you can tell stories of your visits to Wauwatosa, Koshkonong, and Prairie DuChien. I have nothing to mention particularly about these towns, I just love saying their names. 
Don’t forget gifts – or better yet, one of the illustrated guidebooks – from the House on the Rock, a truly bizarre and fascinating tourist attraction in Spring Green, WI. Built by eccentric architect Alex Jordan, the House on the Rock is a mass of contradictions: a '60s bachelor pad that would make Hugh Hefner and the Rat Pack proud, an “Infinity Room” with a clear floor that extends several yards over a steep precipice, miles of twists and turns and secret passageways, and room after room housing antiques, collectibles, and oddities from giant coin-operated music boxes to ancient weapons and armor, all things Jordan traveled around the world to collect. I loved the place, and found it fascinating. Anyone who collects anything at all or has a passing interest in architecture or antiques would have a great appreciation for the House on the Rock as well.
Note: my link doesn’t have as much of a selection as the earlier one but their kringles tend to be half the price.
You forgot Oconomowoc.
Cite please? 
As far as avoiding “buying the same crap that people can get at any old supermarket in New Jersey”–We get a lot of excellent cheddar from New York State and Vermont. Of course, we have cheeses from all over the place in the gourmet cases, but Wisconsin cheddar isn’t our everyday cheese.
I think some cheeses would make a great gift. Like the following assortment:
–A good aged cheddar (like Qadgop suggests)
–Some unusual artisinal variety that is unique to Wisconsin.
–A Wisconsin version of a cheese that normally comes from somewhere else, like brie or stilton or something.
I like cheese.
Buy a Colby cheese, because Colby Wisconsin was the original source of that varity. The small cheese manufactures have so many specialty cheeses I couldn’t pick on kind. Get a Harvati, Baby Swiss, and some Co-Jack for Chese and crackers.
You can get some VERY good venison sausage at small privately owned butcher shops in Wisconsin. It’s a dry sausage like summer sausage, and they mix in a bit of pork to give it some moisture. VERY good stuff, a friend of mine brought a bunch of sticks of it on a fishing trip and we couldn’t stop eating it.