Selmer Cottage

Iola, WI

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1 6 Guests | 3 Bedrooms | 1 Bathroom

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Vintage 70s Lake Cottage—30 Min to Chain O’Lakes

The Selmer Cottage sits along a quiet stretch of shoreline on Selmer Lake in Iola, tucked into the kind of Wisconsin landscape that doesn’t try to be anything other than what it is— clear lakes, tall pines, and summers that still move at their own pace. The midcentury details and vintage character aren’t a design choice so much as a preservation of feeling.

We believe a vacation rental is more than just a place to sleep— it is the setting for the moments you’ll carry with you long after you leave. Part of Anthology Stays, this restored lakeside cottage near Iola, Wisconsin was made for the summer memories you still think about.

You know those summers. Picking up nightcrawlers at a roadside bait shop on the drive in. Spending the whole day on the water, never once changing out of your swimsuit. Cribbage at the picnic table while the sun dropped slow behind the trees across the lake. Citronella candles flickering on the porch, a bonfire going until the sparks were the only thing keeping anyone awake, the slight sting of sunburn as you finally turned in with the windows open and the smell of the lake coming through.

That’s what’s waiting for you here.

The cottage is small (700 square feet), and cozy in the way that puts everyone in the same room, around the same table, in the same conversation. The bedrooms are compact, with just enough space for the essentials. If you’re looking for a spacious lake house with room to spread out, this probably isn’t your place. But if a modest, character-rich cottage on a quiet lake sounds like exactly enough, you’ll feel right at home.

On warm nights the windows stay open. There’s no central air conditioning, just a lake breeze carrying the smell of the water and the kind of sleep that follows a full day outside. Iola is ten minutes down the road when you need to stock up—groceries, a bag of ice, whatever you forgot to pack. Waupaca is a 25-minute drive, and the Chain O’ Lakes is 30, with miles of connected water to explore by boat.