On Tue, 11 Sep 2007 18:11:46 GMT, Rich Grise wrote:

The Hormel plant is in Austin, a few hours' drive, but I don't know
if they still have tours - I went on one about 50 years ago, and it
was fascinating, if a bit smelly. ;-) But at least you can see where
they make the "real" Spam. ;-)

If you like that one, there's also the Bush's bean factory in Augusta.
There's actually a lot of manufacturing in the Eau Claire area, it
just depends on what you like. Many of them have reasonably tight
security, so it would pay to call ahead.