Schoolhouse Beach is located on Washington Island in Wisconsin, in the U.S. The beach got its name from a wooden schoolhouse that used to stand here. The small white limestone pebbles, polished by the action of glaciers thousands of years ago, are so precious that souvenir hunters used to carry them off until a ban was placed. Now anybody found removing pebbles from the beach are imposed a hefty fine.
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