Things to Do in Milwaukee

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Things to Do in Milwaukee

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Allen-Bradley Company Clock
This clock is a Milwaukee landmark and, according to the Guinness...
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Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
This church was Frank Lloyd Wright's last major work; the famed...
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Betty Brinn Children's Museum
Overlooking Lake Michigan, this well-conceived children's museum...
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Cathedral Square
This parklike square, a few blocks from the lakefront, was built...
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Charles Allis Art Museum
Inside a Tudor-style house built in 1911, with stained-glass...
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Discovery World at Pier Wisconsin
You could easily spend an entire day exploring this museum's...
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Eisner American Museum of Advertising & Design
Advertising is demystified through the museum's exhibits on psychographics...
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Historic Milwaukee, Inc
Take a walking tour of one of Milwaukee's vivid neighborhoods...
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Historic Third Ward
This neighborhood, listed on the National Register of Historic...
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Iron Block Building
On the east side of the city, this is one of the few remaining...
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Marquette University
Founded in 1881, Marquette University provides a Jesuit-based...
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Miller Park
No matter how the Brewers are doing, fans still flock here to...
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Milwaukee Art Museum
Located on the lakefront, this museum houses collections of paintings...
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Milwaukee County Zoo
Inside this enormous park are more than 3,000 wild animals and...
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Milwaukee Journal Sentinel
It's not hard to believe this newspaper press was the largest...
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Milwaukee Public Library
Near the Business District, the building is an impressive example...
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Milwaukee Public Market
This indoor market's vendors offer items as exotic as Bulgarian...
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Milwaukee Public Museum
Considered among the best natural history museums in the country...
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Mitchell Park Conservatory
Known to locals simply as "The Domes," the conservatory consists...
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Pabst Mansion
Completed in 1892 for beer baron Captain Frederick Pabst, this...
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Pabst Theater
Built in 1895 and remodeled in 1976, this Downtown Victorian...
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River Walk Boat Tours and Rentals
Cruise the Milwaukee River on the 45-seat Brew City Queen or...
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Schlitz Audubon Nature Center
Forests, ponds, marshland, and trails attract nature lovers to...
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St. Joan of Arc Chapel
This small, stone 15th-century chapel with tiny stained-glass...
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St. Josephat's Basilica
Built at the turn of the 20th century, this basilica has a copper...
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Veteran's Park
This park is the place to be during Milwaukee summers, when you...
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Villa Terrace Decorative Art Museum
Perched on a bluff overlooking its own sweeping lawn and Lake...
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