Milwaukee, Wisconsin has seemingly no scarcity of indoor and outside choices for households street tripping by means of the Midwest—a lot so, the Large Metropolis on the Lake stays excessive on our listing of “should see” metro areas in America. Whereas we’ve written extensively about Milwaukee in previous years, we visited town earlier this month and have compiled this new High 10 listing of iconic Milwaukee locations to get you began planning your individual trip.
Kopp’s Frozen Custard
Web site: https://kopps.com/
For the whole Wisconsin dairy expertise, it’s good to cross tender serve off your listing and make the improve to custard. In Milwaukee, Kopp’s Frozen Custard is the enduring place to eat custard and be seen. Town has three places (one other is pictured on this story). We hit the Greenfield location this journey – there’s nothing just like the backdrop of the city waterfall on a scorching summer season night time.
Kopp’s Custard Greenfield
Miss Katie’s Diner
Web site: https://www.misskatiesdiner.com/
Miss Katie’s Diner is the place it’s best to have breakfast not less than one morning. We love this retro 50s diner on the perimeter of the Marquette College Campus (discover extra pictures in this story). With rising meals costs all over the place, Miss Katie’s nonetheless feels inexpensive. When you go, pop into the primary eating room and see pictures of Michelle Obama, Invoice Clinton, and different native and not-so-local celebrities.
Miss Katie’s Diner
Colectivo Espresso Lakefront
Web site: https://colectivocoffee.com/cafes/lakefront
In-built 1888, the historic Milwaukee River Flushing Station is now residence to Colectivo Lakefront, a novel cafe brewing espresso with artisan pastries and sandwiches. Excellently located on the intersection of Lafayette Hill Drive and North Lincoln Memorial Drive, Colectivo Lakefront is a superb place to start out or finish your lakefront adventuring. Within the hotter months, watch boats come into the Milwaukee Yacht Membership from the skin seating space. Earlier than you go, make sure to discover the pump room and the modern gear that when pumped greater than 500 million gallons of water into the Milwaukee River every day.
Colectivo Espresso Lakefront
The SafeHouse Milwaukee
Web site: https://www.safe-house.com/
The SafeHouse restaurant and bar stays on the prime of the listing for Milwaukee’s top-secret spy finds. Positioned downtown close to the Milwaukee River, the primary entrance is down a facet alley close to the historic Pabst Theater (trace: we’ve uploaded a photograph of the doorway in this story). We’ve frequented the SafeHouse extra instances than we will depend prior to now twenty-five years all the time uncover one thing new and noteworthy; this time round was a full-building scavenger hunt full with sidebar magic present.
SafeHouse Bar & Restaurant Milwaukee
Ebook Your Keep in Milwaukee
Whereas visiting Milwaukee, we loved the clear and trendy (and conveniently central downtown location) Cambria Resort Milwaukee. Youngsters will love the swimming pool. Mother and father will love the bar and snacks within the foyer. Or use this interactive map to discover a place good to your family:
Mitchell Park Domes
Web site: https://county.milwaukee.gov/EN/Parks/Discover/The-Domes
On a couple of event, Milwaukee’s Mitchell Park Domes have saved my psychological well being within the depths of the darkest of Wisconsin winter days. Guests to the county park expertise three totally different climates-tropical, desert and floral-in three totally different beehive-shaped glass domes that span 140-feet in diameter and 85-feet in peak. A landmark on the Milwaukee skyline, it’s laborious to overlook this well-liked year-round indoor/outside backyard attraction.
Mitchell Park Domes
Harley-Davidson Museum
Web site: https://www.harley-davidson.com/us/en/museum.html
Nestled on a peninsula of land the place the Menomonee and Milwaukee Rivers converge, the Harley-Davidson Museum is a stone’s throw from town’s Historic Third Ward, Walker’s Level and Downtown Milwaukee. Celebrating 120-years this yr, Wisconsin-based Harley-Davidson stays one of the fascinating bike manufacturers on this planet. Learn our latest and full overview of the Harley-Davidson Museum on this story.
Harley-Davidson Museum
Organ Piper Pizza
Web site: https://www.organpiperpizza.com/
Ranked excessive in our 10 Superb Locations in Wisconsin story, Organ Piper Pizza is 100% well worth the quick drive into the Milwaukee suburbs. Delighting and entertaining patrons since 1976, the Organ Piper expertise is as a lot about having fun with pizza is it’s listening to the sounds of the Mighty Wurlitzer, one in all a handful of classic theatre pipe organs scattered across the nation. Patrons dine in the primary eating room and search for their order quantity to mild up on the old style marquis (there’s a small arcade room within the higher degree seating space). As you get pleasure from your pizza, the particular deal with is the musical efficiency and interactive components linked to the organ keys (cymbals chime, dolls flip, geese quack, and a large American flag drops throughout patriotic instances). Depart your track requests within the fish bowl subsequent to the organ participant’s bench.
Organ Piper Pizza, Milwaukee
Milwaukee Brewers Stadium and Sport
Web site: https://www.mlb.com/brewers
Baseball. Bratwurst. Beer. It doesn’t get extra Milwaukee than a Brewer’s baseball recreation. By no means fear a couple of rain delay at Brewer’s Stadium; the retractable roof opens and closes with the climate at American Household Area. Fireworks launch and Bernie Brewer takes a journey down the yellow slide when the Brewer’s hit a house run. Buy your parking ticket along with your tickets and save $5 within the course of.
North Level Lighthouse and Museum
Web site: https://northpointlighthouse.org/
Featured in our Lake Michigan Circle Tour story, the North Level Lighthouse and Museum brings you into the center of a number of the most prosperous of Milwaukee’s neighborhoods. A key cease within the metropolis’s picturesque Lake Park, the lighthouse was in-built 1888 and is listed on the Nationwide Register of Historic Locations. A maritime-themed museum open to the general public, guests can e-book an academic tour upfront and take advantage of their go to.
North Level Lighthouse and Museum
Ghromann Museum on the Milwaukee Faculty of Engineering
Web site: https://www.msoe.edu/grohmann-museum/
Within the coronary heart of the Milwaukee Faculty of Engineering campus, The Grohmann Museum homes an intensive assortment of paintings devoted to the evolution of human work. Spanning three-stories and a rooftop sculpture backyard, Hosing over 1500 European and American work, sculptures and works on paper that depict varied types of work, the museum was named in honor of MSOE regent Eckhart Grohmann who donated his “Man at Work” assortment to the college in 2001. Creator’s observe: I acquired my undergraduate diploma from MSOE in 1999 and have adopted its improvement and progress in alumni updates through the years – don’t flip down the chance to go to this museum. You’ll be each happy and stunned.
Renaissance Ebook Store on the Milwaukee Airport
However Wait, One Extra!
On the off likelihood, you’re flying into/out of the Milwaukee Mitchell Worldwide Airport, arrive early or keep late to flick through the used books on the Renaissance Ebook Store (the bookstore is outdoors of safety so you may examine this out should you’re ready for visitors to depart or arrive). The e-book store is situated subsequent to a small museum commemorating aviation historical past and in Milwaukee and past.
Used Bookstore on the Milwaukee Airport
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Joyful Trails!
Downtown Milwaukee from Lakeshore State Park
Characteristic picture: Historic Brady Road
