Milwaukee Bucket List

MILWAUKEE BUCKET LIST

THERE’S SO MUCH TO DO AND SEE IN MILWAUKEE, BUT IF YOU CAN CHECK OFF THESE 10 CLASSICS, YOU’VE MADE A PRETTY GOOD START.

Take a brewery tour. Milwaukee’s unique custard capital of the world”! Ice cream at the intimate, club-like atmosphere of the combination of beer history, brewing and frozen custard are both made with Northern Lights Theater. giants, and modern craft breweries makes milk, cream and sugar, but custard is also it a beer destination like no other. Take made with egg yolks. This gives it a richer, Snap a selfie with the Bronze Fonz. historic tours a Best Place at Historic Pabst creamier texture than ice cream. You won’t This life-size statue of Henry Winkler’s Brewery, Miller Brewing Company, and want to miss out on this sweet treat. Happy Days character is located on the Pabst Mansion. Then stop by newer craft Milwaukee RiverWalk just off of Wells breweries like Lakefront Brewery, Sprecher Snack on some cheese curds. A cheese Street. Milwaukee’s RiverWalk extends for Brewing Company, Third Space, and Black curd is a small, fresh, springy piece of more than 15 city blocks, linking the city’s Husky Brewing. Don’t leave Brew City cheese. During the cheese-making process, downtown with the Historic Third Ward. without seeing how the product that “made the curds are separated from the whey – You’ll see a variety of permanent and us famous” gets made. these bits of cheese can be pressed into a temporary public art displays along this nice block of cheddar or eaten as-is. Cheese scenic promenade of restaurants, cafes, Visit the Milwaukee Art Museum. curds are mild and slightly salty, and you pubs, and shops. Designed by Santiago Calatrava, this can tell they’re fresh when they squeak striking modern building features a wing- between your teeth! Deep fried or fresh and Learn about an American icon at the like sunscreen with the span of a Boeing squeaky, this is a must-have appetizer. Harley-Davidson Museum. Harley- 747. Watch the wings open when the Davidson is part of the fabric of Milwaukee, museum opens, flap at noon, and close Go to a festival. Milwaukee is known and at the museum you can follow its when the museum closes. Inside you’ll find as the City of Festivals for a reason, and history and another that survived the an extensive collection of American and the best way to get to know the city is to 2011 tsunami. From the first Harley ever European works, decorative arts, folk art, a celebrate with us. At Henry Maier Festival produced in 1903 through a priceless display Haitian art collection, and one of the world’s Park, enjoy the world’s largest music festival, of 450 bikes including one owned by Elvis largest Georgia O’Keeffe collections. Summerfest, as well as cultural festivals like Presley, the museum chronicles the history PrideFest, German Fest, Black Arts Fest, and of an American legend and its role in pop Get out on the water. Set on the coast of Mexican Fiesta. Go beyond the festival park culture. Lake Michigan and the confluence of three for fests like Bastille Days, Garfield Avenue rivers, Milwaukee is truly a water city. Enjoy Festival, and the Milwaukee Air & Water Sample local foods and products at the a sightseeing boat cruise or paddle your Show. Milwaukee Public Market. Located in way right up to the docks outside Lakefront the city’s historic Commission Row, the Brewery. Boat tours, beaches, fresh water Try your luck at Potawatomi Hotel & Milwaukee Public Market is your one-stop surfing, urban kayaking, jet-skis, and even a Casino. Gaming, dining, and entertainment shop for prepared food, grocery, gifts, and tavern that floats–it’s all waiting for you on come together under one roof. It’s more. Nearly 20 local vendors are located the water in Milwaukee. game on at Potawatomi Hotel & Casino under one roof in what Frommers named for the excitement of more than 3,100 one of America’s best public markets. This Get a scoop of frozen custard. Frozen slot machines, 100 table games and an year-round indoor market features some of custard is a food that’s classically Milwaukee expanded, off-track betting room. Treat the freshest and most delicious products. and the city is home to the world’s largest yourself to one of the many culinary options, concentration of frozen custard shops, including the AAA 4-Diamond Dream earning it the unofficial title of “frozen Dance Steak restaurant, and enjoy a show

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