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Milwaukee
28 places · 8 areas · any 7 stops free, then $4.99 for the whole city · offline map 16.9 MB
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An example half day
7 of the highlights, 1 day, about 2.1 mi (3.3 km), planned by the app's own engine and shown here with their guide. In the app you choose your own.
Day 1 · ~2.1 mi (3.3 km)
1
Henry Maier Festival Park
Lakefront; 75-acre home of Summerfest and the city's summer ethnic festivals, on a former missile site
Come for Summerfest or one of the summer festivals, German Fest, Irish Fest, Polish Fest, Festa Italiana and more, and catch a show by the lake.
2
U.S. Bank Center
Downtown; 601-foot tower of 1973, the tallest building in Wisconsin, with falcons nesting near the top
See the tower from the lakefront or the river and look up toward the 41st floor, where peregrine falcons nest.
3
Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist
Downtown; cream city brick cathedral of 1847 to 1852, rebuilt inside after a fire in 1935
See the tower and cream city brick front from Cathedral Square, then step inside to the modern sanctuary and its crown of thorns.
4
Cathedral Square Park
Downtown; small park on the old courthouse square, home of the summer Jazz in the Park series
Come on a summer evening for Jazz in the Park, or sit under the trees facing the cathedral.
5
Grohmann Museum
Milwaukee School of Engineering; 2,000 paintings and sculptures of people at work, across 400 years
Walk the galleries of farmers, smiths, miners and builders at work, from 17th-century Europe to modern America.
6
Milwaukee Riverwalk
Along the Milwaukee River; riverside walk from the Third Ward through downtown, begun in 1994
Walk the river from the Third Ward north through downtown, stopping at the cafes and brewpubs along the water.
7
Pere Marquette Park
Downtown on the Milwaukee River; riverside park of the free River Rhythms concerts
Bring a blanket and a picnic for a River Rhythms concert on a summer Wednesday evening.
More of the top sights
A few of the 28 places in the full guide. Each one has its own written guide in the app: what to do, what to notice, the history, and why it hits.
Milwaukee Art Museum
700 N. Art Museum Drive; Calatrava's 2001 pavilion, whose 217-foot wings open over Lake Michigan
Basilica of St. Josaphat
Lincoln Village; Polish basilica of 1896 to 1901, built from a Chicago post office's salvaged stone
Historic Third Ward
Beside downtown; brick warehouse district rebuilt after the 1892 fire, now galleries, shops and food
Harley-Davidson Museum
Menomonee Valley; museum of more than 450 Harley-Davidson motorcycles, opened in 2008
America's Black Holocaust Museum
Bronzeville; museum founded in 1988 by James Cameron, who survived a lynching in 1930
Areas
Lakefront · Downtown and Riverwalk · Third Ward and Walkers Point · Marquette and West Side · North Side · South Side · East Side · Menomonee Valley
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