Calatrava's wings over the lakefront, the Harley-Davidson Museum on the riverfront, Summerfest, the Domes and a beach nobody expects the Midwest to have.
1Milwaukee Public MuseumThe walk-through Streets of Old Milwaukee, a diorama generations of Wisconsin schoolchildren remember.1000pts
2Milwaukee Art MuseumSantiago Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion, with wings that open and close over the lakefront.885pts
3Bradford BeachA city beach on Lake Michigan that surprises everyone who assumed the Midwest had none.560pts
4Fiserv ForumHome of the Bucks and the anchor of the Deer District that fills up on game nights.485pts
5Mitchell Park DomesThree glass beehives holding a desert, a jungle and a rotating show garden.485pts
6Milwaukee Public MarketAn indoor market in the Third Ward that functions as the city's living room.485pts
7Pabst MansionThe Flemish Renaissance house the beer baron built, kept as it was in 1892.397pts
8Lakefront Brewery TourA brewery tour that treats the tour itself as the entertainment.397pts
9Milwaukee County ZooOne of the older big-city zoos in the United States, with a long-running polar bear exhibit.291pts
10Sprecher BreweryA craft brewery that is at least as well known locally for its root beer.291pts
11Harley-Davidson MuseumTwenty acres on the riverfront holding the company archive, including Serial Number One.291pts
12SummerfestEleven days on the lakefront, billed for decades as the world's largest music festival.0pts
13Historic Third WardWarehouse blocks turned into galleries, restaurants and the Milwaukee Public Market.0pts
14Milwaukee RiverWalkThree miles of boardwalk stitching downtown together, with the Bronze Fonz on it.0pts
Photo credits
- Harley-Davidson Museum — Dori, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Historic Third Ward — SecretName101, CC BY 4.0
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Twenty acres of reclaimed industrial riverfront hold one entry on this list. Another is a museum whose roof opens twice a day: https://youpick.best/articles/where-does-harley-davidson-rank
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ypb-teamSep 13Harley-Davidson was founded in Milwaukee in 1903, and its museum competes here with a Lake Michigan beach and a dozen other things to do in the city: https://youpick.best/articles/milwaukee-ranked-many-ways
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