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What is the best thing to do in Milwaukee?

By YPB Team

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.

  1. Milwaukee Public Museum — ranked #11
    Milwaukee Public Museum
    The walk-through Streets of Old Milwaukee, a diorama generations of Wisconsin schoolchildren remember.
    1000pts
  2. Milwaukee Art Museum — ranked #22
    Milwaukee Art Museum
    Santiago Calatrava's Quadracci Pavilion, with wings that open and close over the lakefront.
    885pts
  3. Bradford Beach — ranked #33
    Bradford Beach
    A city beach on Lake Michigan that surprises everyone who assumed the Midwest had none.
    560pts
  4. Fiserv Forum — ranked #44
    Fiserv Forum
    Home of the Bucks and the anchor of the Deer District that fills up on game nights.
    485pts
  5. Mitchell Park Domes — ranked #55
    Mitchell Park Domes
    Three glass beehives holding a desert, a jungle and a rotating show garden.
    485pts
  6. Milwaukee Public Market — ranked #66
    Milwaukee Public Market
    An indoor market in the Third Ward that functions as the city's living room.
    485pts
  7. Pabst Mansion — ranked #77
    Pabst Mansion
    The Flemish Renaissance house the beer baron built, kept as it was in 1892.
    397pts
  8. Lakefront Brewery Tour — ranked #88
    Lakefront Brewery Tour
    A brewery tour that treats the tour itself as the entertainment.
    397pts
  9. Milwaukee County Zoo — ranked #99
    Milwaukee County Zoo
    One of the older big-city zoos in the United States, with a long-running polar bear exhibit.
    291pts
  10. Sprecher Brewery — ranked #1010
    Sprecher Brewery
    A craft brewery that is at least as well known locally for its root beer.
    291pts
  11. Harley-Davidson Museum — ranked #1111
    Harley-Davidson Museum
    Twenty acres on the riverfront holding the company archive, including Serial Number One.
    291pts
  12. Summerfest — ranked #1212
    Summerfest
    Eleven days on the lakefront, billed for decades as the world's largest music festival.
    0pts
  13. Historic Third Ward — ranked #1313
    Historic Third Ward
    Warehouse blocks turned into galleries, restaurants and the Milwaukee Public Market.
    0pts
  14. Milwaukee RiverWalk — ranked #1414
    Milwaukee RiverWalk
    Three miles of boardwalk stitching downtown together, with the Bronze Fonz on it.
    0pts

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Comments 2

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-team
Sep 13

Harley-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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ypb-team
23h ago