Born and raised. Precovid, there was something called doors open mke. It happens in September and a bunch of Milwaukee businesses that are usually closed off to the public open their doors to everyone for a few days. The coolest ones we’ve gone to was the safe house, a few private art collections, and the upper floors of the USA bank building. The promenade on the river is so fun to walk with friends in the summer. Seeing all of these places I go passed daily being appreciated by people who don’t come from Milwaukee is really fantastic and I’m glad other people can appreciate it. There’s A LOT of issues with Milwaukee, with segregation and gentrification, but it’s a beautiful city and one day will be an amazing city.
Doors Open Mke was online in 2020 and our video of the Basilica of St Josephat was featured on it. We'd love to be able to attend the 2021 edition, assuming it is in person again :)
Art, bikes, beers, river walk, church and zoo! Soooo cool!!! I'll be sharing with my Chicago peeps. Everyone is a bit cagey and looking for some quick getaways.
Our hometown is MASSIVELY underrated. Absolutely recommend Lakefront Brewery for a total immersing into the Milwaukee culture. And get the cheese curds as well as the beer.
I agree with you 100%, I'm not a Milwaukee native but I moved here to do some contract work just to appease a friend of mine who lived there he keeps saying it was a great City in to come up. God I love that City the only reason I left is the winters last a little too long for me other than that it truly is a great City by a great lake
Absolutely agree that Milwaukee is underrated. Our college student moved there a year ago and we're loving exploring the city. A few places on your list we haven't been to yet. Thanks!
I lived in Milwaukee from 1947 to 1973 and there were things on this list I never saw--I live in Boston area now and Milwaukee is so under-rated. I love it. I come there 1-2 a year. I know some people leave Milwaukee and never come back. Maybe they are ashamed to say they are from Milwaukee. That's stupid. I love MKE and I learned a lot from this documentary. I might add 3-4 other areas: UW-M, and Marquette U. areas, the Sherman park Neighborhood; and of course Bronzeville and sites along Prospect Avenue like the Barnett Art Gallery and the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee at 1360 No. Prospect Ave. Excellent small museum. Go, Bucks! Go, Brewers and Go, Packers!
Great video! I’m glad you guys appreciate Milwaukee! It’s a really great city that has some great old architecture as well. Hidden gems: old soldiers home, city hall, 3rd ward, park system, kk river walk, paddling the mke river. You can also just go cruising on Hwy 100.
Milwaukee is often mistreated. Many people here in Wisconsin prefer Chicago. Milwaukee has “problems,” but it also has a lot to offer. I can’t wait for this pandemic to end so that I can come and visit. It’s time to appreciate the things we have. Thanks for this video. Subscribed. 🍺🏒🙋
We love Chicago too and Chicago also has a lot to offer. But Milwaukee is lesser known and still has lots of similarities with Chicago. A smaller version of :).
I just subscribe to your channel. I am in Milwaukee right now and saw all the recommendations you guys gave. My favorite is the North Point Lighthouse (nice neighborhood and overlooking the McKinley Beach). Also the Untapped Brewery Tour is awesome. Thank you guys. I will be in Minneapolis this Tuesday and will do the tour as you suggested in the video. Have a nice day.
@@JamesandLaurent I live in Milwaukee in independence on one part of it you go to because if you ever been to Sherman Park or Washington high school in the school that I’m currently at we have a Lotta nice bars
Lakefront Brewery makes excellent beer. And the Pfister Hotel has both a tower and historic rooms, leading the list of top hotels for architecture, history and location. Try a German restaurant too and go to one of the historic theaters!
The MKE art museum has a area for kids to make art too. You can also have weddings there. When you visit MKE I would recommend to use a Hop as well as a bus. Also you should visit Villa Terrace and Discovery world.
I thought that thing (01:00) looked familiar. The Oculus in the WTC in NYC has been a retail financial disaster, and, also, prone to fabulous water leaks. Its design guarantees that dozens of pedestrians every day get lost in what is basically a labyrinth.
Great video! Planning my itinerary to visit Chicago and Milwaukee. (Hopefully US will open for tourists from France!) My plan to visit is on July-August . Your video helps me a lot. Question is it super hot that month, also is it necessary to rent a car or the transportation in downtown is good like here in Paris? Thanks
Yes, it is VERY hot in the summer. Chicago is at the same latitude as Barcelona and Milwaukee at the same latitude as Perpignan. But it is a continental climate here. The temperature is not necessarily hotter than in Southern France, but it is a lot more humid and therefore more oppressive on your body and makes you sweat more. Public transportation in Chicago is not as good as in Paris, but still manageable. You do not want to deal with a car in downtown Chicago. LizzyFay has an excellent UA-cam video on Chicago public transportation. Milwaukee is a little bit more difficult. But because it is a smaller city, you can walk to most places or rent a bike (same as VeloLib). The big question is how to go from Chicago to Milwaukee. You can either rent a car one-way, or take the Amtrak train, or the Greyhound bus. If you take the train, the Hop (street car in Milwaukee) goes all the way to the train station and takes you downtown for free. Depending on how long you stay in Chicago, we have three videos about Chicago, one about the Top 10 free things to do (exact same video as this Milwaukee video), one about the Top 10 museums, and one about things to do off the beaten path. We hope you enjoy your trip. These two cities are a lot less touristy than New York or San Francisco, but they are both underrated gems.
Great layout...and in the order I would have placed the attractions. Only three other Items one should see: The Milwaukee Public Museum and the Domes and the Safe House.
@@JamesandLaurent Since you are now residents of Milwaukee and Wisconsin, some other suggestions: - Lake Geneva - Lake Delevan resort - Door County - Madison - Wisconsin Dells - Holy Hill - Fond Du Lac, WI - Green Bay, WI - Apostle Islands (Lake Superior) - Small towns ("up North") - Indian Casinos - Hayward, WI - La Crosse, WI - The MANY State Parks. - The MANY Octoberfests in MKE and State (in Sept.) And the above is just a "short list". Explore and Enjoy!
Bonjour! Je suis français aussi et je viens d arriver à Milwaukee!! Sympa de savoir que je ne suis pas tout seul!! Y a t’il une communauté française à MKE? Et super video au fait!
Aucune idée, on vient juste d'arriver aussi. On a fait cette vidéo quand on habitait encore à Chicago. La communauté française à Chicago était d'environ 5.000 personnes. On imagine que c'est beaucoup moins à Milwaukee. On verra quand on aura le droit de sortir :).
Sorry Cristina. When we make videos like these, we never include temporary events like festivals or sporting events. We only want to feature attractions that are year-round. But we love going to concerts and fairs otherwise :).
I've lived in Milwaukee for 13 years and there are so many things I still haven't done. I turned to my husband said, "After Covid, we should actually do some of these things."
@@JamesandLaurent Harley Museum, MAM, brewery/distillery tours, Riverwalk (I've been to the Riverwalk but never made a point to actually walk it as an actual trail), and the Basilica. Just before Covid, I did go to the Pabst Mansion and that was lovely. During the warmer months last year, my husband and I started driving to other neighborhoods to take walks and enjoy the areas we'd never been to before but we have yet to hit up the neighborhoods near the lakefront. We've driven there plenty of times but I know I'd love walking there so I can really admire the homes.
We get that a lot, lol. But we only want to mention in our videos things that are year-round, not festivals or sporting events that only take place at certain times of the year. You must be enjoying all this snow :).
I thought the same thing when I had a friend that invited me to come up there and work for a few months I ended staying for three years I absolutely love that City!
#11) Milwaukee is a city of festivals including the largest Music Fest in the world... Summerfest. Every ethnic group you can think of is represented each weekend during the summer. The festivals are a huge draw and probably should be #1 on the list. Just saying.
Thanks for the suggestions. FYI, we received a lot of similar comments on our video about things to do in Chicago, because Chicago has lots of festivals too: blues fest, jazz fest, gospel fest, etc. We want our videos to be about year-round activities, not so much activities that are seasonal and can only be enjoyed one week per year :).
Oh how I came SO CLOSE to visiting Milwaukee for a day only to put it on the backburner, because last month while visiting Chicago after two days and only getting through two museums I had more things on my list I had to explore so I was bummed I couldn’t visit Milwaukee. The good news though is the next time my planned trip to Milwaukee resumes I can visit for at least a week instead of one day!
I was thinking sometime in mid-November I would go but I’ll have to wait and see so I don’t rack up too much CC bills in a short span of time since I’m planning to go to New Orleans in September. If not November I can always go sometime in 2023. Only disadvantage for Milwaukee in November in my opinion is the daylight being very short due to DST. Sunsets are like 4:30 come late fall and winter time but at the same time I do wanna see what an early sunset looks like there 😅
Likely because it gets cold up there but I’m from Texas so I actually don’t mind the cold 😅 . Could be worse I was initially thinking January 🤣😂 but only because prices are cheap. I could also do October or wait until 2023 in Spring or Summer…
yup it gets worse every year , don't forget to CC when you are in the city. Bring plenty of money for all the parking tickets you'll get. Last july got a ticket for being in a snow lane WTF???? oh and don't forget the homeless train to no where that no one rides. It's called the Hop and has killed people. Oh and don't forget to bring extra smokes for everyone on the street begging. Ask Milwaukees mayor why he rounded up all the homeless right before a political event in milwaukee and sent them to all the outlining WOW counties ???? it was great calling the cops while walking through a park and seeing well there is a reason we called the cops.
@@dudereally9315 So wrong, I almost don't even know where to begin. Parking _can_ be tight, especially on the East Side neighborhoods. The "snow lane" sounds like it was being held open for other reasons, like emergency vehicle access to a major facility; pay attention to signs next time! Don't give to panhandlers, "Keep the Change" (or the smokes or whatever). I'm not the Mayor, but given how angry and tightly wound politics are (especially after that insurrection in DC) I can see extra security is necessary. Could be a disguised assassin lying in wait. Milwaukee is far from the first to take such precautions. And your last sentence isn't even coherent, you're so carried away with rage, so I can't address it.
@@xheralt no worries been here my whole life and finally leaving this shit state. Milwaukee!!! Come see what the most segregated city in the US. ta ta there Tic Tok Stay away from Walgreens on Brady ST. unless you want to get mugged or shot been that way since the 90'S
This is a great video but it misses the Joan of Arc Chapel which was moved from France to NY and later rebuilt again on Marquette's campus. It was originally built in 1420.
Long story short, we got screwed out of an extra day in Milwaukee on a WI trip years ago. I still resent the hell out of what had caused this because M. was beautiful and obviously, only 24 hours wasn't 5% of "enough."
@@JamesandLaurent I'm visiting Milwaukee, from the Bay Area (SF).. and I'm trying to find things fun to do over the weekend. And although I've looked at different tourism content, it's nearly all the same thing; I thought SF was boring. Or I'm probably not interested in some domestic travel; going to different countries is much more fun. All the things I find fun in Wisconsin is out of reach. Tdlr; I thought the Bay Area is boring, but after looking into Milwaukee I was sadly mistaken. Things I enjoy is the outdoors, and nightlife... and in Milwaukee it seems very limited.
Believe it or not, Milwaukee, before 1860, was run by the Irish. That all changed when a Lake Steamer, The Lady Elgin, went down coming back from Chicago. All the Irish politicians and Irish "big shots" went down with the ship. The Germans quickly took over.
@@JamesandLaurent In 1860, the Irish militias in Milwaukee were considered a threat by the then governor of Wisconsin. WHY? Because the state, at that time, was actually considering succession from the USA because many people in the state considered the Federal Government complicit in the institution of slavery. As a result, the Governor was concerned that the Irish militias would side with Federal troops to quash the state's rebellion. (The Irish, at that time, were afraid that the freeing of slaves would cause many Irish to lose their low wage jobs to freed Blacks). As a result, he ordered the militia's guns confiscated. So, of course, the Irish Militia wanted to re-arm. To do that they needed money. One way to get that money was to sponsor a cruise "excursion" to Chicago to attend the Republican Presidential convention. A side benefit of that would probably be they could offer resistance to the selection of Lincoln as the Republican nominee. And that's what they did. The took the Lake Steamer, "The Lady Elgin" down to Chicago. After a day of participation in the political hul-a-baloo, they reboarded the ship and began the return trip to Milwaukee. When the ship reached to a point on the lake about 40 miles north of Chicago, they were struck by an out of control sailing vessel going in the opposite direction (to Chicago). The ship took massive damage and began to sink. Many people were able to abandon the ship. But many of them died in the cold water of Lake Michigan. Even the ones that made it to shore were killed by waves splashing against rocks on the shore. It's estimated that 300 people died. Many of Milwaukee's Irish elites died in that disaster. The German immigrants who began arriving in Milwaukee from 1840 to 1860 were well established by that time. That's why many of Milwaukee's German Beer breweries started during that period. Since so many of the Irish elites were now gone, the Germans took over the city.
@@JamesandLaurent Long story; but I had an illegal copy of photoshop, I purchased premiere, the photoshop techs accidently killed my photoshop trying to get premiere to work, they felt bad, and gave me a legit copy of CS6... Emailed a link and serial number. Now it doesn't work, lol. Neither does that customer support center.
I think Milwaukee has a distinctive culture, history and architecture as well as the city's overall beauty!
James and Laurent, this place has character develop over the years!
Milwaukee's a town, rich in history and tradition!
It sure is. The downtown area has been mostly unchanged for the last 100 years.
James and Laurent, I traveled so many different cities over the years!
Born and raised. Precovid, there was something called doors open mke. It happens in September and a bunch of Milwaukee businesses that are usually closed off to the public open their doors to everyone for a few days. The coolest ones we’ve gone to was the safe house, a few private art collections, and the upper floors of the USA bank building. The promenade on the river is so fun to walk with friends in the summer. Seeing all of these places I go passed daily being appreciated by people who don’t come from Milwaukee is really fantastic and I’m glad other people can appreciate it. There’s A LOT of issues with Milwaukee, with segregation and gentrification, but it’s a beautiful city and one day will be an amazing city.
Doors Open Mke was online in 2020 and our video of the Basilica of St Josephat was featured on it. We'd love to be able to attend the 2021 edition, assuming it is in person again :)
Yes. Precovid I went to open doors MKE and I got to go so many fun places that I wouldn’t otherwise gotten a chance to go.
Art, bikes, beers, river walk, church and zoo! Soooo cool!!! I'll be sharing with my Chicago peeps. Everyone is a bit cagey and looking for some quick getaways.
That's what we like about it. Lots of variety :).
the public market looks interesting - thanks for sharing!
It really is! We hope you get a chance to visit it.
Our hometown is MASSIVELY underrated. Absolutely recommend Lakefront Brewery for a total immersing into the Milwaukee culture. And get the cheese curds as well as the beer.
We always have a great time when we go there :).
I agree with you 100%, I'm not a Milwaukee native but I moved here to do some contract work just to appease a friend of mine who lived there he keeps saying it was a great City in to come up. God I love that City the only reason I left is the winters last a little too long for me other than that it truly is a great City by a great lake
Haha, having a dog that's made for snow, like ours, would have made the winters more bearable :).
Go vegan, just skip the cheese!
YES
This is awesome. Going to Milwaukee next week Tuesday. Thank you.
We hope you enjoy your trip.
I did see all you suggested and enjoyed the trip.
Hi James and Laurent, I'm Dennis Daniels from Cleveland, Ohio! Thanks for sharing your video about your top 10 things to do in Milwaukee!
Our pleasure!
Terrific video! We've added it to our list if places to visit!❤️
Thanks so much :). Milwaukee is a great place to visit.
I have loved in Milwaukee for many years & I'm still a tourist. Your list is Terrific!
Thanks. We will likely film more Milwaukee videos over the summer.
Absolutely agree that Milwaukee is underrated. Our college student moved there a year ago and we're loving exploring the city. A few places on your list we haven't been to yet. Thanks!
We hope you et the chance to visit them all.
Raised in Milwaukee. Moved 17 years ago. Fun city in summer.
Agreed :)
I live in Milwaukee and I absolutely love it❤️❤️ this is a really good video
Thanks so much. FYI, we have moved to Milwaukee since the release of this video. We might be making more videos about our new city :).
And the Safe House! A most unique spy-themed bar.
Thanks for the tip. We'll have to check it out.
I lived in Milwaukee from 1947 to 1973 and there were things on this list I never saw--I live in Boston area now and Milwaukee is so under-rated. I love it. I come there 1-2 a year. I know some people leave Milwaukee and never come back. Maybe they are ashamed to say they are from Milwaukee. That's stupid.
I love MKE and I learned a lot from this documentary. I might add 3-4 other areas: UW-M, and Marquette U. areas, the Sherman park Neighborhood; and of course Bronzeville and sites along Prospect Avenue like the Barnett Art Gallery and the Jewish Museum of Milwaukee at 1360 No. Prospect Ave. Excellent small museum. Go, Bucks! Go, Brewers and Go, Packers!
Thanks so much for all these suggestions. We're glad you enjoyed our video :)
Awesome video! Been waitting for you guys to upload new ones. Next upload, Pomsky? I love that kind of breed so much!
Thanks. We have a couple more travel videos already in the works. But we will release a couple of Pomsky videos before the end of the year.
Great video! I’m glad you guys appreciate Milwaukee! It’s a really great city that has some great old architecture as well. Hidden gems: old soldiers home, city hall, 3rd ward, park system, kk river walk, paddling the mke river. You can also just go cruising on Hwy 100.
Thanks for all these suggestions. We'll have to check them out :).
Old Soldiers Home?? I’ve lived here my entire life and never heard of it. Please tell me more.
@@kerryw1958 there’s a drive to preserve it. It might be torn down. Google it.
I'm from Milwaukee and they're spot on
Thanks. This means a lot to us. Which part of Milwaukee? Anywhere close to any of the sites featured in the video?
Thank you for making such an informative tour guide. Found it very helpful while planning a trip to Milwaukee
Glad it was helpful! We hope you enjoy your trip :)
Milwaukee is often mistreated. Many people here in Wisconsin prefer Chicago. Milwaukee has “problems,” but it also has a lot to offer. I can’t wait for this pandemic to end so that I can come and visit. It’s time to appreciate the things we have. Thanks for this video. Subscribed. 🍺🏒🙋
We love Chicago too and Chicago also has a lot to offer. But Milwaukee is lesser known and still has lots of similarities with Chicago. A smaller version of :).
How’s the job market?
"The grass is always greener on the other side"
I've lived in many cities, in the USA and 4 foreign. Milwaukee is my favorite (and I'm not from Milwaukee or Wisconsin).
Since the time when we made this video last year , we actually moved to Milwaukee. So far, we've love it :)
@@JamesandLaurent In my opinion, you made the right move.
@@JamesandLaurent Welcome!!
Very professional video! You guys look great!
Thanks so much!!
I just subscribe to your channel. I am in Milwaukee right now and saw all the recommendations you guys gave. My favorite is the North Point Lighthouse (nice neighborhood and overlooking the McKinley Beach). Also the Untapped Brewery Tour is awesome. Thank you guys. I will be in Minneapolis this Tuesday and will do the tour as you suggested in the video. Have a nice day.
We're glad you enjoyed our videos. Thanks for subbing!
COMEDY SPORTZ! Milwaukee is the birthplace!
Oh! We didn't now. We'd love to go when things get back to normal.
That place is great!
Love where I live.
As you should. Milwaukee is a great city.
@@JamesandLaurent I live in Milwaukee in independence on one part of it you go to because if you ever been to Sherman Park or Washington high school in the school that I’m currently at we have a Lotta nice bars
We'll have to check it out :).
i loved milwaukee and k8ss it so much!!!
We love Milwaukee too :)
Lakefront Brewery makes excellent beer. And the Pfister Hotel has both a tower and historic rooms, leading the list of top hotels for architecture, history and location. Try a German restaurant too and go to one of the historic theaters!
Does Von Trier qualify?
Very good video and lots of information in this video
Milwaukee is worth visiting
It really is!
Yes
The #1 place to visit Milwaukee is at 34th Street and Courtland Avenue.
It looks amazing on Google Maps :)
The MKE art museum has a area for kids to make art too. You can also have weddings there. When you visit MKE I would recommend to use a Hop as well as a bus. Also you should visit Villa Terrace and Discovery world.
Thanks for these suggestions on additional things to do.
Milwaukee is so very cool!
It truly is. We hope more people come and visit it :).
When you are in Milwaukee be sure to tune in to 88.9 Radio MKE. Great alternative and Milwaukee music. Will make your visit that much better.
We listen to 93.3. Sorry 🤪!
Cheyenne Mt Zoo in Colorado has a wonderful chair lift to the top
Thanks for the info :)
Glad you guys had fun 🙂👍🏼
We sure did. We take it you are from Milwaukee :)
love this!
Thanks. We hope you're doing well. Happy new year :)
I thought that thing (01:00) looked familiar. The Oculus in the WTC in NYC has been a retail financial disaster, and, also, prone to fabulous water leaks. Its design guarantees that dozens of pedestrians every day get lost in what is basically a labyrinth.
Ikea perfected that trick many years ago :).
Great video! Planning my itinerary to visit Chicago and Milwaukee.
(Hopefully US will open for tourists from France!)
My plan to visit is on July-August . Your video helps me a lot. Question is it super hot that month, also is it necessary to rent a car or the transportation in downtown is good like here in Paris? Thanks
Yes, it is VERY hot in the summer. Chicago is at the same latitude as Barcelona and Milwaukee at the same latitude as Perpignan. But it is a continental climate here. The temperature is not necessarily hotter than in Southern France, but it is a lot more humid and therefore more oppressive on your body and makes you sweat more.
Public transportation in Chicago is not as good as in Paris, but still manageable. You do not want to deal with a car in downtown Chicago. LizzyFay has an excellent UA-cam video on Chicago public transportation. Milwaukee is a little bit more difficult. But because it is a smaller city, you can walk to most places or rent a bike (same as VeloLib).
The big question is how to go from Chicago to Milwaukee. You can either rent a car one-way, or take the Amtrak train, or the Greyhound bus. If you take the train, the Hop (street car in Milwaukee) goes all the way to the train station and takes you downtown for free.
Depending on how long you stay in Chicago, we have three videos about Chicago, one about the Top 10 free things to do (exact same video as this Milwaukee video), one about the Top 10 museums, and one about things to do off the beaten path.
We hope you enjoy your trip. These two cities are a lot less touristy than New York or San Francisco, but they are both underrated gems.
You said you live in Milwaukee, James and Laurent?
Yes, we do.
I went to the art museum today. Just here for vacation
Did you enjoy it?
@@JamesandLaurent Yeah, it was really cool
Great!
This was an enjoyable video!
Glad you enjoyed it! Are you from Milwaukee?
@@JamesandLaurent not now! Currently in Miami!
We hope you get a chance to come to Milwaukee some day :)
Bradford Beach is on Milwaukee's "Eastside". Thank you for this video.
You are correct
Great layout...and in the order I would have placed the attractions. Only three other Items one should see: The Milwaukee Public Museum and the Domes and the Safe House.
Thanks for the advice. We are thinking about making a 2nd video about the hidden gems of Milwaukee.
@@JamesandLaurent Since you are now residents of Milwaukee and Wisconsin, some other suggestions:
- Lake Geneva
- Lake Delevan resort
- Door County
- Madison
- Wisconsin Dells
- Holy Hill
- Fond Du Lac, WI
- Green Bay, WI
- Apostle Islands (Lake Superior)
- Small towns ("up North")
- Indian Casinos
- Hayward, WI
- La Crosse, WI
- The MANY State Parks.
- The MANY Octoberfests in MKE and State (in Sept.)
And the above is just a "short list". Explore and Enjoy!
Great Video!
Thanks!
I like it
We hope you get a chance to visit all the places on the list. Have you been to some of them?
Kia boyz
They are becoming quite famous.
Bonjour! Je suis français aussi et je viens d arriver à Milwaukee!! Sympa de savoir que je ne suis pas tout seul!! Y a t’il une communauté française à MKE? Et super video au fait!
Aucune idée, on vient juste d'arriver aussi. On a fait cette vidéo quand on habitait encore à Chicago. La communauté française à Chicago était d'environ 5.000 personnes. On imagine que c'est beaucoup moins à Milwaukee. On verra quand on aura le droit de sortir :).
Ah ok. Merci!
All good options. Have you been to Summerfest or State Fair?
Sorry Cristina. When we make videos like these, we never include temporary events like festivals or sporting events. We only want to feature attractions that are year-round. But we love going to concerts and fairs otherwise :).
2 couple wow
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The anime convention in Milwaukee is usually safe
Thanks.
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I've lived in Milwaukee for 13 years and there are so many things I still haven't done. I turned to my husband said, "After Covid, we should actually do some of these things."
Haha, you guys absolutely should. Which ones have you not done yet?
@@JamesandLaurent Harley Museum, MAM, brewery/distillery tours, Riverwalk (I've been to the Riverwalk but never made a point to actually walk it as an actual trail), and the Basilica. Just before Covid, I did go to the Pabst Mansion and that was lovely. During the warmer months last year, my husband and I started driving to other neighborhoods to take walks and enjoy the areas we'd never been to before but we have yet to hit up the neighborhoods near the lakefront. We've driven there plenty of times but I know I'd love walking there so I can really admire the homes.
Oh Boy, you guys have lots left to see :)
Only thing that's missing is summerfest
We get that a lot, lol. But we only want to mention in our videos things that are year-round, not festivals or sporting events that only take place at certain times of the year. You must be enjoying all this snow :).
@@JamesandLaurent love the snow. Snowboarder for life
Haha, we're too old for snowboarding. We're skiers :).
@@JamesandLaurent as long as your enjoying the slopes that's all that matters
You like Calatrava?
N O O O o o o o . . . . .
We love what he does. So intriguing! The museum in Milwaukee is particularly special.
@@JamesandLaurent
Tasteless!🙊🙊🙊
😜😘♥️❤️
City of killers
Whenever I think Milwaukee I think Dahmer
Luckily, there's a lot more to Milwaukee.
looks boring. nothing beats cali.
We love Milwaukee. Tons to do and lots of variety.
It looks like crap
Then, our video didn't do it justice 😢.
Looking forward to my first visit to Milwaukee in July…I’m excited!
Hope you enjoy it! Great time of the year to be there.
Definitely bring your swimsuit to swim 🏊♀️ in Lake Michigan!
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More comments for us :).
I had no idea Milwaukee was so interesting!
It really is! We had a few more things we wanted to add to the list.
I thought the same thing when I had a friend that invited me to come up there and work for a few months I ended staying for three years I absolutely love that City!
Yessssssssss
Yea nice to visit try living there completely different story
It's not the most interesting city out there but is far from boring.
#11) Milwaukee is a city of festivals including the largest Music Fest in the world... Summerfest. Every ethnic group you can think of is represented each weekend during the summer. The festivals are a huge draw and probably should be #1 on the list. Just saying.
Thanks for the suggestions. FYI, we received a lot of similar comments on our video about things to do in Chicago, because Chicago has lots of festivals too: blues fest, jazz fest, gospel fest, etc. We want our videos to be about year-round activities, not so much activities that are seasonal and can only be enjoyed one week per year :).
Irish fest ☘️
Great job! Shout out to the Near West Side of Milwaukee!!!
Right on! One area we need to explore further.
West sides the best side
Loved my visit to Milwaukee! It super underrated. I thought the kayaking and beaches were cool!
We love Milwaukee too. Thanks for stopping by :)
I think Milwaukee can experience great art, music, history, food and people!
Construction starts soon on 44 story apt bldg on lakefront. The Arched Hoan Bridge is now lit up at night and is Beautiful. Love Milwaukee.
We love Milwaukee too. We will likely make more Milwaukee videos in the future :).
I hated milwaukee but this video change my perspective on milwaukee
We hope you change your mind. So many cool things to see.
I did enjoy your video, And gave it the 600th like. Milwaukee really is a nice city. 😊 Thanks
Awesome! Thank you!
Oh how I came SO CLOSE to visiting Milwaukee for a day only to put it on the backburner, because last month while visiting Chicago after two days and only getting through two museums I had more things on my list I had to explore so I was bummed I couldn’t visit Milwaukee. The good news though is the next time my planned trip to Milwaukee resumes I can visit for at least a week instead of one day!
We hope you enjoy your stay in Milwaukee. Do you have a set date yet?
I was thinking sometime in mid-November I would go but I’ll have to wait and see so I don’t rack up too much CC bills in a short span of time since I’m planning to go to New Orleans in September. If not November I can always go sometime in 2023. Only disadvantage for Milwaukee in November in my opinion is the daylight being very short due to DST. Sunsets are like 4:30 come late fall and winter time but at the same time I do wanna see what an early sunset looks like there 😅
November is clearly not the best time to visit Milwaukee 😂😅😂.
Likely because it gets cold up there but I’m from Texas so I actually don’t mind the cold 😅 . Could be worse I was initially thinking January 🤣😂 but only because prices are cheap. I could also do October or wait until 2023 in Spring or Summer…
Very well done. I had no idea Milwaukee is so much like Chicago!
It is! It's like a smaller version of Chicago.
It is and isn't, and tbh most Milwaukeeans (and no few Chicagoans) will bristle if you make that comparison, even if well-meant ;)
yup it gets worse every year , don't forget to CC when you are in the city. Bring plenty of money for all the parking tickets you'll get. Last july got a ticket for being in a snow lane WTF???? oh and don't forget the homeless train to no where that no one rides. It's called the Hop and has killed people. Oh and don't forget to bring extra smokes for everyone on the street begging. Ask Milwaukees mayor why he rounded up all the homeless right before a political event in milwaukee and sent them to all the outlining WOW counties ???? it was great calling the cops while walking through a park and seeing well there is a reason we called the cops.
@@dudereally9315 So wrong, I almost don't even know where to begin. Parking _can_ be tight, especially on the East Side neighborhoods. The "snow lane" sounds like it was being held open for other reasons, like emergency vehicle access to a major facility; pay attention to signs next time! Don't give to panhandlers, "Keep the Change" (or the smokes or whatever). I'm not the Mayor, but given how angry and tightly wound politics are (especially after that insurrection in DC) I can see extra security is necessary. Could be a disguised assassin lying in wait. Milwaukee is far from the first to take such precautions. And your last sentence isn't even coherent, you're so carried away with rage, so I can't address it.
@@xheralt no worries been here my whole life and finally leaving this shit state. Milwaukee!!! Come see what the most segregated city in the US. ta ta there Tic Tok Stay away from Walgreens on Brady ST. unless you want to get mugged or shot been that way since the 90'S
Where are you guys from?
We now live in Milwaukee, believe it or not :).
Glorioso and scortinos amazing Italian bakeries
Thanks. We'll have to check it out :).
Studied at UWM-Milwaukee for my BSc in Arch… such great memories there during my college years.. greetings from Malaysia 🇲🇾
Our pleasure! We since moved to Milwaukee and now live a couple of blocks from the UWM campus.
Thank you for highlighting my wonderful city. Milwaukee does indeed have a lot to offer
Haha, we just finished a new video about Milwaukee. We hope to be able to release it in the next few days. Stay tuned!
I love going there
So do we :). Where do you live?
This is a great video but it misses the Joan of Arc Chapel which was moved from France to NY and later rebuilt again on Marquette's campus. It was originally built in 1420.
We have another video in the works about Milwaukee off the beaten path and the Marquette Campus and the chapel will be on that list :).
Long story short, we got screwed out of an extra day in Milwaukee on a WI trip years ago. I still resent the hell out of what had caused this because M. was beautiful and obviously, only 24 hours wasn't 5% of "enough."
We hope you get a chance to come back and explore the rest.
The first two should be "duck" and "cover."
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Trying to figure out what there is to do in Milwaukee... I thought my city was super dead.
Unless I'm really not into domestic travel
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@@JamesandLaurent I'm visiting Milwaukee, from the Bay Area (SF).. and I'm trying to find things fun to do over the weekend.
And although I've looked at different tourism content, it's nearly all the same thing; I thought SF was boring. Or I'm probably not interested in some domestic travel; going to different countries is much more fun.
All the things I find fun in Wisconsin is out of reach.
Tdlr; I thought the Bay Area is boring, but after looking into Milwaukee I was sadly mistaken. Things I enjoy is the outdoors, and nightlife... and in Milwaukee it seems very limited.
Loved your video, never been there but it looks like a lot of fun!
Wait another couple of months to let the winter go by. But come spring, it will be a great city to visit.
A lot of gay people and gay things to do there?
Like the Harley Davidson Museum and all the breweries :)
can anyone that knows Milwaukee tell me fun things to do around March? my fiance and i are planning a visit late March.
Late March shouldn't be too bad. Definitely the 3rd ward, Public Market, Harley Davidson Museum, Art Museum are things you can do year round.
@@JamesandLaurent thank you. I will look that up.
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You guys rock!
Haha, thanks!
What about the Grohmann Museum?
We are considering making another video at some point about things to do off-the-beaten-path in Milwaukee and it would be on the list.
@@JamesandLaurent seems that the Museum of Wisconsin Art is very much worth visiting (although a trip of 50 km is needed)
Thank you 🙏 guys for making this video. I’m planning a trip for Milwaukee in the spring.
Our pleasure! We hope you enjoy your trip.
Good list! I moved from Milwaukee awhile ago, but I always find time every year to come back and do some of these exact things.
That is awesome! We did the reverse and moved to Milwaukee since publishing this video :).
Believe it or not, Milwaukee, before 1860, was run by the Irish. That all changed when a Lake Steamer, The Lady Elgin, went down coming back from Chicago. All the Irish politicians and Irish "big shots" went down with the ship. The Germans quickly took over.
Interesting! We'll look it up.
@@JamesandLaurent In 1860, the Irish militias in Milwaukee were considered a threat by the then governor of Wisconsin. WHY? Because the state, at that time, was actually considering succession from the USA because many people in the state considered the Federal Government complicit in the institution of slavery. As a result, the Governor was concerned that the Irish militias would side with Federal troops to quash the state's rebellion. (The Irish, at that time, were afraid that the freeing of slaves would cause many Irish to lose their low wage jobs to freed Blacks). As a result, he ordered the militia's guns confiscated.
So, of course, the Irish Militia wanted to re-arm. To do that they needed money. One way to get that money was to sponsor a cruise "excursion" to Chicago to attend the Republican Presidential convention. A side benefit of that would probably be they could offer resistance to the selection of Lincoln as the Republican nominee.
And that's what they did. The took the Lake Steamer, "The Lady Elgin" down to Chicago. After a day of participation in the political hul-a-baloo, they reboarded the ship and began the return trip to Milwaukee. When the ship reached to a point on the lake about 40 miles north of Chicago, they were struck by an out of control sailing vessel going in the opposite direction (to Chicago). The ship took massive damage and began to sink. Many people were able to abandon the ship. But many of them died in the cold water of Lake Michigan. Even the ones that made it to shore were killed by waves splashing against rocks on the shore. It's estimated that 300 people died.
Many of Milwaukee's Irish elites died in that disaster. The German immigrants who began arriving in Milwaukee from 1840 to 1860 were well established by that time. That's why many of Milwaukee's German Beer breweries started during that period.
Since so many of the Irish elites were now gone, the Germans took over the city.
Plz make video on taxes
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Nice video and what a great name!
Haha. If only people in the US knew how to pronounce it :)
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Kinda messed up that my legit serial number, given to me by Adobe, doesn't work.... yet yours does. Sigh. Typical big company issues.
We have no clue what you just said :)
@@JamesandLaurent Long story; but I had an illegal copy of photoshop, I purchased premiere, the photoshop techs accidently killed my photoshop trying to get premiere to work, they felt bad, and gave me a legit copy of CS6... Emailed a link and serial number. Now it doesn't work, lol. Neither does that customer support center.
Sorry, but we're still confused. We rarely ever use photoshop and not on this video 🤔🤔🤔.
I'm from Milwaukee 59 years now and I agree Milwaukee is a great city but it has gone down hill to say the least. Dirty Dirty Dirty
We can't comment on that. The first time we went to Milwaukee was less than 59 years ago.
414 city of killers 🏙️
We get similar comments on our videos about Chicago.