From a Milwaukeean…don’t reference Jeffrey Dahmer. We know, we’re not exactly proud of it. It’s kinda like bringing up Hitler to a German (obviously not on the same scale) Great video! People usually don’t come here in favor of Chicago so it’s cool to see someone advertise the nice things we have

Thanks for being so kind about my city ❤

If you enjoy bicycling, Milwaukee and the suburbs have an excellent network of bicycle trails as does the State of Wisconsin as a whole.

For anyone who is from Illinois - FIBs are a thing, but don’t feel like just because you are from Illinois that Wisconsinites will automatically label you as one. You earn the title through your actions and words.

You covered so much of why I love making trips to Milwaukee, awesome vid! One really cool experience is visiting the oldest bowling alley in the USA, the Holler House. They actually set the pins by hand, don't forget to tip your pinsetter!

I’m from a Milwaukee suburb where we pronounce Milwaukee as « Muh-WAH-Kee » and I highly recommend going to other festivals in addition to Summerfest in the summer. Festa Italiana is awesome. Bastille Days is a blast. There’s also Pride Fest, State Fair, etc in addition to all the cultural heritage festivals. I would also tell tourists to know where the sketchy areas are and avoid them at all costs!

As someone who moved here just over three years ago, tourists shouldn't limit themselves to just downtown. Each neighborhood has its own vibes and hidden gems that residents and tourists alike should vist. Also, some of the nearby suburbs have fantastic eats. West Allis has Kegel's and West Allis Cheese & Sausage that are must visits when here. Thank you for highlighting our city!

The Basilica of St. Josaphat rivals the fine churches in Europe. A Must See!

We love Milwaukee. We stay at the Hotel Phister. One of the oldest hotels and beautiful architecture. Another neat history place behind the Brewers stadium is one of the oldest VA hospital areas. There is a large modern VA but there is this Victorian village behind along with a cemetery. It was one of the first commissioned by Lincoln due to the Civil War and was built in the late 1800’s. Also don’t miss the Wisconsin State Fair in August and get a cream puff.

I'm originally from Milwaukee. You forgot to mention: 1. The "Grand Necklace of Parks", designed by Frederick Law Olmsted, designer of New York's Central Park, includes Lake Park, River Park (now Riverside Park), and West Park (now Washington Park). 2. Historic Lakefront Mansions 3. Wisconsin State Fair 4. Scenic Northern Suburbs-- Thiensville, Cedarburg, Port Washington, etc 5. Lake Geneva (since you mentioned Mars Cheese Castle)

Leon's custard is good, but I like the daily rotation of flavors they offer at Kopp's. Sprecher makes soft drinks AND beer, and they offer tours. I'm surprised you didn't mention the Miller brewery tour; it's interesting to see production on a mass scale. In late June there's the Downer Classic bicycle race through the streets of the Downer Avenue neighborhood on the (north) Eastside. The Wisconsin State Fair takes place in adjacent West Allis in early August. For different eats, try the Serbian food at Three Brothers or the Vietnamese at Hué, both in the Bayview neighborhood (SE side) which has lots of other cool shops and restaurants. Lastly, when a Milwaukee hotel employee asked where I was from, I laughingly said, "Oh, I'm a FIB" (which BTW actually stands for F***ing Illinois B******). He got a little red in the face, laughed, and said, "You're not supposed to know about that." Wisconsinites have a love/hate relationship with Illinoisans. They love the money we spend in their state, but they hate our aggressive driving and attitude. If you remember to dial it down several notches, be "Midwestern nice," and DON'T DISS THE PACKERS you'll be okay.

Nice to see you here! For once a video where I knew every spot you recorded at 😆I feel like the FIB hate is more in the tourist areas up north than in the city, most people here won't care. Not just summerfest, we celebrate all summer long at the lake. Another cool tour is Great Lakes Distillery!

I enjoyed this video. Wonderful scenery. 😊❤

I'm a OLD FART TOO Mark...I remember seeing the Re-runs of Happy Days and Laverne and Shirley..💯💯😒😒🙏😒

We enjoyed our time in Milwaukee. We definitely took pictures with the Fonz! Lakefront Brewery was great! And the Frozen Custard & cheese curds were delicious! Eat at Gloriosio’s! It’s an Italian grocery that sells Italian beef sandwiches that are the BEST!

That was an awesome video. i've been to milwaukee a few times from the twin cities.

Omg you were in my area! Excited to see what you recommend

Let me know when you’re in Mke again! I’ll bring the cheese curds!

Crazy. Just spent the last 2 weeks in Italy and Germany, using much of your advice. I get back and you’re in my hometown. Awesome stuff!

Finally!!!! Prof Wolters visits my HOMETOWN!!! Teach, I know you are a Fighting Illini, but I gotta say “On Wisconsin!” ❤️👍🏽🍺

I was in Milwaukee about a month ago, it's an awesome city.

Awsome list! Glad MKE made you feel at home!!

My grandmother lived on the East side of Milwaukee. You could see Lake Michigan from her apartment windows. I grew up going to the awesome museums & Grand Avenue Mall! Sadly, I am in another state now, & miss my home state very much, the season changes & especially having a basement! No white Christmas in South Texas. Wisconsinites are very friendly, no matter where they go to, & it's great to see Packers fans all over the country! Hey, they have great taste! Miss ya, Wisconsin!!

found this VERY informative-Milwaukee looks like a nice place to visit-was not aware of the many museums there-one nitpick I do have is I saw the local transit and you mention the free service on 1 route-is it better to use the transit there alone, or to use Uber and Lyft as well to get around that city ? food and markets also look interesting-keep up the great work

I am from Chicago and I take Amtrak to Milwaukee all the time! I love it there. I lived there from 2014 to 2017

Great video! Thank you very much for sharing! Like 471

Bayview is a great community just south of the Third Ward. Lots of restaurants and bars (our son owns Voyager in Bayview - a wine and spirits bar with cheeses, olives, sardines from Portugal, Italy, etc). South Shore Park on the lake in Bayview is really nice.

Another market to add is El Rey’s. Mexican market with great food. Probably not as good as Mexican food you’d find in California, Texas, and obviously Mexico, but it’s really good and worth a visit

Great video. Don’t forget to check out some of the parks, you can go for some great hikes in the woods along the lake

Also recommend Waukesha, Oconomowoc & Cedarburg for great shops. I grew up NW of Milwaukee, it sure has changed! Park Ave night club was great in 80's!

I love that you showed Rochambo! One of my favorite coffee spots in Milwaukee - I would go there in college and study. Have you been to At Random? Super fun tiki bar (not for kids) but really kitch. The Domes are awesome and the zoo is really nice. And you've got to love Mader's for a good German meal.

I do like that Milwaukee still got a lot of its old architecture still around most citys don’t have that look no more just square glass boxes 😅 love 414 ❤

Love it. I’ll be hitting Milwaukee in September.

Hey Mark, awesome video

Good to.see the GERMAN -POLISH FOODS IN MILWAUKEE.!!💯💯💯🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

Great video!

Really enjoying your videos 🎉

Don't forget it's a short hop on Amtrak between Chicago and Milwaukee.

You referenced Bio Dome! 😂 love it.

We were just there for Summerfest. We go every year. One of the best. Great music, food and your right on the lakefront. If you haven’t been I highly recommend for next year!

I want a redo on Chicago 😂 Love your videos ✊🏽 you're living one of my dreams. 😁

Born, raised, and still live in Milwaukee. This is a nice video.

Wow, Mark, you hit all! Glorioso’s and the Domes and the ice cream. My only other suggestion would be don’t miss a game at Miller Park if into baseball. A really nice place and the prices are not prohibitive- at least last I knew. The symphony and theater scene are also pretty good, and not sky high expensive. Thanks for the great job on my hometown! 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸

I was just in Milwaukee a couple months ago so I immediately recognized the pink birdies in the thumbnail and when I realized it was also a Wolter's World video, even better. 😊 You can also go inside the historic City Hall and the Basilica of Saint Josephat huge church room. The most impressive thing for me about the city are the Urban Ecology Centers(3 total) that are community areas that work to preserve the natural environment and also act as a lounge or place to learn and volunteer for anyone who wants to. I also checked out the Gordon Bath House ruins from when German was the most spoken language in the city in the late 1800s. Only the front wall remains as a buffer between the building and the Milwaukee River although the river was quite far away so I'm not sure if it was just low tide, if the river has moved, or the water levels are lower now

I love your PG version of what a FIB is lol.

Neigborhoods Downer Ave on the upper east side. Lots of pleasant shops, restaurants, and only a short walk to the lake. North Ave between Oakland Ave and the lake front. Lots a good places to go. Hooligan’s, Von Trier, and the oriental theater. Bayview lovely place on kinnickinnic Ave. Bluemound heights and story hill. Great places to go before a Brewer game. Miller Brewery is very cool. County Clare Irish pub and Inn Swingin’ door exchange Oakland Gyro Collectivo coffee of the lakefront Southshore park beer garden Estabrook park beer garden Juneau park beer garden And last but not least all the theaters for the performing arts. A must see.

Leon’s and Kopp’s both amazing

I can't believe you showed "Zayna's" on Brady street. I have lived within 5 blocks of that place for 25 years. I ate there once. It is bulk frozen food thrown into a deep fryer. Glorioso's however is glorious!

Gies alum here! Great video. I-L-L...

Thank you for doing MKE!! Yes, we are very proud of it! I’m so sorry about what happened at the parking valet! Downtown is actually very clean and safe. An extra friendly and massive neighborhood in Milwaukee is Bayview. Next time you make it back, remember to get a cocktail at Bryant’s or At Random!

Milwaukeean: Hi Mark. Nice to meet you. Where are you from? Mark: Oh, well I'm a fellow Midwesterner. 😆

Love this city. And while I'm not a Harley guy, I absolutely LOVED the H-D museum.

Leon's is the BEST frozen custard. Growing up as a family we use to go to Milwaukee a couple of times of year for events and every trip included a stop at Leon's.

Don't miss visiting our Best Irish restaurant, County Clare Irish Inn and Pub. It opened in 1996 and it wins the best Irish Pub year after year. The food, service and atmosphere cannot be missed. Located on the East side of Milwaukee, it is only blocks from Lake Michigan.

French Dip sandwiches are awesome! Miss having them.

😂😂😂. So funny you had a fibs section, I’m from lake Geneva, alpine valley area and had sky high blood pressure courtesy of the fibs

One place you do need to visit in Milwaukee is the Safe House. It is a spy-themed restaurant at 779 N Front St, However, you will need to know the password to get in... or you'll be asked to perform some silly antics (which is on the tvs in the restaurant). Another great Brewery is the Rock Bottom Brewery. there you can sit at the bar and see the next batch of beer in the fermentation tanks.

Mark, you’re a Friendly Illinois Buddy who is always welcome. 😆

I rolled through Milwaukee last well on Amtraks Empire Builder. Maybe will spend more time there in the future.

I agree that it gets pretty cold in Milwaukee during winter. I live in the suburbs but I'm a city girl at heart. I stay at hotels on downtown Water Street a lot. I walk everywhere in the winter. Just dress warmly & tough it out for a few blocks. There are several skywalks that help make the walk a little easier. A lot of people don't know about using them. They're not just for connecting businesses.

A tradition in Milwaukee is the Friday Night Fish Fry, this isn’t just during lent, it’s all year. During lent they’re hosted by churches. Also, visit the different neighborhoods like Riverwest, Bayview and Wauwatosa. Lastly, there are beer gardens located throughout the city and some are temporary and move to a different park every week.

Sprecher brewery also runs a traveling beer garden in various parks around Milwaukee County between May and September. There are also many other beer gardens all over the area between spring and fall.

It's technically not a museum, but I'd also recommend visiting Best Place. It's the pilot house of the original Pabst Brewery, and they have a really interesting tour and a super cool collection.

I always figure if I ever go to Wisconsin, I truly wanna try some fresh cheese curds. All that other stuff looked great too. I'm in Florida. The last time I ever had really good super fresh cheese curds was when I went to Canada.

My neck of the woods!! :)

I have only started to discover the gems of Wisconsin since our boy moved there. Just want to warn others ....don't leave important things in your(kia) car. A friend of mine and her family were in Milwaukee for a wedding and their car was stolen with all their luggage in it. Yes I KNOW it can happen everywhere.(I live in the Detroit metro area) GreenBay and Depree we have felt were very safe. Just giving a heads-up. Craft beer is so good in this state. I want to check out the supper clubs that are still around in this state

Go a few miles north to the Sprecher brewery for some root beer and beer tasting !

Omg you were in Milwaukee I was I was able to meet you

Just a few comments/suggestions. You listed the Pabst Mansion but showed the Pabst Theater (they're 2 different places). For architecture enthusiasts, while showing the Calatrava designed Art Museum (unfortunately the "wings" at the top were closed - not your fault) you can walk into the stunning main interior space for free. Milwaukee and the surrounding area also has about a dozen Frank Lloyd Wright homes and buildings. Thanks for the Milwaukee video - my home town.

Former Milwaukeean, I may have missed it in the video, but Brew City MKE is awesome its a Beer Museum and Bar ran by the Historic Society.

For a unique bit of history, don’t forget to visit the St Joan of Arc chapel on the Marquette University campus. The chapel was originally built in France in the early 1400s, and visited by Joan of Arc in 1429. The chapel was abandoned after the French Revolution, and sort of rediscovered in the early 1900s. The chapel was originally reconstructed in New York before being gifted to the university in the 1960s.

I lived in Madison for a few years going to school there great college town, but I never made it to Milwaukee but now I think I’ll have to check it out

Welcome to Milwaukee!

Had to laugh that you showed a can of Indeed beer....from Minneapolis. 🤣

I've been looking into a nice small city to relocate to, and Milwaukee is towards the top of the list. I'm fron NY and our climates are virtually the same, I like snow and cold weather, love german food and drink, but I want to live in a smaller scale city with a lot of natural beauty and interesting architecture. Based off this video, I think I'd be happy there, only thing is, whats the job market like there, and how dog friendly is it?

Don't miss out on visiting Waukesha if you're in the Milwaukee area either. Super short drive all things considered and you get to see a charming town with a lot of great history (especially if you're into rock music because it's the birthplace of THE one and only Les Paul!) and surprisingly fun collegiate athletics at Carroll U (Go Pios!). They got some bad press a few years back because of a single bad incident that has spoiled search engine results ever since then but they're so much more than that.

Sprecher might be the best root beer in the country. Never had one better.

head to New Glarus, WI for beer & cheese...

Be sure to visit the Milwaukee Public Museum and check out "Streets of Old Milwaukee" exhibit in the next year or two if you can! The museum is moving to a brand-new building in 2026 and won't be taking a number of its classic and iconic exhibits with them because they're literally built *into* the old building itself, and the Streets of Old Milwaukee is one of them, unfortunately. It's been the most popular part of the whole museum since it first opened back in the 1960s and everyone is bummed it won't be making the transition to the new location. So go and see it while you still can!

What about the Miller Brewery and the Miller Inn?

Wait! Wolter, your wife is from the South? Y’alls channel is 👍

wow, how can you come to Milwaukee, and not go to Kopp's custard? Now their Custard, Hamburgers, Fries, and Onion Rings are to die for.

Here's a don't we learned the hard way. We went to an opera in the third Ward in February and we're driving around 0°F the next day and stopped at Miller Park. We went inside thinking it would be heated. It was not! What was heated was the restaurant inside, Fridays I believe? It was zero outside and you go into some doors and you don't expect it to be zero inside! They were apparently exposing that field to all the natural elements, year-round. We found a warm place but it was about a hundred more feet farther than we thought it would be.

Visited there from Atlanta when our daughter was working on a Masters at UWM - an excellent school! The best breakfast I've ever had in the entire world was at the Pfizer Hotel. Also, Milwaukee (the most segregated city in the USA) has a world class symphony and excellent youth arts programs. I loved visiting there - and the people were mid-western kind.

Also a heads up, they are relocating the Museum to Wauwatosa a suburb of Milwaukee County.

I think it’s okay to tell them you’re from Illinois. They won’t like that you’re from there but I don’t think I’ve heard of someone stopping the conversation once they heard you’re from Illinois. I do kind of respect it though

Sprecher Brewery for spotted cow beer 🍻 only sold in Wisconsin.

❤ Leon's! ❤ Mmm... Turtle Sundae... 🤗❤

Stay away from the North Side of the city (aka the hood)

I drive up from Chicago at least twice a month for the last 4 years. I have never had a weird look being from here. A large group of the city is actually from Chicago.

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I think you set a new "when you are here" record

Visit Marquette University!!! It is right downtown!!!

Fonzy was only allowed to wear a leather jacket because he was driving a bike. TV was crazy back than. (Happy Days)

I’ve been to the public market. It was actually pretty small.

You're always welcome in Wisconsin, just keep spending that money. That whole Illinois thing, that applies here in Green Bay as well. I'm all too familiar with FIBs, I've always heard more vulgar words than you used here.

You're not kidding about the parking rates...currently live in the Madison area and visit Milwaukee often (friend and wife live downtown) and I can park in a city ramp downtown overnight for less than it costs for a few hours in downtown Madison...it's insane. And yeah, it's not our fault we hate Illinois...they did this to themselves 🤣

Sir please add english subtitle. Love you from Asia 🥰

If you're coming up from Chicago, don't forget that Amtrak's Hiawatha trains are quick and convenient. You don't have to put up with that horrid traffic in Chicagoland. My husband and I were visiting friends in Chicago and we used the Hiawatha for a day trip to Milwaukee.

What? Downtown is fun in the winter! Christmas lights, Ice Skating downtown.. Like any mid-westerner, Dress Warm.