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397 - Milwaukee maintains bowling spirit despite losing 'America's Bowling Capital' title

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397 - Milwaukee maintains bowling spirit despite losing 'America's Bowling Capital' title

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396 - What's the steampunk scene like in Wisconsin?

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395 - Are St. Francis Seminary Woods at risk as the campus is renovated?

Fri, 04 Sep 2026
394 - The 'renegade' Racine architect behind southeast Wisconsin's round houses

Fri, 28 Aug 2026
393 - 10th anniversary: Ice cream cocktails

Thu, 02 Jul 2026
392 - 10th anniversary: Why Milwaukee is called ‘Cream City’

Thu, 25 Jun 2026
391 - 10th anniversary: Dining with dolphins

Thu, 18 Jun 2026
390 - 10th anniversary: The legend of the Pfister ghost

Thu, 11 Jun 2026
389 - 10th anniversary: What happens when a zoo animal dies?

Thu, 04 Jun 2026
388 - 10th anniversary: Milwaukee's early Black settlers

Thu, 28 May 2026
387 - 10th anniversary: Milwaukee's favorite doughnut

Thu, 21 May 2026
386 - 10th anniversary: Dragon on the water tower

Thu, 14 May 2026
385 - 10th anniversary: Why do we call it a Bubbler?

Thu, 07 May 2026
384 - Cathedral Square's 'Immigrant Mother' statue symbolizes universal motherhood

Fri, 13 Mar 2026
383 - What's the story behind the cluster of cemeteries next to I-94?

Fri, 06 Mar 2026
382 - Why did so many German immigrants move to Milwaukee in the 1800s?

Fri, 27 Feb 2026
381 - A Milwaukee theater has a twin in France. How'd that happen?

Fri, 20 Feb 2026
380 - Just in time for Valentine's Day: The 'blind date cookie' and its Milwaukee connection

Fri, 13 Feb 2026
379 - How a medieval French chapel made its way to a Milwaukee college campus

Fri, 06 Feb 2026
378 - What's the story behind the four-leaf clover shape throughout Milwaukee's Plankinton Building?

Fri, 30 Jan 2026
377 - It's a bird? It's a plane? It's the Milwaukee Flyers!

Fri, 23 Jan 2026
376 - Why is Milwaukee missing so many street signs?

Fri, 21 Nov 2025
375 - Chew on this: the life of Milwaukee's urban river beavers

Fri, 14 Nov 2025
374 - Unearthing the history of Milwaukee’s celery farms

Fri, 07 Nov 2025
373 - The story behind the lone high-rise in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood

Fri, 31 Oct 2025
372 - Remembering when Marian Anderson, world-famous contralto, shared her voice with Milwaukee

Fri, 24 Oct 2025
371 - Did you know the Milwaukee Safety Academy used to be a Catholic girls school?

Fri, 17 Oct 2025
370 - 'Bubbler Talk': Discovering Milwaukee’s Water Current Walking Tour

Fri, 10 Oct 2025
369 - What happened to the historical marker at Lake Park's Native American burial mound?

Fri, 03 Oct 2025
368 - How a 1959 military plane crash is connected to Milwaukee’s annual Air and Water Show

Fri, 25 Jul 2025
367 - Who’s behind ‘The Unsung Hero,’ the 6-story mural in Milwaukee’s Third Ward?

Fri, 18 Jul 2025
366 - Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee is the result of 'healing' after a military past

Fri, 11 Jul 2025
365 - The history of Milwaukee's Silver City & National Park neighborhoods

Thu, 03 Jul 2025
364 - Where are the victims of the Bay View Massacre buried?

Fri, 27 Jun 2025
363 - Where did the card game Sheepshead come from? Inside the cherished Wisconsin pastime

Fri, 20 Jun 2025
362 - How Enderis Park neighborhood's namesake, Dorothy Enderis, shaped Milwaukee Recreation

Fri, 13 Jun 2025
361 - The Native history behind the unmarked pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee's McKinley Park

Fri, 06 Jun 2025
360 - What happens when an animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo dies?

Fri, 11 Apr 2025
359 - Holiday hibernation: What happened to the Grand Avenue Mall's robotic bear orchestra?

Sat, 30 Nov 2024
358 - The journey of the ancestral pole that once stood outside of the Milwaukee Public Museum

Fri, 11 Feb 2022
357 - The story of the bridge that appears to lead to nowhere along the Milwaukee River

Fri, 16 Jul 2021
356 - Northridge Mall: Still Standing In Line For Renewal

Fri, 24 Aug 2018
355 - What was Milwaukee's most devastating fire?

Fri, 25 Apr 2025
354 - Signs around Milwaukee promise to buy your home for cash. What happens if you sell?

Fri, 18 Apr 2025
353 - Why are there so many shipwrecks in Lake Michigan?

Thu, 17 Apr 2025
352 - What does the rooster represent at the Milwaukee Public Market?

Fri, 04 Apr 2025
351 - The search for the mystery artist behind the wooden birds on the Oak Leaf Trail

Fri, 21 Mar 2025
350 - The geological secrets of Estabrook Park

Fri, 14 Mar 2025
349 - Who uses Milwaukee's downtown skywalks?

Thu, 06 Mar 2025
348 - Bubbler Talk: Taking a Milwaukee County bus to landmarks — where do you want to ride next?

Fri, 03 Jan 2025

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