Milwaukee: 5 free things for visitors to do
By Carrie Antlfinger | AP - MILWAUKEE
29th June 2012 11:02 AM
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the monument for the Pabst family of Pabst Brewing Co. at Forest Home Cemetery in Milwaukee. (File/AP)
Beer is still a big deal in Milwaukee despite the
fact that most of the large breweries that once called it home have long since
moved elsewhere.
There are restaurants that brew their own beer, beer gardens (which are patios
on which to drink beer), beer tastings and brewery tours. How could some of the
free things in the city NOT be related to beer? Believe it or not, there are a
few other fun things as well.
MILLER BREWERY TOUR:
The indoor and outdoor guided walking tour features sights of the high-speed
packaging lines, the shipping distribution center with typically a half-million
cases of beer, a cave where beer was stored before mechanical refrigeration and
the brew house. There's also a replica of the Plank Road Brewery, what
Frederick Miller originally purchased and later turned into Miller. And of
course, you get free beer at the end. Visit:
http://www.factorytour.com/tours/miller-brewing.cfm for information.
FOREST HOME CEMETERY:
The cemetery in the heart of Milwaukee's south side is the resting place of
some of the city's founders — like Byron Kilbourn — but it's also where you can
find some who built Milwaukee's beer kingdom. The cemetery lists six beer
barons, including Jacob Best who founded Pabst Brewery, Pabst's namesake
Frederic Pabst, and Valentin Blatz, who produced Blatz beer until it was sold
to Pabst Brewing Co in 1959. Here's more information about the cemetery:
http://www.foresthomecemetery.com/ .
MILWAUKEE RIVERWALK FEATURING THE BRONZE FONZ:
It spans nearly three miles along the Milwaukee River, running from the East
Side, through downtown and into the Third Ward neighborhood. It goes past the
Bronze Fonz, erected in 2008 when most of the cast of "Happy Days,"
including "The Fonz" Henry Winkler, came to Milwaukee for the
dedication. Though no scenes were filmed in Milwaukee, "Happy Days"
took place in Milwaukee during its TV run from 1974 to 1984. Winkler has been
known to stop by the statue when visiting Milwaukee, so if you're lucky you
might run into both versions of Arthur Fonzarelli. There's also 4 foot (1.2
meter) bronze statue of Gertie the Duck and her hatchlings along the Wisconsin
Avenue bridge. She won worldwide fame in the 1940s, as she was trying to care for
her ducklings atop a hollowed-out piling in the river.
ST. JOAN OF ARC CHAPEL:
Originally known as the Chapelle de St. Martin de Sayssuel, it sat in the Rhone
River Valley in the village of Chasse in France for at least 500 years. It's
said that Joan of Arc prayed before a statue of Our Lady standing on a stone
and at the end kissed the stone, which was said to be colder than the stones
surrounding it. The stone has since been added to the chapel. A railroad
magnate's daughter acquired the chapel in 1926 and it was brought, stone by
stone, to Long Island, New York. It was later passed to the estate of a couple
who donated it to Marquette University in 1964. It was dismantled once again
and a fleet of trucks, each truck carrying 40,000 pounds (18,144 kilograms),
brought the chapel stones to Milwaukee. It was reconstructed on campus and
dedicated to St. Joan of Arc in 1966. The school says it's the only medieval
structure in North and South America still used for its original purpose. Find
more information here: http://www.marquette.edu/chapel/index.shtml .
MILWAUKEE'S LAKEFRONT:
Start on the south end of Lincoln Memorial Drive at around noon and watch the
wings of the Milwaukee Art Museum, designed by famous architect Santiago
Calatrava, close and reopen. About two miles (three kilometers) north, there's
Bradford Beach, where you can watch volleyball, stroll along the water or catch
rays. About a mile north of that is Lake Park, overlooking the lake, designed
by Frederick Law Olmsted. He's the founder of landscape architecture and also
the designer of New York City's Central Park. You might also catch lawn bowling
clubs competing in the summer or take a walk past the North Point Lighthouse,
built in 1855 and known to be the only lighthouse that's in an Olmsted urban
park.
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