After the American Revolution, fur traders began to settle around Lake Michigan. Milwaukee was in the center of it all, as a fur trading post for the French Canadians, Americans, and NativeRead More…
Though Milwaukee’s certainly lost manufacturing and industry jobs over the last 50 years, many still consider its working-class heritage part of the ongoing charm. In fact, Milwaukee was the first city in the USRead More…
The city of Milwaukee owes the owner of a non-existent downtown strip club nearly $1,000,000. I’ll let that sink in for a second. Whaaaaat? Jon Ferraro is the owner of Silk Exotic,Read More…
I’ve written about Milwaukee’s oft-maligned city flag before, but here it is again in all its kindergarten-clutter glory: Many Milwaukeeans don’t even know we have a flag, as it’s flown in fewRead More…
Stop #1 on our journey around Milwaukee’s many neighborhoods is where I called home for my first 1.5 years living back in the big city. It goes by many names: East Town, Juneau Town, Downtown,Read More…