Things to do in Milwaukee

Historic 19th-century mill town near Milwaukee known for its limestone downtown and Cedar Creek Settlement.

Milwaukee-area suburb known as a shopping, dining, and entertainment destination.

Milwaukee River and Lake Michigan boat cruises, from narrated sightseeing rides to dinner and party cruises.

A natural history and culture museum in downtown Milwaukee with life-size dioramas and a giant dinosaur skeleton.

Milwaukee's lakefront festival grounds, home to Summerfest, the world's largest music festival.

A Lake Michigan city known for its lakefront, Danish kringle bakeries, and Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.

A lakefront zoo in Racine, Wisconsin, run by the nonprofit Racine Zoological Society.

An open-air shopping and dining center in the Milwaukee suburb of Brookfield.

A Lake Michigan city between Milwaukee and Chicago with a historic downtown and lakefront.

Guided 75-minute walking tour of the historic Miller/MillerCoors brewery in Milwaukee with beer samples.

The world's only bobblehead-specific museum, with thousands of bobbleheads spanning sports, pop culture and politics.

Wisconsin's first distillery since Prohibition, offering tastings, cocktails, and guided distillery tours in Walker's Point.

Wisconsin's largest city on Lake Michigan, known for breweries, museums, and its lakefront arts scene.

Catch a Milwaukee Brewers game under a fan-shaped retractable roof, or take a behind-the-scenes tour of the ballpark.

Walk through a Caribbean tunnel aquarium, test hands-on science labs and see Les Paul's guitars on the Lake Michigan shore.

Climb the scenic tower of a hilltop basilica for views toward Milwaukee and walk the outdoor Stations of the Cross.

Step into three beehive-shaped glass domes holding a tropical rainforest, a desert garden and changing floral shows.

An open-air history museum where costumed interpreters bring 19th-century immigrant farms and a crossroads village to life.