Travel & Visitors Guide - Nov. 2, 2009
Historical Society show traces City Hall restoration
Did you know that when it was completed in 1895, Milwaukee's City Hall was the third tallest building in the country? A new exhibition at Milwaukee County Historical Society highlights the restoration of what may be Milwaukee's most recognizable landmark. It opens tonight.
Tags: Milwaukee County Historical Society, Bob Teske, City Hall

Marketplace - Nov. 6, 2008
3 Geeks play with history in new local trivia game
"All About Town: Milwaukee" tests hometown knowledge via Milwaukee-made trivia ranging from the early 19th century land battle of Juneau, Kilbourn and Walker to Discovery World's move to Pier Wisconsin in 2007 -- and just about everything in between. One of the questions challenges you to name all five of the sausages that race at Miller Park.
Tags: 3 history geeks, all about town, trivia, milwaukee county historical society, board games

Travel & Visitors Guide - Dec. 13, 2007
Oberwise book captures a familiar but different Milwaukee
When a friend lent me a copy of "Milwaukee at Mid-Century," a hardcover book collecting some of the many, many photographs Lyle Oberwise took of the city, I saw a lot of familiar, disappeared places.
Tags: lyle oberwise, milwaukee at mid-century, mchs, milwaukee county historical society, fruit boat, metropolitan block fire, usinger's

Travel & Visitors Guide - May 16, 2001
Tour Milwaukee's history
Local sites allow visitors to travel back in time and see the way our forefathers lived in Brewtown and the surrounding areas. Now that summer's coming, here are a few to check out.
Tags: Lowell Damon House, Jeremiah Curtin House, Kilbourntown House, Streets of Old Milwaukee, Old World Wisconsin, Milwaukee Public Museum, Milwaukee County Historical Society