This is a plesant sort of a city, clean, simple and easy to get around. It is home to a few American Icons including Miller, Happy Days, Leverne & Shirley and Harley Davidson.
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A quiet night in Milwaukee, well it could have been if we hadn’t found a treat. The B52’s were in town so we went along for a bit of fun. All their classics, Rock Lobster, Private Idaho, Planet Claire and Love Shack. They were a bit of a laugh and turned the little theatre into […] Read the rest of Rocklobster oooooll & Free Beer Pt 2
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Milwaulkee is the home of Miller, so what better way to start exploring this city than straight to to Miller Brewery for a free tour of their factory which ends up at the Miller Pub where beer flows freely for free and they even give you free pretzels- what a great attraction. Read the rest of Free Beer – part 1
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This museum was a good one, it not only had over 300 flash muscle cars on show and for sale but many cars used in movies. There were plenty of familiar cars including Herbie, The real Back to the Future Delorium, The A Team’s truck a Batmobile and Kit from Nightrider. The museum is called […] Read the rest of Another Car Museum
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We didn’t build our hopes up knowing that it would be crap, and we were still disappointed. You can buy a gallon of soft drink for $3 something, I dont’ know why because for $1.29 you get a bottomless cup. Burgers hard to describe but you can buy them in packs of 10 and 20. […] Read the rest of Gary & Rocky go to Whitecastle
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The Sears Tower is the Tallest building in the USA and was the tallest in the world for over 20 years until the twin towers in Malasia topped them. The view of the city is quiet spectacular. Read the rest of A view from the 103rd
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“Beer is the Proof God Loves Us and Wants us to be Happy” Benjamin Franklin Read the rest of “Beer is the proof….”
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About a hours drive over town we found the Walter P Chrysler museum. A pretty shiny flash display of about 70 classic Chrysler vehicles. The also ran a film which about Walter Chrysler….”the greatest industrialist of the 20th Century” ..His vision made the Automotive industry” and a heap of other quotes like we heard yesterday […] Read the rest of Chrysler Museum
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We took the bus over to the Rouge Truck Plant for a walk around the final assembly process of the all new 2009 F150. What a monster truck they are so flash, leather captain chairs, 18″ mags, moon roofs and plenty of chrome- very impressive. The plant is only about 10 years old and state […] Read the rest of Rouge Truck Plant
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This guy must have been mega rich- this home even has its own hydro electric power station. The original budget (back in 1909 was $200,000 but like most Ford budgets it blew out to a whopping $2 Million. Remember this is 1909 – the average wage for a Ford worker was $5 a day in […] Read the rest of Henry’s flash House
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We were thinking that Henry Ford’s Greenfield Village would be a Ford version of Disneyland- pretty crap with Furry Model T’s replacing mice, dwarfs and princesses. But no it was a very well executed look back to at the history of the USA, Set on what must have been more than a hundred acres of […] Read the rest of Ford Disneyland without a mouse
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