Bubbler Talk

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382 - Why did so many German immigrants move to Milwaukee in the 1800s?

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Bubbler Talk

Episodios

Why did so many German immigrants move to Milwaukee in the 1800s?

A Milwaukee theater has a twin in France. How'd that happen?

Just in time for Valentine's Day: The 'blind date cookie' and its Milwaukee connection

How a medieval French chapel made its way to a Milwaukee college campus

What's the story behind the four-leaf clover shape throughout Milwaukee's Plankinton Building?

It's a bird? It's a plane? It's the Milwaukee Flyers!

Why is Milwaukee missing so many street signs?

Chew on this: the life of Milwaukee's urban river beavers

Unearthing the history of Milwaukee’s celery farms

The story behind the lone high-rise in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood

Remembering when Marian Anderson, world-famous contralto, shared her voice with Milwaukee

Did you know the Milwaukee Safety Academy used to be a Catholic girls school?

'Bubbler Talk': Discovering Milwaukee’s Water Current Walking Tour

What happened to the historical marker at Lake Park's Native American burial mound?

How a 1959 military plane crash is connected to Milwaukee’s annual Air and Water Show

Who’s behind ‘The Unsung Hero,’ the 6-story mural in Milwaukee’s Third Ward?

Havenwoods State Forest in Milwaukee is the result of 'healing' after a military past

The history of Milwaukee's Silver City & National Park neighborhoods

Where are the victims of the Bay View Massacre buried?

Where did the card game Sheepshead come from? Inside the cherished Wisconsin pastime

How Enderis Park neighborhood's namesake, Dorothy Enderis, shaped Milwaukee Recreation

The Native history behind the unmarked pedestrian bridge in Milwaukee's McKinley Park

What happens when an animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo dies?

Holiday hibernation: What happened to the Grand Avenue Mall's robotic bear orchestra?

The journey of the ancestral pole that once stood outside of the Milwaukee Public Museum

The story of the bridge that appears to lead to nowhere along the Milwaukee River

Northridge Mall: Still Standing In Line For Renewal

What was Milwaukee's most devastating fire?

Signs around Milwaukee promise to buy your home for cash. What happens if you sell?

Why are there so many shipwrecks in Lake Michigan?

What does the rooster represent at the Milwaukee Public Market?

The search for the mystery artist behind the wooden birds on the Oak Leaf Trail

The geological secrets of Estabrook Park

Who uses Milwaukee's downtown skywalks?

Bubbler Talk: Taking a Milwaukee County bus to landmarks — where do you want to ride next?

The Morris Pratt Institute has been a source of Spiritualist education for more than a century

Is it possible to rank custard stands?

What's going on at Milwaukee's Veterans Park lagoon?

The history of Milwaukee's Silver City & National Park neighborhoods

Is Milwaukee a community of haters?

What happened to the Chudnow Museum of Yesteryear in Milwaukee?

A Fox Point house has a twin in Fort Atkinson — how did that happen?

Beauty, green space & stormwater management: A look at Milwaukee's bioswales

The story behind the lone high-rise in Milwaukee's Bay View neighborhood

Deciphering the Green Flow, the key to Brady Street's past

Bubbler Talk: The Amtrak train Borealis is coming to the Chicago-Milwaukee-St. Paul corridor

What happens when an animal at the Milwaukee County Zoo dies?

Art? Landing site for aliens? The story behind the giant metal circle at Milwaukee's Cupertino Park

Is it just me or does Wauwatosa have a lot of water towers?

How Milwaukee's Washington Park bandshell became a temple of music