• Milwaukee has advertised itself as the "City of Festivals," especially emphasizing an annual fair along the lakefront called Summerfest [27]. Listed in the Guinness Book of World Records as the largest music festival in the world, Summerfest attracts around 900,000 visitors a year to its twelve stages. Smaller festivals throughout the year celebrate the city's German, Native American, African-American, Italian, Irish [28], Asian, French and Polish heritage.

While it is not known as a tourism mecca, Milwaukee is a vibrant city with plenty to see and explore.

• During the summer, the venerable Iroquois offers narrated sightseeing tours of the Milwaukee River, Harbor and Lake Michigan daily at 1PM and 3PM.

• Sea Dog Sailing offers sailing trips out of McKinley Marina. The Edelweiss I and II offer elegant dinner cruises departing from the 3rd Street Pier restaurant.

• The Milwaukee County Zoo is a world class zoo that features 2500 animals representing 300 species on 200 acres. Besides animal showcases, the zoo also features train tours, sea lion shows, and a dairy farm. Check with zoo schedules for fun special events like sleepovers at the zoo or trick-or-treating at the zoo on Halloween.

• Milwaukee is known for its Beer. In several spots around the city, the smell of yeast from the beer factories is quite strong.
  • Miller Brewery [50] offers excellent tours. The tour begins with a short video of famous Miller commercials, continues to the original brewery to demonstrate the growth and progress of the company, and finishes at a pub for a little beer-tasting.
  • Sprecher [51] (maker of beer and rootbeer) is a smaller brewery in Glendale just outside of the city's northern border. They also offer tours.
  • Lakefront Brewery [52] is another small, locally-owned microbrewery specializing in handmade beers in the tradition of early Milwaukee brewers. Located along the Milwaukee river just north of downtown.
• The Petit National Ice Center is a renowned Olympic training center. It has a full ice-racing track and two hockey rinks. Public skate hours vary, but are usually in the evening. Skate rentals are available for a good price.
• Milwaukee is known as "The City of Festivals." To this day, there is a festival almost every weekend at the Henry Maier Festival Park, from various ethnic festivals, to Summerfest that holds the Guinness World Records title as the "World's Biggest Music Festival" since 1999.
• In addition to the festivals, Milwaukee is home to a thriving music scene with musicians performing at local venues nearly every night. A partial listing of the city's offerings can be found here: [53].

America's House of Steaks [71] located in the Four Points by Sheraton Milwaukee Airport Hotel is the newest addition to Executive Chef Axel Dietrich’s long history of exceptional restaurants. He serves only the choicest ingredients including high quality properly aged steak that is hand cut on the premises by his experienced staff and served to his guests. Chef Axel’s special Prime Rib of Beef is hand rubbed with his own special seasoning to guarantee the tenderness and flavor you expect, but he doesn’t stop there. You can choose from equally flavorful items such as Veal Porterhouse, New Zealand Rack of Lamb, Country Style Duck, or Sauteed Scampi.