{"id":6078,"date":"2016-09-27T07:11:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-27T11:11:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6078"},"modified":"2016-10-03T10:09:40","modified_gmt":"2016-10-03T14:09:40","slug":"mad-town-milwaukee","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vweisfeld.com\/?p=6078","title":{"rendered":"Mad-Town & Milwaukee"},"content":{"rendered":"
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photo: Vicki Weisfeld<\/p><\/div>\n

A recent midwest trip took us to spots in Madison and Milwaukee, Wisconsin, you might want to add to your touring agenda.<\/p>\n

Madison<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

In town for a University of Wisconsin football game<\/a>, we put on our red shirts and walked to Camp Randall stadium on a gorgeous fall day. There\u2019s nothing like the Big Ten football game for over-the-top pageantry. The 300-member Wisconsin marching band is justifiably famous for both musicality and precision maneuvers, plus cheerleaders, pep squad, Bucky Badger, smoke cannon, and boistrosity.<\/p>\n

When the opposing team took the field, taking note of the deafening roar from a sea of red, I thought they might just turn around and go home. The Wisconsin fans may have wished they had that day, because though the spectacle was great, the UW football was only so-so (video highlights<\/a>). In the end, though, Badgers ruled!<\/p>\n

The Wisconsin Veterans Museum<\/a> (which currently has a special exhibit of World War I posters) provides a manageably sized, well designed tour of Wisconsin residents\u2019 role in the military, from the Civil War to the present day. (30 West Mifflin Street on the Square).<\/p>\n

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Wisconsin state capitol dome – photo: Vicki Weisfeld<\/p><\/div>\n

The State Capitol<\/a> is well worth a visit. We didn\u2019t take one of the guided tours, and just walking around the building offered plenty to see. Beautiful murals throughout the Supreme Court and legislative chambers (missed it, if there\u2019s a brochure explaining these). The rotunda I\u2019m told that, of all the state capitols, is most like that in Washington, D.C. Building and grounds are in impeccable, restored condition.<\/p>\n

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Hungry? Great places to eat:<\/p>\n