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St. Josaphat's Basilica
Just south of downtown, the first Polish basilica in North America is the city's
St. Jos-
aphat's Basilica
(Lincoln Ave. at S. 6th St., 414/645-5623, tours by appointment, but pub-
licwelcometoMasses).ParishionersbuiltthestructureoutofsalvagedrubblefromtheCh-
icago Federal Building. The capacious dome is modeled after St. Peter's in Rome; inside is
a rather astonishing mélange of Polish iconography and hagiography, relics, stained glass,
and wood carvings.
Beer Corner at Forest Home Cemetery
The only-in-Milwaukee award goes to
Forest Home Cemetery
(2405 W. Forest Home
Ave.)anditsdesignatedsectorofeye-catching monumentstotheearlyMilwaukeebrewing
giants: Blatz, Pabst, Best, and Schlitz rest in peace beneath the handcrafted stones. Kooky
or spooky, heritage is heritage. You can usually enter the cemetery weekdays until around
4pm and on Saturday mornings.
Mitchell Gallery of Flight
Mitchell International Airport has its
Mitchell Gallery of Flight
(5300 S. Howell Ave.,
414/747-4503,
www.mitchellgallery.org
,
8am-10pm daily, free) housing a number of air-
craft, including a zeppelin. More appealing is the retrospective of the iconoclastic and in-
novative military aviation pioneer Billy Mitchell, a Beer City native.
Speakingoftheairport,aunique,freewaytokilltimewaitingforyourplanetodepartis
to drive your rental car along Layton Avenue to near South Kansas Avenue (the north side
of Mitchell International Airport). You'll find a small, relatively unknown viewing area to
watch planes take off and land.
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Miller Brewing
King of the hill is
Miller Brewing
(4251 W. State St., 414/931-2337,
www.millercoors.com
,
tours 10:30am-3:30pm Mon.-Sat., free), technically called Miller-
Coors, but nobody says that. This slick, modern operation is the very antithesis of a neigh-
borhood brewer. Frederic Miller apprenticed and served as a brewmaster at Hohenzollern
Castle in Sigmaringen, Germany, before striking out for the United States in 1855 at age 28
and starting a small brewery. His original Plank Road Brewery, bought from the son of the
PabstprogenitorandnottobeconfusedwithMiller'sshrewdlynamedcontemporary brew-
