Bobby Tanzilo

When the fourth of this year's five Milwaukee Public Museum 'Greatest Hits' exhibits kicks off on Saturday, July 11, it will also mark the final summer during which visitors can cool off with the museum's iconic dino exhibits.

A house at 8513 W. North Ave., right near Sendik's and Lion's Tail Brewing, recently came on the market and if you look closely, you'll find it's surely among the oldest homes in the area.

As I write this summer is scorching the upper Midwest and fortunately, there's a stack of vinyl that reflects that sizzle, but also some cool stuff to balance it out. Here's what landed on my desk in recent months ... mostly vinyl, but not only.

The one-acre property at 1380 Friess Lake Rd. in Hubertus that has been home to the Alpine Retreat restaurant since 1950 and has a history dating back even earlier, is for sale. We looked at it and its history.

Who doesn't love a lakeside town with a charming downtown lined with shops and restaurants, many of them in historical buildings? Oconomowoc has that and much more for history lovers. Here's what you should check out in this two-lake town.

'Every building hides a world behind its doors,' wrote Keir Graff in his book 'Chicago's Fine Arts Building: Music, Magic, and Murder,' but no Chicago building hides more worlds than the Fine Arts Building.' I've always agreed and decided it was time for an in-depth tour.

Milwaukee writer Kristine Hansen's 'Frank Lloyd Wright's Illinois: Explore His Most Prolific State, From Prairie to Usonian,' is richly illustrated with color photographs and has interesting entries on 40 Wright sites in the Land of Lincoln. We asked her to share six of her favorites.

Any veteran in the tavern game - as an owner, employee or even customer - likely knows the name John Stanelle, who owned The Next Best Thing and other bars. Now, he's written a memoir.

Smoke from wildfires moved into Milwaukee yesterday evening and has gotten so bad that meteorologist Brian Niznansky says that air quality in the area is the worst it's ever been. That has led some to, wisely, cancel events on Thursday.

Like you and I, Milwaukee's Ryan Thompson has been concerned about wildfire smoke-infested air that's blanketed Milwaukee and much of the upper Midwest these past few days. That concern led him to create Smokedar, an app that tracks air quality in Milwaukee and 20 other Midwestern cities.