How Bubbler Talk works: You ask, we investigate, and together we unveil the answers.
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The Pfister Hotel is one of Milwaukee’s most historic and luxurious places to stay. It’s been around for nearly 130 years and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. It’s also supposedly haunted. For Bubbler Talk WUWM's Becky Mortensen explores the history, lore, and legend behind the Pfister Hotel ghost. -
Every day, thousands of people visit the Milwaukee County Zoo to see the animals they love — whether it’s the adorable otters, roaring tigers or giant elephants. These animals live their lives on display, but most of us don’t know what happens after they die. -
Who were the first known Black people to settle in Milwaukee? That’s the question that piqued the curiosity of one of our Bubbler Talk question askers, and led to an interesting conversation with Wisconsin Black Historical Society's Clayborn Benson. -
One of Milwaukee's favorite treats is the cruller doughnut — or you may know it as a kruller or crawler, but we'll get into that in a bit. After getting a… -
It was like something out of a fairy tale. One day in the fall of 1985, a green and gold dragon appeared on Milwaukee’s East Side. -
Katie Gnau recently moved to Shorewood from Chicago. And when her daughter came home from school one day, Katie noticed she had picked up a new word for a… -
A bronze statue of an immigrant mother with two children has stood in Milwaukee’s Cathedral Square since 1960. One of our Bubbler Talk listeners wanted to know more. -
Along I-94 near American Family Field, a group of cemeteries line the freeway. A "Bubbler Talk" listener wanted to know more about them. -
For this episode of Bubbler Talk, we explore the history of immigrants who made Milwaukee a "German Athens." -
Milwaukee's Skylight Music Theatre was designed as a duplicate of the Coupe d'Or Theatre in southwestern France. How did the design cross the ocean? -
The blind date cookie has been around for centuries. A Bubbler Talk listener wanted to learn how the sweet's origins are connected to Milwaukee. -
Marquette University is technically the third home of the St. Joan of Arc Chapel, which was built in France around 1420.
