Urban Spelunking

By Radio Milwaukee

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Every week, Radio Milwaukee’s Nate Imig and OnMilwaukee’s Bobby Tanzilo dig into the buildings and architectural features that help retain the city’s sense of history while it builds for the future.

Episode Date
From coal to cable: The history inside the old Commerce St. Power Plant
Jul 06, 2023
Howard Avenue windmill goes on the market
Jun 29, 2023
LIVE: Organ Piper Pizza continues to deliver tasty pies and fun tunes
Jun 15, 2023
LIVE: A tour of Redeemer Lutheran Church as it gets an upgrade
Jun 08, 2023
LIVE: Exploring the history behind the Alano Club
Jun 01, 2023
Butterflies, the rainforest and a rooftop revealed for the Future Museum
May 25, 2023
A trip down memory lane at Marquette University High School
May 18, 2023
The snake button is coming to the Future Museum
May 11, 2023
Recommended changes for downtown Milwaukee in 2040
Apr 27, 2023
Milwaukee Public Museum gives first look at 'Milwaukee Revealed' gallery
Apr 14, 2023
First-ever arched former Kohl's store now a Sendik's
Apr 13, 2023
Plans in motion to dismantle, rebuild Pabst Mansion's pavilion
Apr 06, 2023
A breakdown of MPM's future 'Wisconsin Journey' exhibit
Mar 30, 2023
You can stay inside this former Schlitz tied house in Bay View
Mar 23, 2023
An architectural point of view on MPM's Future Museum
Mar 16, 2023
Milwaukee Public Museum embraces tradition in new exhibitions
Mar 09, 2023
Live on-site at one of Milwaukee's oldest houses
Feb 23, 2023
Live at the Wisconsin Center expansion construction site
Feb 16, 2023
Endless possibilities for former Greyhound station
Feb 09, 2023
Remembering the MECCA Convention Center
Feb 02, 2023
Historic city church prepares for new future
Jan 26, 2023
600 East Wisconsin: A century-old building standing strong in Milwaukee history
Jan 19, 2023
It's not poop! An inside look at how Milorganite fertilizer is made
Jan 12, 2023
A deep dive into Milwaukee's wastewater treatment system
Jan 05, 2023
Live on-site at the Milwaukee Fire Dept. maintenance headquarters
Dec 22, 2022
Milwaukee Athletic Club gets a $70 million renovation
Dec 15, 2022
Remembering the former Journal Sentinel offices, now redeveloped as apartments
Dec 06, 2022
Milwaukee almost had four more Calatravas
Nov 30, 2022
Demolitions on North Avenue leave behind decades of East Side memories
Nov 22, 2022
Filmmakers John Gurda and Claudia Looze discuss their new Jones Island documentary
Nov 16, 2022
Milwaukee's Lake Park pavilion dates back to 1903. What was it used for?
Nov 08, 2022
Fiserv moving corporate headquarters to former Grand Ave. Boston Store
Nov 02, 2022
Mitchell Street State Bank's past life and new chapter as First Federal
Oct 25, 2022
How did Milwaukee build the massive pier home to Harbor House?
Oct 18, 2022
21 years later, Calatrava's impact on the Milwaukee skyline remains iconic
Oct 11, 2022
Rounding up Milwaukee's 10 shortest streets
Oct 06, 2022
We've got your picks for Doors Open Milwaukee 2022
Sep 20, 2022
Inside Frank Lloyd Wright's stunning Annunciation Greek Orthodox Church
Sep 13, 2022
Spelunking MATC's unique, world-class Skinner organ
Sep 09, 2022
Visiting UWM's Greene Museum & Stahl Center for Jewish Studies
Aug 31, 2022
Converting McKinley School to veterans housing
Aug 23, 2022
Gym reno & last look at the pool at Wgema (Concordia) Campus
Aug 16, 2022
Restoring Villa Terrace's Hermes/Mercury statue
Aug 09, 2022
Interview with Jeremy Ebersole of Milwaukee Preservation Alliance
Jul 26, 2022
Pabst Group's new The Fitzgerald events venue
Jul 19, 2022
Spelunking the Former Schuster's / County's Coggs Human Services Center
Jul 12, 2022
A last look inside the Ma Baensch building
Jul 05, 2022
Wheatley School apartments: Update
Jun 28, 2022
Former Meisenheimer Printing & Select Sound building
Jun 21, 2022
Revisiting the Leister Home
Jun 14, 2022
Bobby checks in on Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church
Jun 07, 2022
Remembering the Jones Island School and its pioneer teachers
May 31, 2022
Former Schlitz tied house / Trocadero & future Tauro Cocina
May 24, 2022
Summerfield United Methodist Church
May 17, 2022
Uptown Crossing gets a food Hall on North Avenue
May 10, 2022
The 1855 Isaac Leister House
May 03, 2022
Spelunking the Pan American Club
Apr 19, 2022
Spelunking the 'Red Lion Pub'
Apr 12, 2022
Riverwest's Falcon Bowl changes hands
Apr 08, 2022
What's with the lone basement toilet?
Mar 29, 2022
Spelunking the old Chancery building on Downer
Mar 22, 2022
OASIS Senior Center & the old South View Hospital Nurses' Home
Mar 15, 2022
Spelunking the former Miller tied house, Tess
Mar 08, 2022
Remembering the old Southgate Mall
Feb 22, 2022
The 1866 future home of Zizzo Group
Feb 15, 2022
Survive Alive House
Feb 08, 2022
Spelunking the former Merchants & Farmers State Bank on King Drive
Feb 01, 2022
The George on 5th and National
Jan 25, 2022
Spelunking the Charles Donges' Queen Anne home
Jan 18, 2022
Yerkes Observatory set to reopen to the public
Jan 11, 2022
Alter Trading scrap yard and Jewish Museum exhibit
Jan 05, 2022
Spelunking the Scottish Rite Masonic Center
Dec 14, 2021
Remembering Crunchy the Talking Garbage Truck
Dec 07, 2021
George Wiswell Mansion For Sale
Nov 30, 2021
Beans & Barley building
Nov 23, 2021
Underground Toilets
Nov 16, 2021
Spelunking the new Vendetta Coffee Bar
Nov 09, 2021
A. Werner Silversmith Building
Nov 02, 2021
Beulah Brinton Community Center
Oct 26, 2021
Spelunking the apartments at the former 37th Street School
Oct 19, 2021
Tunnels and cool tenants at Schlitz Park
Oct 05, 2021
Take a peak inside the Kern Mansion
Sep 28, 2021
Goodbye and hello to Wire & Vice
Sep 21, 2021
Live on-site at a 'forgotten' Frank Lloyd Wright-designed home in Shorewood
Sep 14, 2021
1916 Bogk House
Sep 07, 2021
Historic Milwaukee Clipper Ferry
Aug 31, 2021
Building community at the MKE Urban Stables in Bayview
Aug 24, 2021
Tosa's old McKinley School being demolished for new digs
Aug 17, 2021
Love it or loathe it, Milwaukee's short-lived 'whaling wall' made a splash
Aug 10, 2021
Former Boston Store spelunked
Jul 27, 2021
Spelunking the Lawrence Block building
Jul 20, 2021
Miller Brewing built a drug store
Jul 13, 2021
Riverwest's Falcon Bowl is for sale
Jul 06, 2021
Tour South Milwaukee's Bucyrus Club before it officially opens mid-July
Jun 29, 2021
Kearney & Trecker plant in West Allis
Jun 15, 2021
The Gallun Home on Lafayette Place
Jun 08, 2021
Fully restored Milwaukee Soldier's officially opens
Jun 01, 2021
Uncovering Front Street
May 25, 2021
1902 Phillis Wheatley School
May 18, 2021
Spelunking the 1909 Cudahy Tower
May 11, 2021
The Uihlein Mansion for sale
May 04, 2021
Spelunking MATC
Apr 27, 2021
The Astor Hotel
Apr 20, 2021
First look at the new home of MSO
Apr 06, 2021
Spelunking The Community Within the Corridor
Mar 30, 2021
Spelunking the SS. Peter & Paul School
Mar 23, 2021
1928 Racine Majestic Theater
Mar 16, 2021
Visiting the old Golden Zither
Mar 09, 2021
First home of Our Lady of Guadalupe
Mar 02, 2021
Visiting the former Advanced Boiler & Tank site
Feb 23, 2021
Milwaukee's first high school built after WWII
Feb 16, 2021
Racine says goodbye to Franklin School
Feb 09, 2021
Trimborn Farm & Jeremiah Curtin House
Feb 02, 2021
The 1890's Thiensville home gone
Jan 26, 2021
They went inside Cowdery/Elser house
Jan 19, 2021
Spelunking the Accurate Lock & Key Building
Jan 12, 2021
Remembering the old Sprecher Brewery smokestack
Dec 22, 2020
Vaudeville era theater on Milwaukee's Southside
Dec 08, 2020
The old State Street School
Dec 01, 2020
The Legendary WOKY
Nov 24, 2020
Milwaukee County Courthouse Murals
Nov 17, 2020
The Third Ward's historic Landmark Building
Nov 10, 2020
Milwaukee's Oldest VA
Nov 03, 2020
Milwaukee Telenews Theatre
Oct 27, 2020
Explore a former Miller 'tied house' across from City Hall
Oct 20, 2020
Spelunking the old Journal/Sentinel building
Oct 13, 2020
Building Milwaukee's Lakefront
Oct 06, 2020
The Richard Haas Mural
Sep 29, 2020
Hotel Metro in pictures
Sep 22, 2020
Lots to love about the Milwaukee County Zoo
Sep 15, 2020
Remembering the legendary Washington Park Zoo
Sep 08, 2020
Fallout Shelter on the Westside
Sep 01, 2020
One of the Oldest Homes in Milwaukee
Aug 25, 2020
'UWM Alumni House' for sale
Aug 18, 2020
Former church, now event space 'St. James Episcopal'
Aug 11, 2020
The beautiful Washington County Courthouse
Aug 04, 2020
A Dubbel Dutch Hotel *Update*
Jul 28, 2020
Exploring the former Horlick malted milk plant in Racine
Jul 21, 2020
Exploring Grant Park's Seven Bridges Trail
Jul 07, 2020
Police and Fire call boxes around Milwaukee
Jun 30, 2020
'Acts Housing' former St. Michaels convent
Jun 23, 2020
New W.E.B. Dubois statue in downtown Milwaukee
Jun 16, 2020
Pet Cemetery on Milwaukee's Southside?
Jun 02, 2020
Historic Washington Park Bandshell
May 26, 2020
A look back at Jimi Hendrix's final Milwaukee Show
May 19, 2020
The West Bend Theater gets an old school facelift
May 12, 2020
Enlightened still brewing at the former Louis Allis Company plant
May 05, 2020
Explore the Harbor District grain silos before they go
Apr 28, 2020
The many firehouses of Sebastian Brand
Apr 21, 2020
The Story of Milwaukee's 'Albert Kagel'
Apr 14, 2020
'30 Years A Slave' author Louis Hughes lived in Milwaukee's Northside
Apr 07, 2020
'Behind The 8 Ball: Baby Face Willete'
Mar 24, 2020
The former Philipp Elementary for Sale?
Mar 17, 2020
117 Year Old 'Mader's Restaurant'
Mar 10, 2020
Old North Milwaukee High School
Mar 03, 2020
Remembering Vitucci's on North
Feb 25, 2020
Milwaukee's famous 'Lion House'
Feb 18, 2020
'Guardian Fine Art Services' and The Warehouse that stores this fine art
Feb 11, 2020
The 1874 Mix designed building gets a new life
Feb 04, 2020
Let's go downtown to the Pritzlaff Buildings
Jan 28, 2020
The 1938 Greendale Municipal Building
Jan 21, 2020
An Eastside Mystery
Jan 14, 2020
Garland Elementary is cool!
Jan 07, 2020
An East Side Landmark gets its Hands!
Dec 17, 2019
100 Years of Malting at the West Milwaukee Malting Plant
Dec 10, 2019
'Pabst Brewery' Grain Silos
Dec 03, 2019
The Historic 'Hoyt' Building in Wauwatosa
Nov 19, 2019
Three Brothers Restaurant
Nov 12, 2019
Riverwest Tannery Transformation
Nov 05, 2019
Goldberg mansion, built by disgraced lawyer, now for sale
Oct 30, 2019
New 'Drury Plaza Hotel'
Oct 22, 2019
Koeffler/Baumgarten House and Downtown Inn
Oct 15, 2019
Cedarburg's Rivoli Theater joins Milwaukee Film Festival lineup
Oct 08, 2019
'Irgens' BMO Towers' Old and New
Oct 01, 2019
Our 2019 must see 'Doors Open Milwaukee' Locations
Sep 24, 2019
Spelunking the 'Trecker Mansion'
Sep 17, 2019
On-site at Milwaukee Ballet's new headquarters
Sep 10, 2019
Urban Spelunking: 'James E. Groppi High School'
Sep 03, 2019
Story Hill's Bungalow Firehouse
Aug 27, 2019
'Turner Hall' gets three brand new signs!
Aug 20, 2019
'Warner Grand Theatre' Renovation Update
Aug 13, 2019
Urban Spelunking the 'Wisconsin Tower'
Aug 06, 2019
Urban Spelunking the 'Gettelman Mansion'
Jul 30, 2019
The many faces of Running Rebels headquarters
Jul 23, 2019
'Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church' - Roof expected to be done this Summer!
Jul 16, 2019
'Westside Academy' gets a refresh!
Jul 09, 2019
There was an army base at Summerfest
Jul 02, 2019
Concordia University Tunnels
Jun 25, 2019
'Saint Kate' - The Arts Hotel
Jun 18, 2019
'David Barnett Gallery,' the beautiful Henry H. Button House
Jun 11, 2019
'Puddler's Hall' - Bay View's Hidden Gem
Jun 04, 2019
'20 Ton Studios' Artist Collective
May 28, 2019
'Deer District' gets a new Hotel!
May 21, 2019
Spelunking the Crypt at the Historic "Cathedral of St. John the Evangelist"
May 14, 2019
May 7th - Woody's Sports Bar
May 07, 2019
April 30th - Milwaukee County Parks Headquarters
Apr 30, 2019
April 23 - Major redevelopment coming to former Schuster's Gimbels department store
Apr 23, 2019
April 16th - The Nomad World Pub
Apr 16, 2019
April 9th - At Random
Apr 09, 2019
March 26th - Koz's Mini Bowl
Mar 26, 2019
March 19th - Church of the Gesu
Mar 19, 2019
March 12th - Wauwatosa Log Cabin
Mar 12, 2019
March 5th - Lapham Park Social Center / Alliance High School
Mar 05, 2019
Feb 26th - Hummel-Uihlein building on King & Center
Feb 26, 2019
Feb 19th - Historic Cudahy home hits the market
Feb 19, 2019
Feb 12th - Milwaukee Ballet | Schlitz Tivoli Palm Garden
Feb 12, 2019
Feb 5th - Rufus King
Feb 05, 2019
Jan 29th - Anna & Gustav J.A. Trostel Mansion
Jan 29, 2019
Jan 22nd - The Original Harley Davidson
Jan 22, 2019
Jan 15th - Work Lofts Building
Jan 15, 2019
Jan 8th - Honest John's chandlery converted to Reginald Baylor's new studio
Jan 08, 2019
Dec 18th - Five 19th Century Cream City Brick Public Schoolhouses in Racine
Dec 18, 2018
Dec 11th - The Carpenter House
Dec 11, 2018
Dec 4th - Ristorante Bartolotta
Dec 04, 2018
Nov 27th - S.C. Johnson Campus
Nov 27, 2018
Nov 20th - Racine's Wind Point Lighthouse
Nov 20, 2018
Nov 13th - A look inside Dandy Midventurous Modern
Nov 13, 2018
Nov 6th - The Grand Theater and future home of the Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra
Nov 06, 2018
Oct 30 - Urban Spelunking's most haunted Milwaukee destinations
Oct 29, 2018
Oct 16th - From an Nike Ajax missile site to the Kelly Senior Center
Oct 16, 2018
Oct 9th - Trinity Lutheran Church
Oct 09, 2018
Oct 2nd - The Coakley Brothers
Oct 02, 2018
Sept 25th - A look back at the history of Enderis Playfield
Sep 25, 2018
Sept 18th - Ten Picks for Doors Open MKE
Sep 18, 2018
Sept 11th - The history of Solomon Juneau
Sep 11, 2018
Sept 4th - A look into the history and future of Hotel Metro
Sep 04, 2018
Aug 28th - The Milwaukee Model Railroad Club
Aug 28, 2018
Aug 21st - A look inside the new Fiserv Forum
Aug 21, 2018
Aug 14th - The Oriental Theatre Re-opening
Aug 14, 2018
July 31st - Milwaukee's Subways
Jul 31, 2018
July 24 - Redevelopment planned for vacant Humboldt Ave. building
Jul 24, 2018
July 17th - John Hausch's Tavern
Jul 17, 2018
July 10th - A guided tour of UW-Milwaukee's campus
Jul 10, 2018
July 3rd - Victory Garden Initiative's new headquarters
Jul 03, 2018
June 26th - The US Cellular Stage at Summerfest gets an upgrade
Jun 26, 2018
June 19th - The demolition of past Milwaukee landmarks and was it worth it
Jun 19, 2018
June 12th - Arts At Large begins construction in Walker's Point
Jun 12, 2018
June 5th - Maps at the American Geographical Society Library
Jun 05, 2018
May 29th - The Samuel Weinstock House
May 29, 2018
May 15th - Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra's new home at The Grand Theater
May 15, 2018
May 8th - The resurgence of the Menomonee Valley
May 08, 2018
May 1 - Checking in on the new Leinenkugel's 10th Street Brewery
May 02, 2018
April 24 - RC's on North Ave. closing after 44 years
Apr 24, 2018
April 10th - The Diplomat and 1840 Brewing Company
Apr 10, 2018
March 27th - The Former BBC & Hotel Foster Complex and Wisconsin Knitwear
Mar 27, 2018
Mar. 13 - Craft Brewing Craze: Third Space Brewing & Biloba Brewing
Mar 14, 2018
Mar. 6 - From Sprecher to Good City: The evolution of Milwaukee craft breweries
Mar 06, 2018
Feb. 27 - Two of Milwaukee's Oldest Schools Still Serving Students
Feb 27, 2018