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This week, on Sept. 27-28, dozens of Milwaukee spots open to the public for exclusive tours and normally off-limits access as part of Doors Open Milwaukee. Here are a few of the ones our editors are most excited to see at the annual event. For a full list of Doors Open events, click here .

Jones Island

Ah, Jones Island – your stench enlivens my soul. Ever since I wrote this profile of Kevin Shafer, the executive director of the Milwaukee Metropolitan Sewerage District, I’ve developed a real appreciation for the complex (and innovative) work that goes on at this plant where Milwaukee’s sewage is cleaned and treated. The plant just south of the Third Ward, normally off-limits to the public, is full of vast, fascinating machinery tha

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