Isaac Rowlett
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Exploring Wisconsin’s past, present, and future • he/him • views = mine only
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![Just off the shores of Lake Geneva, the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI, holds the largest refracting telescope ever built (40-inch lens, 1897). Known as the birthplace of modern astrophysics, Einstein visited in 1921 and called it “wunderschön” [absolutely beautiful].](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2097163257614119045/amplify_video_thumb/2097163165020893184/img/O1h4XHdX4Yc9YgQZ.jpg)
Just off the shores of Lake Geneva, the Yerkes Observatory in Williams Bay, WI, holds the largest refracting telescope ever built (40-inch lens, 1897). Known as the birthplace of modern astrophysics, Einstein visited in 1921 and called it “wunderschön” [absolutely beautiful].
Isaac Rowlett43,104 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
Show this to the next person who tells you that Wisconsin is a “climate haven.” We’ve seen increased precipitation rates for decades, and this flooding is just a sign of what’s to come. Now’s the time to prepare for the wetter, warmer, & more unpredictable weather.
Isaac Rowlett265,653 просмотров • 1 год назад
Aztalan, Wisconsin — 2026 Once the site of a community of around 500 people between 1000 and 1300 CE, Aztalan spanned 35 acres and was well-fortified by stockade walls. Its name comes from a European settler who mistakenly attributed the pyramids to the Aztecs.
Isaac Rowlett40,312 просмотров • 2 месяцев назад
Brand new traffic calming infrastructure on N 6th & Walnut in Milwaukee 🫡
Isaac Rowlett385,493 просмотров • 2 лет назад
raising my kids just off North Ave in Sherman Park and we love it here’s a look at our recent block party 😊
Isaac Rowlett116,833 просмотров • 11 месяцев назад
Today Milwaukee today had its worst air quality in recorded history with a reading of 566 — above the Environmental Protection Agency’s 0-500 AQI scale. Check on your friends and neighbors and stay inside if possible. There are no climate havens. We’re all in this together.
Isaac Rowlett28,260 просмотров • 3 месяцев назад
How bad are things going for Trump? This is Ozaukee County, Wisconsin…
Isaac Rowlett56,913 просмотров • 1 год назад
Wauwatosa’s name comes from a Potawatomi word for “firefly” and Chief Wauwautaesie, though historians debate the exact origin. It was previously known as Hart’s Mills, after Charles Hart built mills along the Menomonee River beginning in 1835. Today’s population is almost 50,000.
Isaac Rowlett10,085 просмотров • 1 месяц назад
Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 2026 Today at noon, hundreds gathered to embrace the new year by continuing a tradition that goes back over a century in Milwaukee: the Polar Plunge. Hats off to these courageous Milwaukeeans 🫡 Read more about this tradition here:
Isaac Rowlett37,114 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад
Madison, Wisconsin — 2026 Built in 1917, the Wisconsin State Capitol is a Beaux-Arts masterpiece of local materials such as Wisconsin granite and marble. Designed by George B. Post, its massive dome is one of the largest masonry domes in the world. FORWARD!
Isaac Rowlett19,825 просмотров • 8 месяцев назад
Milwaukee, Wisconsin — 1/23/26 -13°F (−25°C) air temperature and feels like −38°F (−39°C)
Isaac Rowlett18,832 просмотров • 9 месяцев назад
