![1906 & 1909 Harley-Davidson motorcycles on display at Harley-Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/6e99362/2147483647/strip/true/crop/2160x1290+0+0/resize/880x526!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkcbx%2Ffiles%2F201708%2F1909___1906_harley.jpg)
Credit Tom Wilmer
Join Jim Fricke, Curatorial Director at the 130,000 square-foot Harley Davidson Museum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin as he shares highlights of the legendary motorcycle’s 117-year history.
The first Harley was introduced in 1903. By 1920 Harley-Davidson was the world’s largest motorcycle manufacturer with dealers in 67 countries. Discover how the motorcycle’s role in WWI and WWII propelled the legend of the Harley.
![Harley-Davidson Museum logo](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/02da8b8/2147483647/strip/true/crop/297x300+0+0/resize/880x889!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkcbx%2Ffiles%2F201708%2FHD-Museum-297x300.jpg)
Credit Harley-Davidson Museum
![Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer NPR podcast album art](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/77a68c3/2147483647/strip/true/crop/1400x1400+0+0/resize/880x880!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkcbx%2Ffiles%2F201708%2FWILMERlogo.jpg)
Credit Kornreich Design, San Luis Obispo
You are invited to subscribe to the Lowell Thomas award-winning NPR Podcast travel show Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer via:
Twitter: TomCWilmer
Instagram: Thomas.Wilmer
![Journeys of Discovery with Tom Wilmer winner of the Lowell Thomas Award 2017, 2016, 2015, 2013](https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims4/default/2b1b045/2147483647/strip/true/crop/450x248+0+0/resize/880x485!/quality/90/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Flegacy%2Fsites%2Fkcbx%2Ffiles%2F201802%2Flowell_thomas_2017-logo_13.jpg)