michigan history

Many of the world's greatest magicians are buried here in Colon's Lakeside Cemetery. Here's a peek...

The park went under three different names before it settled on 'Tiger Stadium' in 1961...

Built in 1908, these old iron furnace ruins were saved from demolition during the 1970s, and still stand in Iron Mountain...

Founded after the Civil War, Pickford ended up being split between two counties. Here's some info and a few photos.....

From antiques to crime evidence, magnet fishing dredges up some pretty unique things in every lake, river, pond, or creek. Here's a look...

Here are two former Michigan lumber towns that have dwindled down to a small population - currently considered 'ghost towns'.....

Sure we speak actual words on occasion, but we also make weird noises that almost sound like words.....

There are plenty of businesses named after their deceased founders: Disney, Hershey's, Levi Strauss...wny not Bill Knapp?

We all do it. But why? Here's where it is believed to have gotten started...

Here are pictures of the historic 1934 Kerns Hotel fire that happened in downtown Lansing...

Filion is off the beaten track, in an isolated area of Michigan's thumb and undiscovered by many Michiganders.....

Formed in 1957, one Top 40 hit in 1958, broke up by the mid-60s...