As the white stuff blankets the state, I thought you might enjoy some snow-related facts and tidbits about Michigan, the Water-Winter Wonderland, to occupy you…
On a stormy November evening half a century ago, the crew of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, 29 men who thought they were on the last run…
To help you discover this special spot in full color, the cost of my book 100 Things to Do on Mackinac Island Before You Die…
No peeling, pitting, slicing or dicing. Blueberries just need a rinse and they’re recipe ready or easy to munch by the handful. July is officially…
Planning a trip to Michigan? Or just interested in learning more about the sights, sounds, foods, people and history of the Great Lakes State? In…
Woods, water, and wayward men are key to the local economy in Newberry, a lumber boom town established in 1882 in the thick forests of the…
9.23.25 NOTE: This story was posted in October 2016. It does not reflect the changes at The Sweet Shop since then, including the store’s purchase…
Buster Keaton, a creative giant in the history of motion pictures, has ties to Michigan—something celebrated every October at a gathering in Muskegon near the honoree’s…
The buzz about ArtPrize, the “radically open international art competition” that consumes Grand Rapids each autumn, is justified. I’ve read about it, prowled the ArtPrize…
Although we’ve never attended it, I had a dream about being in the thick of things at the annual Outhouse Classic in the Upper Peninsula town of…
