Brian Gudas took several photos at the Veldeer's Tulip Farm in Holland the other day.
He has some cool photos sets including this beautiful collection of spring flowers (slideshow), the Coast Guard Fest and the Grand Haven Coast Guard's 50th Anniversary fireworks show. In addition to the sets, he has photos of everything from this amazing [...]
Goose Lake Rock Festival by edwards_sa
The headlines of the local newspaper read, "125,000 and Still Coming." The reporter of the story wrote, "Goose Lake Park's rock festival is no county fair, state fair or world's fair. It's a young people's fair."
Held in August 1970, the Goose Lake festival was similar to the more famous outdoor [...]
Sleeping Bear Dunes by StrudelMonkey
The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore headlines itself "The best nature escape in the Midwest" and though I certainly have strong ties to the Dunes, I feel confident saying it's top 5 at the very least.
The October 21, 1970 Act of Congress that established the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore declared [...]
It appears that General Motors is in the midst of a transformation from a massive company to a somewhat less massive company. It seems that while - or perhaps because - that is happening, interesting things are bubbling out of Michigan's largest company.
One such item is a venture of GM and the College of Creative [...]
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Hands at Work by detroitsky
Tim Pulice's Pulice Report blog has announced the Arresting Site of the Month for May 2008. The inaugural selection is Michigan Innovators and Tim writes:
I first ran across this terrific online destination last summer, which dovetails perfectly with the spirit of this blog, wherein I look to spotlight Michiganders who display [...]
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Ludington State Park, Big Sable Light
by Through Joanne's eye
Last month tourism experts from Michigan State University delivered a less than rosy forecast for Michigan's tourism industry at the Driving Tourism 2008 conference. Also see the full Michigan Tourism 2008 presentation (PDF). The report projected that poor economic indicators on the state and national level and [...]
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Larry (1ManWithACamera) doesn't have to leave his backyard to find plenty of cool photos.
When he does head out to the country, Mackinac Island or a Tigers game, you can count on him to bring back some great pics ... often with a humorous twist.
(and for the record, lilacs are most definitely NOT blooming here in [...]
April 30, 2008 – 10:11 am
The following in an excerpt from the book "Strange Michigan, More Wolverine State Weirdness" forthcoming in October 2008, by permission of the author.
The woods of Michigan buzzed with saws of lumberjacks in the early 20th Century, with particularly intense activity in the lush Jordan River Valley near Alba. Although most tree-fellers toiled in obscurity, working [...]
April 30, 2008 – 10:05 am
It's probably fitting that we close out Garden Month with the largest lifeform in Michigan: The Humongous Fungus. According to the Crystal Falls, Michigan web site (which also provided the photo):
Crystal Falls is "Home of the Humungous Fungus", perhaps the world's largest and oldest living organism. It covers 38 acres beneath an Iron County [...]
