The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when we feature offbeat stories from the Great Lakes State. Check out more Weird Wednesdays from Absolute Michigan.
Here's a video feature that we last showed so long ago, it should feel new to just about everyone! Thanks Jim for the reminder...
Wally Wallington [...]
fotek is working on a great set of Photomatix HDR photos of St. Anne's Church in Detroit (slideshow). He says that it's such a beautiful church that pictures will never do it justice, but I think he may be wrong.
Some of his other sets include Detroit and Mt. Clemens and you should check out his [...]
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Weird Wednesday already? Nope. Huge piles of ice were pushed by NE winds into homes along Linwood Beach (just north of Bay City), forcing evacuations and causing damage. Linwood Beach residents return to find ice piled around, inside and atop their homes from the Bay City Times begins:
"I was making a [...]
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Jennifer took this photo the other day in Evart (Osceola County). It's part of her architecture set (slideshow).
She lives in Cascade and has some other sets you might enjoy including Antrim County, Grand Rapids and (my personal favorite) Torch Lake Summers.
Spinners 1 by n8xd
The 3rd annual Michigan Energy Fair will be held June 27-29, 2008 at the Manistee County Fairgrounds in Onekama. Billed as "one of the most comprehensive expositions of renewable energy generating equipment, home and business energy efficiency techniques, and technical workshops in the state".
The 2007 Michigan Energy Fair hosted over 4000 [...]
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March 31, 2008 – 10:09 am
grand rapids art museum by chadâ„¢
When the topic of 'green building' comes up many still think of images such as earthships, built from recycled materials including used tires. Although efficient and intelligently designed, they didn't necessarily appeal to the maintstream home owner or developers. Today green buildings appear much like any other home or [...]
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Handy Connections is based in Rochester Hills, Michigan, and was founded by folks with experience in the construction industry to help Michigan residents locate quality service professionals for any home repair or remodeling project.
Their service is free, and after getting some information about your project, they will work to match you with a plumber, electrician, [...]
March 19, 2008 – 10:05 am
Whaley Historical House by sarrazak6881
The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local lumberman and banker, remodeled the house extensively. Three bays, the library alcove and a west-end addition were among the [...]
"Loren Andrus Octagon House by Larry the Biker
Made with bricks that Loren Andrus himself made with local clay, the Andrus house is Michigan's most elaborate remaining example of the Octagon form, considered by many to be the first pure American housing style. The leading authority and promoter of these eight-sided wonders was Orson Squire [...]