February 25, 2008 – 10:38 am
legs inn by 46137
The Legs Inn is a "monument to nature" built on a high bluff overlooking Lake Michigan. The fantasy-like atmosphere of this medieval looking stone, timber and driftwood landmark was created by Polish immigrant, Stanley Smolak who fell in love with Northern Michigan and its people and decided to settle in Cross Village [...]
February 25, 2008 – 10:35 am
1929 Ford Tri-Motor by Fernando Gomes Semedo
Six hours into their flight, the four explorers aboard the Floyd Bennett, a specially equipped Ford Tri-Motor airplane, stared at the mountain range ahead, blocking their way. Veteran pilot Bernt Balchen eased the plane upwards and entered the pass, which proved much narrower than anticipated. At the end of [...]
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February 8, 2008 – 9:59 am
Jerry Linenger is one of more than a dozen Michiganians who have been (or still are) astronauts. Born in 1955 in Eastpoint (a Detroit suburb), Linengar graduated from East Detroit High School and earned a degree from Wayne State University. After many years of hard work, schooling and experience in the military, Linengar was accepted [...]
January 25, 2008 – 10:39 am
The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky: The Writings of Jane Johnston Schoolcraft edited by Robert Dale Parker (University of Pennsylvania Press) brings to the public for the first time the complete writings of the first known American Indian literary writer, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (her English name) or Bamewawagezhikaquay (her Ojibwe name), Woman [...]
January 25, 2008 – 9:06 am
Ernest Miller Hemingway (July 21, 1899- July 2, 1961) an American novelist, short-story writer and journalist. Born in Oak Park, Illinois. Hemingway adopted his father's outdoorsman hobbies of hunting, fishing and camping in the woods and lakes of Northern Michigan. The family owned a house called Windemere on Michigan's Walloon Lake often spending [...]
January 22, 2008 – 1:48 pm
Giant Uniroyal Tire at Dawn by BarGal
Another (Michigan) Roadside Attraction over at Michigan in Pictures has all the details on a call for stories, pictures and artifacts from Michigan tourist traps and attractions for an exhibit by the Michigan Historical Museum.
If you're wondering where you might go to take a photo, check out any [...]
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January 21, 2008 – 9:02 am
The Michigan Sports Hall of Fame 53rd Annual MSHOF Induction Ceremony takes place on Monday, February 11, 2008 at the Max M. Fisher Music Center on Woodward in Detroit.
The Class of 2007 inductees (along with the best articles we could find) are:
The Captain, Detroit Red Wing and NHL legend, Steve Yzerman (steviey.net, fan site dedicated [...]
January 16, 2008 – 8:38 am
One Thousand Tracings: Healing the Wounds of World War II by Lita Judge (Hyperion Books for Children) is the story of Judge's mother and grandmother, set during World War II in Pinckney. The book is illustrated with a combination of paintings, collages of original photographs, and foot tracings. Foot tracings? From the publisher's page on [...]
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January 16, 2008 – 8:29 am
Northeast Michigan is the next stop on or bookstore tour. There must be some we've missed - if you know of any booksellers - with our without web sites - that we missed, add a comment!
Saturn Booksellers, Gaylord
Gaylord's hometown bookstore right in the heart of the Alpine Village, is a general, independent shop for readers [...]
January 15, 2008 – 9:18 am
Today we take a look at "My Brave Mechanics:" The First Michigan Engineers and Their Civil War by Mark Hoffman (Wayne State University Press). Hoffman is deputy department director of the Michigan Department of History, Arts and Libraries and the book features the letters, diaries, regimental records, and local newspaper accounts of the 1st Michigan [...]
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