Category Archives: SE

Southeast Michigan

Road Trip: Labor Day Weekend Around Southeast Michigan

Get the biggest bang for your Labor Day buck by heading to Southeast Michigan and attending one of the many festivals or fairs. All are within an affordable driving distance from one another and each offers a very unique experience.

world's largest stove by detroit am
August 22 - September 1
Michigan State Fair Detroit
The Nation's Oldest State [...]

Dig Michigan: Flint and the Tri-cities of Bay City, Saginaw & Midland

Flint/Tri-Cities is the third of Michigan's regions that we are exploring this month. Our goal with this series of articles is to give you a little taste of some great vacation opportunities that are probably less than a tank of gas away and an idea of what is going on in the region, so if [...]

Ann Arbor Street Art Fair – July 16 – 19

Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds by Amy Loo Who
Established in 1960, the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair is the Original of the now four award winning art fairs together attracting over 500,000 attendees from across the nation. Among the many accolades received by the fair is the Number One Art Fair rating in the [...]

Road Trip: Detroit's Historic Eastern Market

Grown in Detroit by ellievanhoutte
Since our 'Michigan History' article featured the Detroit Zoo today, it made sense (at least to me) that while there you take advantage of another one of Detroit's great attractions. It seems it would be easy to spend an entire day at the Eastern Market and it's surround area, so [...]

The Week for June 23-29, 2008

Rainbow of Color by Patti
Summer has officially arrived and festival season is kicking into full gear! Events for this week include the Detroit Windsor International Film Festival, the Muskegon Summer Celebration kicks off with 11 days of concerts, events, fireworks, arts & crafts and carnival rides, the Alpena Blues Festival, now in it's 5th year [...]

Road Trip: International River Days – Detroit

Detroit River Days by paulhitz
Starting June 20th and continuing through the 23rd, Detroit hosts it's annual International River Days, featuring carnival rides, a nautical parade, gigantic fireworks and a wide range of musical performances. River Days is the perfect time to enjoy all the fun that the new Detroit International Riverfront has to offer. Other [...]

Michigan History: Walker Tavern

Walker Tavern by Cletus Brooks
In the days when stagecoaches stopped regularly, Walker Tavern offered travelers a welcome break from the road. It still does. But today instead of food, drink and lodging, the tavern serves up a dose of Michigan history. Located at the crossroads of US 12 and M-50 in the green and rolling [...]

Bavarian Festival; Frankenmuth June 12 – 15

Frankenmuth by Tony Tanoury
Wilkommen to Frankenmuth’s 50th Annual Bavarian Festival It’s not just an event... it’s a feeling of "Gemütlichkeit", combined with the warmth and friendship of Michigan’s charming Bavarian Village.
It all started in 1959 with a Grand Opening Celebration of the Bavarian style addition to Fischer’s Hotel on Main Street. Back then "Tiny" & [...]

Photo Friday: Box Turtle by StormchaserMike

Mike says that box turtles are relatively uncommon. Here's what Wikipedia and the Michigan DNR have to say about box turtles.
The photo is part of his Cass Lake set (slideshow). Some of his other sets include outside birds and Josephine the Friendly Squirrel. As you might imagine, Mike also has a number of storm photos.
Over [...]

From the Vine: Pioneer Wine Trail

As part of our celebration of Michigan Wine Month, Absolute Michigan will be featuring excerpts on each of Michigan's five wine trails (and one taking you beyond the trails) from the Michigan Notable Book award-winning From the Vine: Exploring Michigan Wineries by Sharon Kegerreis and Lorri Hathaway.
Over the years, the best vintners in the Old [...]