Because I know that Sault St. Marieis the oldest city in Michiganand one of the oldest cities in the United States, I had assumed that the oldest building in Michigan would reside there. But, I was wrong. The oldest building in Michigan can actually be found on Mackinac Island in Fort ...
The oldest, still-operating brewery in Michigan has been a constant since 1862 - the Frankenmuth Brewery. Sure, there was alcohol being brewed in Michigan way before that, but this is Michigan's oldeststill operating brewery. It was founded by John Matthias Falliers, William Knaust and Martin...
The correlation between income and happiness is "surprisingly weak," observed University of Michigan researcher Ronald Inglehart in one 1B-nation study of 170,000 people. Once comfortable, more money provides diminishing returns. The second piece of pie, or the second 100,000, never tastes as go...
Explore Mackinac Island in Michigan Home to the historic Fort Mackinac, Michigan'sMackinac Islandis today a quintessential American summer getaway town. In the virtual absence of cars, you can get around the island by carriage tours and bicycles, in between sampling the island's famous homemade ...
Michigan: M-22 Hit the 116-mile M-22 scenic drive along Lake Michigan in the fall, when Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau counties are blanketed in hues of gold and orange. Find time to explore the lighthouses of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore or nibble a Greek pizza atRiverfron...
I toured the house and lawn once again, having visited when very young for the first time with my parents shortly after they transferred to Maryland from Michigan, where I was born. After stepping with my tour group into the front hall of the house, I was interested to make note of two...
Kiawah Island, a barrier island south of Charleston, was home to 2,000 Indigenous peoples with a trade network that stretched to what is now Mississippi when European settlers reached it. Development of summer homes began in 1954, and a master plan for the community was drawn two decades late...
Michigan: M-22 gabe popa // Flickr Michigan: M-22 Hit the 116-mile M-22 scenic drive along Lake Michigan in the fall, when Manistee, Benzie and Leelanau counties are blanketed in hues of gold and orange. Find time to explore the lighthouses of the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakes...
Michigan: Cranbrook House, Bloomfield Hills In 1904, Scripps publishing tycoons George and Ellen Booth purchased a derelict farm in Bloomfield Hills and proceeded to transform it into a sprawling estate, christened Cranbrook in honor of the Booth family ancestral homeland in the English countryside. ...