
#TBT May 25, 1993: Coast Guard Icebreaker Mackinaw in Alpena
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Shining in Cheyboygan, photo by Bill Johnson
Here's a neat "Throwback Thursday" (TBT), a photo of the United States Coast Guard Cutter Mackinaw on May 25, 1993 when she was still in service. Bill writes:
This…

May 23rd is Gwen Frostic Day
Today is (thanks to Gov. William Milliken) Gwen Frostic Day in Michigan. Frostic was born in 1906 and passed away in 2001. The Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame page for Sara Gwendolyn Frostic says that she was born in 1906 and passed…

Annual Grand Marais Michigan Splash-in - June 15-17, 2018
Splash-in 2016 by Gary McCormick
June 15-17, 2018 the Grand Marais Pilots Association will host the 17th Annual Splash-in on Grand Marais Bay on behalf of the National Seaplane Pilots Association. Seaplanes from all over the US and Canada…

April 13, 2006: Collapse at Miners Castle
Reaching back 12 years for a throwback Thursday post with an article originally published April 14, 2006 on Absolute Michigan...
The Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore reports that one of the two turrets on Miner's Castle is no more:
On…

The Red Dwarf of Detroit and Marche du Nain Rouge

The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald edited by Joseph Fulton
Today is the 36th anniversary of the sinking of the S.S. Edmund Fitzgerald, and if you're in Michigan, you'll probably hear The Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald by Gordon Lightfoot today. I'm pretty sure, however, that you won't enjoy it more…

Inside the Grand Island Ice Caves

Top 6 Michigan Photos of 2016 via Michigan in Pictures
Via Michigan in Pictures - some great shots!!
Welcome to the 2017 Michigan in Pictures year in review! I'd normally wish you a Happy New Year and fun New Year's Eve in this space, but my timing was thrown off. Please do still have a safe…

Star Power at Tahquamenon Falls
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Milky Way over Tahquamenon Falls, photo by John McCormick / Michigan Nut Photography
The Tahquamenon Falls State Park says:
Tahquamenon Falls State Park…

Fresh Coast Film Festival in Marquette

