, , , , , , , , ,

Seeking Michigan: Main Street, St. Ignace

By Mary Zimmeth, Archives of Michigan and courtesy Seeking Michigan and the Archives of Michigan. The goal of Seeking Michigan is simple: to connect you to the stories of this great state. Visit them regularly for a dynamic & evolving look…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Fat Tuesday is Paczki Day in Michigan

A couple of years ago, comedian and commentator Mo Rocca traveled to Hamtramck for CBS Sunday Morning to get this report on Pazcki Day, but as we know, sugary treats never go out of style! Hamtramck's Paczcki Day page (now offline but…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

February is National Cherry Month!

Michigan Cherries by jdurchen Did you know that Michigan is the largest producer of Montmorency tart cherries, growing 70-75% of the crop? February is National Cherry Month, and the Cherry Marketing Institute (link below) has bushels of…
Kenny Svenson of Traprock Valley as Heikki Lunta, Heikinpäivä Festival, Hancock, MI, ca. 2001 (www.csumc.wisc.edu)
, , , , , , , ,

The Legend of Heikki Lunta

Now I’ll sing my song
, to make the snow come down And I’ll do my snow dance
. Whoops! I almost lost my pants I’ll holler and yell,
 And really give it ---- It’s Heikki’s snow dance song, 
Heikki’s snow dance song ~from…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

January Michigan Event Calendar

Frankfort, Michigan Lighthouse and Beach by forestlady Here's a few highlights of the many events being held around Michigan for the month of January (be sure to click Read More to see them!). A lot of them are out in the snow for snowmobiles,…
, , , , , , , , , , ,

Happy Birthday, Sault Ste. Marie Michigan

Pasty.com's Day in History for October 4th says that Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan was founded on this day in 1641. Michigan History Magazine expands on this, relating that French Jesuits Isaac Jogues and Charles Raymbault held the first Christian…
, , , , , , , , , , , ,

October Michigan Event Calendar

october day by PepOmint A sampling of Michigan festivals & events for the month of October. As usual, there's no way we'll get them all, so please add links and information about those we've missed (or reviews of ones we have here)…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Weird Wednesday: Michigan Sea Monsters

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan. Usually we get a feature from Linda S. Godfrey, the author that fascinating tome of Michigan mysteries: Weird Michigan. Linda is hard at work on her latest book…
, , , , , ,

Blogs We Dig: Awesome Mitten

Last week I had a chance to sit down with Alex Beaton, founder of Awesome Mitten, who introduced me to her blog that's dedicated helping Michigan residents discover all things awesome in their own backyard. In their first campaign, “365 Days…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

July Michigan Event Calendar

Expanse by g. s. george You don't have to travel far when you live in Michigan to find a whole lot of fun. We encourage you to support the festivals, events, cities and businesses that are making all the cool things happen around the…
, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Michigan: Great Lakes Surfing Capital

Surfing Michigan by farlane We've pulled together a great collection of Great Lakes & Michigan surfing videos with a few links: The photo was taken on Lake Michigan at Leland. You can see more surfing photos on Michigan in Pictures…
, , , , , , , , , , , , ,

Earl Young's Charlevoix Cottages

Charlevoix - Mushroom House by ktylerconk In the "things I found while looking at other things" category comes Quirky cottages in Charlevoix are winter delights from the Detroit Free Press. Earl Young tourism is a Charlevoix specialty.…