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Michigan Fall Color Tour: The Pictured Rocks

Miners Castle - October 2006 Let's jump over to the eastern side of the UP for the next color tour of Munising - Newberry - Grand Marais ... and the Pictured Rocks. The highlight of this tour is of course the stunning Pictured Rocks…
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Michigan Fall Color Tour: The Keweenaw Peninsula

Our second fall color feature (in conjunction with Michigan in Pictures) is the Keweenaw Peninsula, way up north and surrounded by the icy waters of Lake Superior, is one of the first places in Michigan to be touched by autumn's paintbrush. Michigan.org's…
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Michigan Fall Color Tour: The Western Upper Peninsula

This was also posted on today on Michigan in Pictures along with a great view of Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park - check it out! View from the Top by MoodyGoat Ironwood - Silver City - Wakefield is the first Michigan fall color…
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Michigan October Event Calendar

Upper Tahquanemon Falls by JohnnyRR 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…
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Photo Friday: Dazing by Becca

It seems like not too long ago that I was marveling about the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr - where we get most of the photos we use here - passing 600 members and not too much longer back that we were excited to see the 500th member. Becca…
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Michigan's Famous Landmarks

Kathy says that this is what Ann Arbor is famous for: Michigan Stadium aka The Big House, the largest (American) football stadium in the world and the University it serves. That got me wondering, what landmark is YOUR Michigan town or…
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Michigan Irish Festival in Muskegon - September 14-16, 2007

michigan irish festival by Evography (view complete set) The annual Michigan Irish Music Festival takes place this Friday through Sunday (Sept 14-16) at Heritage Landing in Muskegon. It features an outstanding line-up of music on 3 stages,…
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Wheatland Music Festival: Live Coverage

Seth & May at Dunegrass by Andy McFarlane The Mt. Pleasant Morning Sun is sending blogger Eric Baerren and photographer Lisa Yanick to this year's Wheatland Music Festival. They'll be sending us updates as we have them and we'll try…
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Bike Tour de xTwo: Tour de Leelanau & Tour de Troit

tour de two by various artists Next Saturday (September 15, 2007) Michigan hosts two very different bike tours. The annual tour de troit is billed as a leisurely 40-mile ride through the streets of Detroit that begins at 10 AM explores…
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S. S. City of Milwaukee, a Michigan National Historic Landmark

Stacks by Andy McFarlane The 75 year-old S. S. City of Milwaukee is a Michigan National Historic Landmark that is permanently moored and open to the public May - September as a car ferry museum. It's a fascinating walk-through for all…
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Report on the 2007 Mackinac Bridge Walk

Mackinac Bridge Walk by Maggie The Cheboygan Tribune reports that an estimated 57,000 people walked (or ran, wheeled or swam) the Mackinac Bridge. That's short of the 85,000 that traversed the span in 1992, but still a whole lot of folks!…
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Photo Friday: Jump In by Jessie Turner

For me, Jessie's photos capture the beauty & wonder of Michigan's outdoors as few others do. I think if you check out her photos from the Upper Peninsula: Summer 2006 (where this photo hails from), Sleeping Bear, everyday life, or…