
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…

20k
This photo was the 20,000th photo added to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. For the last 2 weeks I've been watching the number climb and wondering if it would be a photo of a Michigan icon like the Mackinac Bridge (#19,999), a breaking…

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…

Five things you need to know for Thursday, September 20, 2007
It's been 2 months since our last Five Things you need to know about Michigan posting. I'm tempted to say that there was nothing you needed to know over that period, but the truth is we were busy working and trying to enjoy all the summer fun…

Blogs We Dig: Rivertowner: Life Along the Detroit River
Cloudy buildings, forward and behind by caterpillars
Rivertowner combines information about the development of Detroit's riverfront with information about life along the riverfront (sometimes touching on Windsor, Canada), creating a fascinating…

Sulfide mining slouches onward
If you're wondering what all the fuss is about metallic sulfide mining in Michigan, the best place to get your feet wet is to watch this video from Dick Huey, a spokesman for the group Save the Wild UP:
Acid Mine Drainage by Save the…

(not) still standin - the end of Slumpy
The photo above is titled still standin and it was taken 3 months ago by paulhitz of the Livingstone Mansion in Brush Park aka "Slumpy". Over the weekend, Slumpy went wherever iconic buildings go at the end of their time.
Along with grisly…

West Michigan Whitecaps: Midwest League Champs!
Untitled by emjsmith
The West Michigan Whitecaps of Grand Rapids, a Class A affiliate of the Detroit Tigers, are the first team to repeat as Midwest League champions in 23 years after an 11-5 victory at Beloit in game five of the Midwest…

The rocks are looming ... but will anyone steer this ship of state?
Rocks off Pyramid Point by Matt Callow
In Bishop's Pawns in the Metro Times, columnist Jack Lessenberry warns that Michigan is heading for a smashup of titanic proportions that will have a huge and devastating effect on your quality of…

Blogs We Dig: Roar of the Tigers
With the Tigers making a stretch run for the wild card against the New York Yankees, it seems just about essential to feature Samara Pearlstein's Roar of the Tigers as the latest Blog We Dig.
"It's baseball. You never know what's gonna happen…

Lansing Area Capital Gains: Volume 1, Issue 1
Summer Night in Old Town by sabatoa
The Model D empire continues its inexorable march to talk about what's going right in Michigan cities with Lansing Area Capital Gains. The first issue includes a feature by managing editor Brad Garmon…

Photo Friday: Star Dream Fountain by Clodette
Star Dream Fountain is a sculpture in Royal Oak by noted sculptor Marshall Fredericks. This sculpture is either the last or one of the last sculptures he made and one of many in the metro Detroit area.
Clodette's pictures include shots…
