
Michigan Automotive History: Ford Motor Company
Tin Lizzies (Library of Congress)
Did you hear the story of the guy who built a bike, won a race, and used $28,000 to build one of the oldest and most successful automobile companies in the world?
You should, especially when it's Michigan's…

New Ann Arbor area emag interviews ePrize's Josh Linkner
Shapiro Geometry by anikarenina
Issue Media Group (publishers of Model D and other emagazines) have launched their latest internet publication, metromode. The publication delivers engaging articles, videos and excellent photography on Ann…

Iven Kinchloe, America's First Spaceman
Googling "first American in space" leads you to Alan Shepard's May 5, 1961, flight into space. But five years earlier, a Michigan native piloted a supersonic plane to a record height of 126,200 feet above the surface of the earth. As a result…

Michigan Automotive History: Olds Motor Vehicle Company
In association with our coverage of the North American International Auto Show (aka Detroit Auto Show) and the upcoming Michigan International Auto Show in Grand Rapids, we will be posting a series of short features on Michigan's rich auto heritage.…

The Michigan Environmental Trail - Our Land, Our History
Elizabeth Park Reflection by mandj98
If there's one thing that all Michiganians can be proud of, it's the beauty of our natural environment. Whether it's the Great Lakes shoreline, our sprawling forests and trails or the sand dunes, it…

Warm Weather Can't Stop Michigan Ice Sculpture Contests
Despite the warming trends across the state, several Michigan cities won't skip the usual winter festivities, including traditional Ice Sculpture contests.
Carving the Elephant by Josh Leo
Last week Holland hosted their own contest,…

Detroit Auto Show: The Big Three's green machines
Chevy Volt by webcompanion
part of Detroit Auto Show Cars set
A reader comment prompted us to search for how the GM proposes to recycle the batteries from the Volt and other E-Flex vehicles. We never really found the answer but what we…

Model D tours the Westin Book Cadillac Renovation
Model D has a cool video tour of the restoration work going on at the Westin Book Cadillac with Chris Ferchill (project manager with Cleveland-based Ferchill Group).
Also see Renovation of Detroit's Book-Cadillac Hotel from Absolute…

Blogs We Dig: Adventures of a Brit Abroad
Holga: Ford Lake by Matt Callow
It's no secret that here at AbsoluteMichigan we dig photos. A blog that we've been keeping our eye on for a while is Adventures of a Brit Abroad
Matt Callow is originally from the other side of the Pond,…

Detroit Auto Show Multimedia
Cobo Center by MoCo Loco
part of Detroit Auto Show 2007
MichiganLiveEvents.com has a webcast from the floor of the 100th North American International Auto Show in Detroit that takes a look at the new releases from Ford, GM and Chrysler,…

Cereal City USA closes for good, Freep changes look for ..?
Cereal City USA by Vaughn
Michigan papers are reporting that Cereal City USA in Battle Creek is closing for good, effective immediately for failing to draw enough visitors or make enough money for the foundation's board to justify keeping…

Digging out Detroit
Devastated Detroit by MOOSE
Michigan Radio's Jack Lessenberry interviews University of Pennsylvania professor Tom Sugrue about Detroit's troubles. Sugrue wrote a study of the city 10 years ago called “The Origins of the Urban Crisis:…
