
Happy Birthday to the Grand Hotel!
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Mackinac Bridge from the Grand Porch, photo by Marilyn Bogle
Happy 131st Birthday to The Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island which opened on July 10, 1887. Here’s some historical highlights about Michigan’s…

#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…

#TBT May 13, 1980: The Kalamazoo Tornado
The Kalamazoo Public Library has a feature entitled TWISTER! The 1980 Tornado that begins:
On Tuesday, 13 May 1980, a tornado struck the heart of Kalamazoo, Michigan. First touching down at 4 pm eight miles west of the city limits, it rapidly…

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…

Real Michigan Food: The Pasty

It's a wild, wild life under the U.P. lights!
This stunning video by Lake Superior Photo featuring northern lights, a beaver, and a very bright fireball might be the coolest Michigan thing you see today!!

Five Things you need to know about Michigan Morel Mushrooms
The Michigan Morel
We're getting reports from across the state of morels being found, so it's a great time to share some of information about these Pure Michigan delicacies. Morechella (true morels) are a honeycomb-like mushroom that…

Coney Island Hot Dog - Michigan's State Food?

100 (plus) Years at Tiger Stadium
Reaching back four years to update this...
Tiger Stadium's 100th birthday was last Friday. In a fairly heartbreaking story, Eric Adelson of Yahoo Sports observed that this milestone passed largely unmarked:
Tiger Stadium opened on…

Michigan Eagle Cam!
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CarbonTV and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources are collaborating on a cool webcam of a nesting pair of bald eagles at Michigan's Platte River State Fish Hatchery in Benzie County.