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This week on Absolute Michigan

Watch Out! by useful_fiction This week we're spending some time enjoying the holiday season, some working on new features for Absolute Michigan and some more just enjoying Michigan's snowy fun. While we do that, we'll let a few of the many…
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Photo Friday: Rochester Elevator by St. Laurent Photography

Earlier this week, Alanna St. Laurent added the 24,000th photo to the Absolute Michigan group. Though her photo of the Borealis sculpture at the Ren Cen is cool, I thought this one would be a better introduction. Alanna has a lot more…
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Five things you need to know for Tuesday, December 11, 2007

The Kalamazoo Gazette notes that while our state's leaders pay lip-service to protecting our environment and many plans call for re-development that leverages our amazing natural assets, we are almost at the bottom of US states in spending to…
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Photo Friday: Lioness by rckrawczykjr

This photo is titled Lioness and it was taken by Ralph Krawczyk Jr. at the James Scott Memorial Fountain on Belle Isle in Detroit. If you follow Michigan in Pictures, you've seen a lot of Ralph. If you don't click here to see what you've…
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Weird Photo: Meet the Hamtramckquins

Last year Insomnia Jones, J.D. profiled "the poor, decrepit plastic people of a small, Polish-friendly Michigan town" (Hamtramck) in her Hamtramckquins set. Since it's a "Weird Wednesday" here on Absolute Michigan, we thought we'd share…
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Photo Friday: Comerica Park by tdog4msu1

Thomas has added a bunch of photos of Michigan scenes like Comerica Park to the Absolute Michigan pool on Flickr. He took this photo of the home of the Detroit Tigers from the top floor of the Ren Cen. Check out his other photos from…
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Dressing it up for Thanksgiving

2007 will be the 81st Thanksgiving Parade along Detroit's Woodward Avenue. Today they call it America's Thanksgiving Parade ® and I think there's a dress code. The photo is Briefcase Brigade by visualthinker and it's just one of the…
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Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary

Exploring the wreck of the Grecian Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary Most information provided by the DEQ's Michigan Underwater Preserves page. The Thunder Bay National Marine Sanctuary in Lake Huron off Alpena was designated in…
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Photo Friday: First Presbyterian 01 by numstead

You gotta click through and see it bigger! Nathan takes some amazing photos of Michigan's cities and urban architecture. Have a look at his photos of Ann Arbor (especially this one) and Grand Rapids (especially this one ... and that one…