
Marquette, Michigan - 'Paradise Found'
NW vista by DA2Brian
Marquette, MI has been named one of the top 200 places in the U.S. for sportsmen and women to put their roots down in the April edition of Outdoor Life magazine.
These places exist in every state, towns where you can…

Michigan Video: Iceboating on Elk Lake
Jack & Kelly added this video of ice boating on Elk Lake from March 6, 2008 to the Absolute Michigan group on YouTube. If you have a Michigan video to share, you can do the same!
They have a lot more ice boating videos on their YouTube…

Photo Friday: wave wash by ER Post
This photo of waves crashing over the Grand Haven light is one of many great photos of Michigan Lighthouses from Ed Post.
Ed just joined Flickr and the Absolute Michigan group, but he already uploaded a whole lot more cool photos from…

Michigan Books: Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher
Sailing Grace by John Otterbacher (Samadhi Press) is the story of former Michigan legislator John Otterbacher of Grand Rapids surmounting the challenges of 8 heart surgeries in 8 months. From the Sailing Grace web site (where you can also see…

Photo Friday: Beach Grass by n.weaver
Neil took this photo of beach grass at Twelve Mile Beach in the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore.
He has some more black and white work and some beautiful scenes from Michigan and elsewhere.

Absolute Michigan: The Week for January 13, 2008
The third episode of The Week features more Michigan Notable Books, author Tom Bissell, the the 2008 Detroit Auto Show and a great iceboating video from our video group, and lots of photos from the Absolute Michigan pool.
This week's…

900 + 25,000 = a whole lot of photos!
Todd (cedarkayak) was the 900th person to join the Absolute Michigan group on Flickr. I figured that since the kayak (which he built) was the basis for his user name, it made sense to select this photo of the South Manitou Island Lighthouse.…

Photo Friday: Keeling Over by See Here Now
Some days, you just want to jump on a boat and sail away. See Here Now has some cool photos of Michigan. I especially like this one and this photo of the DH Day Farm on a gorgeous fall day.
You'll also want to check out their My Town…

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…

Five things you need to know for Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Downtown, down the hatch, downriver, downstream - I'm sensing some kind of a theme here...
Quicken Chooses Detroit Yesterday's Detroit News reported that Quicken Loans has chosen to move its headquarters to Detroit:
The move, pending…

Word of the Week: Freighter
St. Mary's Challenger by midmichphotos
The word of the week is freighter, a familiar sight all along Michigan's shores. If there's one site that you can't miss, it's Great Lakes & Seaway Shipping Online aka "boatnerd.com". For well…

Photo Friday: safe passage by Where's Walden?
This is a photo from the Boyne City marina on Lake Charlevoix. Megan writes that she climbed over a 'danger: thin ice sign' to take these, but there's no ice yet. It's just one of the photos in her michigan meanderings set (slideshow).
She…
