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Seeking Michigan: "Boy, That’s a Daisy!"

Seeking Michigan was established to connect you to the stories of our great state. The name is derived from the state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." Visit them regularly for…
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Big Chill, Big House, Big Crowd

The Big Chill by Lon Horwedel | AnnArbor.comOn Saturday (December 11 2010) the University of Michigan Wolverines met the Michigan State University Spartans in The Big Chill at the Big House (Wikipedia entry). A world-record smashing crowd of…
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The Search for the Westmoreland

Today is the 156th anniversary of the foundering of the Westmoreland. The Westmoreland sank in Lake Michigan near Sleeping Bear Dune in 1854, taking seventeen souls with her. We'd been meaning to share this story from Leelanau.com in November…
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Ski Michigan in 2011!

Into The Blue by Second Glance Photos Kevin Ryan Michigan is a skiers' paradise, boasting 42 ski areas with over 200 chairlifts, 840 runs, more than 40 terrain parks and hundreds of kilometers of groomed cross-country trails. The Michigan…
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Avian botulism: Invasive species double team?

Today's post comes via the Grand Vision in northwest Michigan, but through an odd coincidence, we've been allowed to use video & photos of dead & dying birds that many may find shocking. They were gathered by filmmaker George Desort…
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Dead Birds by George Desort

WARNING: Viewers may find the following video & images gathered by filmmaker George Desort on the north shore of Lake Michigan to be deeply disturbing. It is our hope that they are disturbing enough to motivate people to work hard to protect…
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Oh, There Were Once Great Ships On Our Mighty River!

As we close out November on Absolute Michigan, I thought we should give a nod to Michigan's ferries. Over on Michigan in Pictures there's a shot of the rail car ferry Michigan Central on the Detroit River, but no discussion is complete without…
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Weird Wednesday: The Ghost of Minnie Quay

The last Wednesday of every month is a "Weird Wednesday" on Absolute Michigan, when Linda Godfrey gives you a sample of what's weird in the Wolverine State. You can listen to Linda's latest podcasts and report your own strange encounters at…
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Seeking Michigan: Gobblers and the Gridiron

Seeking Michigan was established to connect you to the stories of our great state. The name is derived from the state motto: Si quaeris peninsulam amoenam circumspice "If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you." Visit them regularly for…
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Photo Friday: Lake Superior Shipwreck by Evan Farinosi

Evan Farinosi writes: This is the Mary Jarecki. This ship crashed onto Au Sable reef on July 4, 1883. It weighed 645 tons, and was 200 feet long. She was accidentally run aground in foggy conditions when her crew lost their way. After other…
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Paddle to the Sea, a Great Lakes Classic

This morning on Michigan in Pictures we're featuring Kevin McMahon's amazing film Waterlife (and a photo from Miner's Beach on Lake Superior). Waterlife is amazing and in an interview in the Detroit News that we're linking to, Kevin explains…
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Remembering Tiger Manager George "Sparky" Anderson

“My Daddy said ‘it will never cost you a dime son to be nice.' I will never forget that. I was eleven years old and I will die with that because that means so much to me.” ~ George "Sparky" Anderson Wikipedia says that…