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On the trail of the elusive UP waterfall...

Today on Michigan in Pictures there's a post titled Waterfall Hunting in the Upper  Peninsula that I'm especially recommending.   This photo is part of a beautiful set of photos of Wagner Falls by Kyle Schneider (makes great wallpaper…
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Photo sharing and public history

Barbershop helper from Joey Harrison Michigan Radio's Jennifer Guerra has an interesting feature about how online photos sharing websites like Flickr (where most of the photos on Absolute Michigan are housed) can impact people interested…
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Photo Friday: Where Sleeping Bear Begins... by Spring Chick

Just to the north of Point Betsie, the sand rises up from Lake Michigan and the Sleeping Bear Dunes begin. Deb says: I am an outdoorsy kind of girl at heart, preferring mountains, forests and hiking trails to sun-soaked beaches, resorts…
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This Month in Michigan: April 2007

Despite the fact that things are a lot more productive (not to mention happier) since I stopped chasing the news around every day, I kind of miss having a place to post interesting Michigan news stories and columns. I've also been thinking…
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Women Lightkeepers: Elizabeth Whitney Williams

In most cases, being a lightkeeper was a man's job. Yet, at least 19 women, including Elizabeth Whitney Williams, kept Michigan lighthouse beacons burning bright. As a child, Elizabeth was friends with the lighthouse keeper's children at…
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Photo Friday: Halo by Ryan Southen

Ryan says that this is Detroit's skyline from underneath the "halo" of the Labor Legacy monument in Hart Plaza. Ryan loves Detroit and is a photography major at Oakland University. He also took my all time favorite baseball photo.
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Michigan Lighthouses shine on

Sun come up Moon go down by curlyson What unique architectural structure have most Michiganians seen-either from a boat or from land? If you answered "lighthouses," you are correct. As the 2007 navigation season begins, lighthouses…
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Detroit is top-rated sports city ... mostly

The latest issue of ESPN: The Magazine has their "Ultimate Standings" for US sports franchises. It will come as little surprise to learn that Detroit scored three teams in the top 20 for the 2007 rankings. The rankings are a combination…
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Touring Northern Michigan ... 60 years ago

A few weeks ago Leelanau.com featured this nationally produced travelogue from 1949. James A. FitzPatrick's Travel Talks: Roaming in Michigan features views of Glen Lake and the Sleeping Bear Dunes (complete with Sleeping Bear Dunesmobile rides),…
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Shop Michigan: Gitchi Gumee from Mackinac Island Press

Gitchi Gumee by Anne Margaret Lewis and illustrated by Kathleen Chaney Fritz is a beautiful children's book with superb illustrations and a great story. Gitchi Gumee means "big water" and the book is about just that. A little boy lives on the…
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Detroit Heritage River Water Trail

Kayaking on the Detroit River by arwalls99 Last week's issue of metromode had a nice article on the Detroit Heritage River Water Trail which - in the vision of its planners - will be... ...a 120 mile blue belt composed of the 32 mile stretch…
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Play Ball! Opening Day 2007

Opening Day by DA2Brian Last year, I don't think there were too many people on opening day who expected the Tigers to be where they were in October. The Tigers' AL pennant defense begins today, and though it's a long season and tough road,…