Michigan Enjoyer

Mark Naida

Mark Naida is editor of Michigan Enjoyer.

Two massive bronze bears appear to embrace face-to-face over a moose carcass beneath a cloudy blue sky in Dundee, Michigan

The World's Largest Bronze Wildlife Sculpture Is in Sleepy Dundee

Mark Naida·Oct 6

An empty cardboard voting booth with ballot marking instructions and pens at a polling place, with poll workers in the background.

Who Is Likely to Win the Michigan Midterms?

Mark Naida·Sep 29

jocelyn benson and john james

Can John James Overcome Trump's Unpopularity?

Mark Naida·Sep 29

Historic portrait of an elderly woman in 19th-century dress with white collar and dark shawl, hands folded in lap

The Woman Ann Arbor Is Named After Had Slaves

Mark Naida·Sep 25

Interior of the futuristic Dymaxion house on display in a museum, showing its circular aluminum structure and modernist design

Would You Live in This $110k Spaceship House?

Mark Naida·Sep 22

train

Did They Build the Museum Around This Massive Train?

Mark Naida·Sep 14

Dutch-costumed figurines in a Holland storefront window display blue and white pottery and traditional ceramics

The Best Places to Find a Husband in Michigan

Mark Naida·Aug 29

American flag waves over expansive green Michigan farmland under a cloudy blue sky, viewed from a roadside

Is Michigan Actually Midwestern?

Mark Naida·Aug 24

Fermi 2 nuclear reactor aerial view

I Grew Up Next to a Nuclear Reactor

Mark Naida·Aug 17

Man in brown jacket holding camera smiles while standing on white staircase of what appears to be a boat or ferry

Why I Fired O.W. Root

Mark Naida·Jul 28

Families gathering on wooden dock and swimming in Michigan lake during summer, black and white historical photograph

Why Michiganders Can’t Really Swim

Mark Naida·Jun 21

Large red abstract sculpture with curved arches dominates downtown Grand Rapids plaza, with modern buildings in background

Melt Down the Grand Rapids Blob

Mark Naida·Jun 12