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Giant Tin Man statue holding a red heart sits beside a lake in Hart, with hay bales at its stone base

Oz's Tin Man Found His Heart in Michigan

Lottie Moorehouse·Nov 4

bates diner

This Little Burger Joint Is the Soul of My City

Jay Murray·Nov 4

Hillsdale players huddle with raised fists and helmets on the field, a scoreboard and marching band behind them.

Back in the Day, Hillsdale Played Football Against a Suspected Serial Killer

Buddy Moorehouse·Nov 3

Bronze figures stand in a reflecting pool before the tan brick entrance of Cranbrook Art Museum on a sunny day.

Cranbrook Has a Beautiful Campus, But It's Rotten with Race-Fetishism

Bobby Mars·Nov 2

Stone walls and a turret of the old Jackson State Prison, with an open arched gate leading to a park path

Michigan's Giant Walled Prison Created This City

Elyse Apel·Nov 2

livingston county courthouse

The Difference Between Howell and Brighton? One Is Full of Complainers

Buddy Moorehouse·Nov 2

A FedEx van and other vehicles on a ferry deck cross blue water toward Drummond Island's autumn-tinged shore.

Is Drummond Island Too Noisy?

O.W. Root·Oct 30

A figure in a striped Beetlejuice-style suit and top hat stands at a gate of a Ferndale home lit in neon Halloween colors.

Ferndale’s Haunted House Legend Takes His Final Bow

Lottie Moorehouse·Oct 30

Entrance sign for Sanilac Petroglyphs Historic State Park, marked with Saginaw Chippewa and Michigan DNR logos

These Ancient Etchings Should be Open to Visitors All Year

Brendan Clarey·Oct 30

Ferris State's dorm building overlooks the football field and red running track, with player banners in its windows

The Coolest College Dorm in the Country Is Right on the Football Field

Lottie Moorehouse·Oct 29

Crowds walk down a dark residential street at dusk, with houses and trees lit in eerie red and green under a rising moon

Why Thousands Flock to This Terrifying Neighborhood on Halloween

Katie Clarey·Oct 28

Handcuffed and chained, a barefoot man in a swimsuit stands at the edge of a dock as onlookers in hats watch.

Harry Houdini and My Dad Both Led America’s Magicians

Buddy Moorehouse·Oct 27