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Short white lighthouse with a glowing red lantern room stands on a grassy shore against a deep blue sky and sunlit lake.

Lakes Don't Wreck Freighters, But Seas Do

O.W. Root·Nov 6

Fairgoers stroll past the giant U.S. Royal Tires Ferris Wheel at the 1964 World's Fair, with a Sinclair dinosaur nearby.

That Giant Tire on I-94 Used to Be a Ferris Wheel

Lottie Moorehouse·Nov 6

Collapsed section of the Little Traverse Wheelway, with broken pavement sliding down a bluff toward the lake shore.

Should We Spend $25 Million to Repair Northern Michigan's Miracle Mile?

Nick Rhudy·Nov 6

In a courtroom scene from Anatomy of a Murder, a judge leans on his hand as three suited men face the bench.

The Murder Masterpiece Shot in the Upper Peninsula

Charlie Annas·Nov 5

Sun sets over a gravel road winding through dark forest, with distant hills stretching out below the horizon

Why I Can't Stop Daydreaming About Moving to the U.P.

Brendan Clarey·Nov 5

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