Michigan History

Not lumber or farming - it was milkweed that sustained this Michigan village during World Wars I & II...now it's a ghost town. Take a look...

The dark cloud of a 1968 mass murder is slowly being dissipated by the beauty, serenity, and seclusion of this exceptional Michigan small town.....

This Jackson County amusement park burned down over 100 years ago, but these photos keep us wishing we could have visited. Have a look...

Since 1850, this settler has been buried in this open field under a small tree, remaining undisturbed all these years. Here's the location...

Sitting by the road in Arenac County is this former mini-golf attraction along with a former arcade/refreshment shack. Anyone recall this?

There was a time when people were NOT afraid of clowns. Here's a brief gallery of Michigan clowns that prospered before the fear took over...

Take a look back over 100 years and see how the people in Sunfield were living in the early 1900s...

Clever name, but even that couldn't save it from bankruptcy. Here's a look at Sky McFly's in Chippewa County, now just a memory...

Thanks to the bawdy lust of lumberjacks in the 1800s, there were a few places in Michigan nicknamed "Whore's Corners", and this is one of them. Take a look...

175 years old in 2026, the loneliest lighthouse in Michigan was also used for bombing practice during WWII. Now abandoned, but take a look inside...