Whether you’re traveling by road, by printed page, or by imagination; whether you are a lifelong native or visiting for a week, we invite you to explore 100 Michigan landmarks that illuminate the one-of-a-kind story of the Great Lakes State.
Pre-historic mounds... octagon houses... horeseless carriages... iron horses... Utopian communities... fire towers... windmills... plank roads... copper... furniture... the Great Migration... the CCC... Art Deco stunners... kit houses...the golden age of motoring... canals... ice hockey... cereal... ski jumping... land grant colleges... wonder drugs... World War II POWs... Frank Lloyd Wright... drive-in movies... Motown... Carnegie libraries... the Big House... cherries... horse racing... rural cemeteries... mimetic architecture... the Toledo War. This book will have you telling stories like a native in no time.
The photos and stories collected here are a fast and fun way to learn the explanations behind the quirks, the traditions and the secrets that make Michigan uniquely Michigan. Where is one of the few Negro League baseball stadiums in the country? Solved. Where was the first roadway rest stop built? A mystery no more. Where is America’s largest walled prison? Identified. What is the oldest land office building in the one-time Northwest Territory? Revealed.
It is a story only Michigan can call its own. A story told in 100 landmarks. Almost all the selections within are open to the public, or at least visible from public spaces. So, fire up the GPS and see the story of the Great Lakes State standing in plain sight on Michigan streets!
