June is National Accordion Awareness Month, and if you’re asking why this musical instrument needs an awareness month, you’ve just answered your own question. You…
In 1978 when Norm and Dorothy Snyder bought their tiny card shop in the northern Indiana town of Warsaw they never dreamed it would evolve…
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Researching, taking the pictures, writing and editing 100 Things to Do in the Upper Peninsula Before You Die, 100 Things to Do on Mackinac Island Before…
Tuesday, February 13 is Pączki Day and with the Detroit area’s large Polish population this annual tradition has not only thrived, but it’s been embraced beyond its…
Head to Lansing for the Statehood Day Celebration on Saturday, January 27 in honor of the 181st anniversary of Michigan joining the Union. It was on January…
Of the many towns that declare they are the home of Paul Bunyan, why has Oscoda, Michigan, on the northern Lake Huron coast, staked a claim…
There’s much ado about fudge on Mackinac Island, where the confection is as much a part of the aura of the place as is the aroma…
The United States celebrates its Star and Stripes with Flag Day on June 14, the date in 1777 that the Continental Congress adopted the red,…
Visitors to Chicago—first timers and frequent travelers—have no shortage of sightseeing and shopping options, from museums, to strolling Michigan Avenue’s Magnificent Mile, or people-watching at…
