Michigan Craft Distillers Festival Debuts in Monroe This September
Spirits are high as Monroe welcomes the inaugural Michigan Craft Distillers Festival, taking place September 11–13, 2025, in the heart
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Author: Dianna Stampfler
When Circus Elephants Invaded Plainwell
It was a record-breaking July in 1916 when Howe’s Great London Circus rolled into Plainwell as part of its 45th
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Tracking the Eagles’ Album On the Border and the Band’s First #1 Single
On this date in rock-and-roll history, the legendary band EAGLES landed their first #1 single — thanks in part to a Kalamazoo, Michigan DJ with an ear for a hit and the dedication to push it to the top.
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Sweet Things are on the Horizon as the Annual Michigan Maple Syrup Weekends Return Statewide this Spring
While 2024’s harvest season was short, due to warmer temperatures, Michigan maintained its ranking as #5 in the nation for the overall production at 200,000 gallons collected from 650,000 taps according to the United States department of Agriculture (USDA). Over the past 14 years, Michigan has produced nearly 2 million gallons of syrup in what is regarded as the state’s oldest agricultural activity dating back to early Native Americans.
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2025 Milestone Celebrations in Pure Michigan
Michigan was founded on January 26, 1837 as the 26th state of the United States of America…making this year our state’s 188th Birthday! Each year, Promote Michigan compiles a list of tourism and hospitality related businesses celebrating milestones like a 5th, 15th, 50th, 100th (or more) anniversary.
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Kalamazoo County Characters to be Released in January 2025 from The History Press
Featuring profiles of 50 notable figures in Kalamazoo area history Since its founding in the early 1800s, Kalamazoo has welcomed
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Legendary Female Lighthouse Keeper Elizabeth Whitney Williams Inducted into Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame
Michigan has more lighthouses than any other state (129) and over the course of the last two hundred years since the first was erected, nearly 50 women have served as keepers of these iconic beacons. Chief among those is Elizabeth (Whitney) VanRiper Williams who was inducted into the Michigan Women’s Hall of Fame on Tuesday, November 12, 2024 at ceremonies at the Max M. and Marjorie S. Fisher Music Center in downtown Detroit.
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Grandfather Christmas Series is Sure to Become a Holiday Book Tradition
With the holidays upon us, families will be delighted by the debut book from Michigan author Joe Guthrie, The Journey, the first in the Grandfather Christmas: The Secret Scrolls Collection from Mission Point Press in Traverse City.
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Spooky Stays Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
Late this summer, I had the opportunity to spend nearly two weeks in Michigan’s scenic and remote Upper Peninsula. My trips were work related, centered around speaking engagements, festivals, conferences and paranormal research. One three separate nights, I threw caution to the wind and checked into the “haunted rooms” of historically notable hotels and inns to see if I could meet the spirited residents who are said to still be eternal guests.
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THE BIG WILD: Jimmy Carter in Michigan’s Pigeon River Country
As an avid outdoorsman from childhood, one of Jimmy Carter’s favorite pastimes was to enjoy all that nature had to offer. After a canceled trip freed up the former president’s weekend, Carter journeyed up to the Pigeon River Country State Forest, seeking to finally capture a trophy that had long eluded him—the ruffed grouse. The hunt was successful, but more than that, Carter and his hunting crew left with a newfound appreciation for “The Big Wild” of Northern Michigan.
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PORT OF CALL: Buoyed Boyne
The waterfront community of Boyne City boasts the best of all worlds as a tourism destination, a quaint award-winning business
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Full-Service Taphouse
When the Sima family decided to build a brewery in New Buffalo, overlooking the Galien River and its surrounding wetlands, they chose a name based on a spirited legend that has been perpetuated by the community for decades.
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Wooden Wonders
Built out of necessity throughout the 19th century, covered bridges allowed farmers and country residents to cross rivers and streams which separated rural areas from urban centers. It was widely believed that when building or repairing these structures, it was easier to climb on the rooftops and replace shingles than it was to battle the currents while repairing floorboards and walls `from the water.
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