I am not sure what a Bicycle Hospital is, and I did not even know Bicycles got sick, but I do love the faded old “Ghost Mural” on the side of this brick building in Alpena. With all of today’s modern technology, like digital LED signs, printed and plastic signage, and websites, I still like a
I am never really sure which photos to post and when, but then sometimes there are outside forces at work telling me what to post. When I was traveling thru Sandusky on M46 the other day, the sun was shining on the old courthouse, and it was perfect for a photo with the green grass
Constructed in 1902, this castle-like building with its square tower was the Lansing station for the Grand Trunk Western Railroad until 1971. For decades passengers streamed through its doors. Here servicemen left and returned from military duty. Children and adults alike associated this depot with the excitement of travel and vacations. This city’s joys and
In 1903 Mary Chase Perry (Stratton) and Horace Caulkins founded Pewabic Pottery in a stable near downtown Detroit. Four years later, the present building was constructed a pottery works in the style of an English inn. Pewabic Pottery was part of the early twentieth-century Arts and Crafts design movement, which shunned machine-made products and championed
I like this old Michigan Bean Elevator in Henderson. I especially like the old “Ghost Mural” of the Jack Rabbit Beans Logo, that’s probably because I am from Saginaw. A few miles north of Owosso a post office with the name of Hazel Green was opened on May 14, 1868. Later in 1876 the village was renamed
I came across this old farmhouse in Presque Isle County standing silently in the snow drifted field. I wonder what it must have been like years ago to farm in northern Michigan being several miles from a large city. During the winter back in the days before four wheel drive trucks and snowmobiles a family must
Aquinas College in Grand Rapids had its beginning in 1887 as the Novitiate Normal School of the Dominican Sisters of Marywood. In 1922 it became Marywood College. When the college was moved downtown in 1931, it became the coeducational Catholic Junior College. It began operating as a four-year college in 1940 and was named in
This is the James Scott residence on the corner of Peterboro and Park in the Midtown District in Detroit. James Scott’s father also named James Scott was a prominent businessman in Detroit and when he died in the 1870’s he gave a large fortune to his son. He built this house in 1887, but from
Congratulations to Tahquamenon Falls State Park for winning the 2016 March Madness Poll. It’s one of my favorite places in Michigan. Thank you to everyone that voted. I love the state parks in Michigan they have so much to offer and affordable to visit. After thousands of votes cast, we are down to the final
In 1873 Peter Van Dyke built this Beautiful second empire style home on Pine street in Lapeer. Mr Van Dyke eventually sold the house to Samuel Tomlinson, editor of the Lapeer Clarion newspaper. In 1924 it was purchased by the Hunter sisters and, converted into a nine bedroom hospital with surgeries taking place on the upper floor. It was
