There is a lot to love about the Topinabee Library, it was a former train depot and sits near beautiful Mullett Lake and one of my favorite features is the paving bricks surrounding the library are Saginaw Bricks.
The Saginaw Evening News declared the Hoyt Library “a noble institution” and “the pride of all Saginawians” when it opened in 1890. The library was a gift to the people of Saginaw from New York businessman Jesse Hoyt (1815-1882), who had real estate and lumber interests in the Saginaw Valley. Hoyt’s will set aside $100,000 for a
Continuing with Library week, this is the Clifford Branch of the Lapeer District Library in Clifford Michigan. It used to be the local school but was converted into a Library in the 70’s “I must say I find television very educational. The minute somebody turns it on, I go to the library and read a
Since the American Library Association has declared this week National Library week, I thought I would post some of my favorite photos of Libraries around Michigan. Even though we have the internet the library is a huge resource for me, there is stuff in books that just is’nt available on the world wide web and
Several sources have said this is one of the most haunted places in Michigan. I am not much of a believer in ghosts, but I do like a good story. Built in 1876, on M53 near Brown City is this old Second Empire mansion. It was the home of and built by John G.
Maybe it’s just me, but I notice water towers, probably because they are the tallest structure in a lot of towns across Michigan. I especially like this one in Owosso with yellow paint, or at least what’s left of its yellow paint, and the fact that its an older tower with its cone shape top.
North Grove School looks so lonely watching cars pass by on M24 south of Caro. I am sure at one time kids were learning the alphabet and math, then during recess, playing in the field next to the school, now overgrown with weeds. Times were different back then, and a long ways away from the
Congratulations to Ludington State Park for making it past all 5 rounds to win the Lost In Michigan State Park polls, we started out with over a 100 state parks and worked our way down to the winner. Thank you to the thousands of you that voted. I must be honest with you and say
Driving thru Manchester I noticed this odd looking house down one of the side streets so of course I had to turn around and check it out. It looks like a castle and is not your typical looking house. I searched google and the only thing I found was a photo of a postcard on
I know I am supposed to write a description, but sometimes a photo is enough to say what I need to say and I think this photo says it better than I can say it with words.