I saw this old building outside of Alma. I am not exactly sure what it was but it looks like an old schoolhouse. I love the row of windows or at least openings for them on the side. It faces east so the morning sun must have shone through on the students as they started
Nestled in the woods off M-22 in the Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore is a light yellow house. It was built by Bertie and Donna Bancroft in the late 1920s as a boarding house for travelers visiting the area. On Sundays, the inn was a popular destination for tourists to enjoy one of Donna’s chicken
If you have never heard of the town of Red Jacket in Michigan you are not alone. I was doing some research and I came across the town of Red Jacket and immediately I thought of the Red Jacket fire station in Calumet. ( you can see my post about it HERE ) I just
On that tragic and infamous day when the Japanese attacked pearl harbor, destroying the battleships of the Pacific fleet, The USS Detroit was also moored next to her sister ship the Raleigh in the harbor that day. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, the Detroit was able to get underway safely and set up
This little patriotic looking red, white, and blue church stands in the middle of Yuma Michigan. Above the door, the sign reads Evening Light Tabernacle. The town of Yuma was founded in the late 1800s as a logging town and continued to grow after the railroad built a station to serve the community. At one
About a mile south of the Whitefish Point Lighthouse is the State Harbor, and when I pulled into the harbor parking lot some fishermen were tying up their boat and stowing away the nets for the day. I never thought much about where the fish comes from, yeah I know they come from the lake,
About thirty miles north of Detroit in Washington township is this old historic brick octagon house. it was built in 1858 for Loren Andrus and after two years of construction it was completed and known as “The House of Eights.” Andrus, his wife, and their eight children lived in the house until Loren’s wife died
I saw this old house somewhere near the base of the Leelanau Peninsula near the town of honor. It looks as if it has been a while since someone has lived in it. It looks as though it is being cared for since it has a new roof. I am sure at one time when
this old wooden barn-like structure sits near the back of Fitzgerald Park in Grand Ledge. It was built by the Grand Ledge Spiritualist Camp Association who built a summer camp at this spot in the late 1800s. Spiritualism was a popular movement in the late 1800s where people believed they could communicate with the deceased.
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