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Michigan is known as the Great Lakes State. Surrounded by five of the six Great Lakes. ThumbWind has a number of stories devoted to Michigan places, food, and places to visit. Here are a few to explore
The History of Selfridge Field includes a landing ground that Michigan supplied each winter: frozen Lake St. Clair. In March 1923, some pilots tested auxiliary fuel tanks while others operated aircraft fitted with skis. Weather had become part of the Army’s …
The best Halloween outing for a young child may be a glowing forest walk, a daytime hayride or a farm maze — not a full-scale haunted house. Southeast Michigan and the Thumb offer a few choices for families, but scare levels …
Michigan could face a warmer, somewhat drier winter as a powerful El Niño shifts weather patterns across North America, according to a new federal outlook. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration favors above-normal temperatures across the Great Lakes from December through …
Hiking in Michigan can become a passion. We found 15 unique and highly rated areas to strike out and explore the beauty of Michigan’s hiking trails.
Hiking is one of those memorable and safe, activities that offer people a chance to relax and mentally recover from their daily lives of work and home.
Fort Gratiot light was built in April 1829. It was situated north of an older tower light that has collapsed into the St. Clair river after a violent storm. The tower was constructed of brick to the height of 65 feet. In 1862 the height was increased to 82 feet to match the focal point of a new 4th order Fresnel lens.
We found 11 great ideas of things to do in Michigan in winter. From sled dog racing to explore ice caves, Michigan has unique things to do all winter long.
Driving six hours to the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula doesn’t guarantee a view of the Milky Way if you aren’t prepared for the logistical realities…
A new Mid-Michigan guidebook gives the Thumb a larger role in Michigan history, with regional tours and accounts of Shay Lake, agriculture, migration, labor and environmental change.
Michigan was once dismissed as a worthless swamp by early federal surveyors, a region supposedly too muddy and mosquito-ridden to support a growing…
If you search a Michigan road map for the prison-heavy landscape of Kingstown, Michigan, you will likely end up in a quiet farming community in…
