Eric Evergreen

Detroit's Michigan Soldiers and Sailors Memorial, a Civil War monument, could move to Grand Rapids if displaced. An obscure 1865 decree stipulated the move to the state's second-largest city.

Grand Rapids drivers used M-45, or Lake Michigan Drive, with incorrect signage for over 25 years. Though truncated in 1994, signs lingered on Fulton Street.

Discover Michigan's Google Street View gaps: urban areas like Detroit's Mound Corridor, Ogden Township, and the private Lake Angelus are blank.

Craig Lake State Park in Michigan's UP is the system's most remote park. Its access road is so challenging, the DNR posts a stern warning.

Michigan maintains its own state military, the Michigan Defense Force, separate from the state's National Guard.

Calling Lake Michigan tautological isn't an insult. They are fascinating place name redundancies.

Exploring Michigan's claim to the most Midwestern city: Is it Detroit, too national? Grand Rapids, too trendy?

Michigan offers two accessible National Wildlife Refuges with scenic wildlife drives: Seney in the UP and Shiawassee in the LP. These Michigan wildlife tours let visitors experience diverse habitats and spot local wildlife by car.

Reddit users debate Detroit's wasted potential, citing its fall from a rich city to blocks of abandoned buildings, despite its current gentrification and regional population growth.

Little Caesars, a pizza innovation pioneer, introduced America's first pizza drive-thru, the "Pizza Station," in Warren, MI, late 1970s.

Facing a bug-out scenario in Michigan? Explore three vital Great Lakes water escape routes.

Explore Michigan's UP pizza: a thin-crust, square-cut tavern style contrasting Detroit's deep dish.