Archive for category: history

Winter Fishing in Fishtown … and rethinking preservation

Dwell Magazine is having a contest to award $10,000 to one…

Wreck of the Jennie and Annie washes up on Sleeping Bear Point

About a week ago now I came across this photo by Mark Lindsay.…

Sleeping Bear Dune Rides: Remembering the Dunesmobiles

In 1935 Louis C. Warnes equipped a car with special motor and giant tires for personal pleasure trips into the vast sand lands near his home. Friends begged him to take passengers. Soon he added other cars and trained drivers.

Shipwrecks of the Sleeping Bear

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore invites you to join…

Interview with authors of Vintage Views of Leelanau County

Our feature today is an interview from Michigan Magazine TV…

Learn about the Wreck of the Westmoreland TONIGHT!

Details surrounding the history, legend and exciting 2010 discovery…

Hans "Peppi" Teichner and the Sugar Loaf Ski Club, 1950

Here's a great photo posted in the Friends of Sugar Loaf group…

The Wreck of the Rising Sun

All November on Absolute Michigan we are featuring shipwrecks.  Leelanau…

Farewell to a Champion: Leland's Prize Cottonwood coming down

The Leelanau Enterprise reports that this week the 90' champion…

Boskydel's Bernie Rink – a true Michigan Wine Pioneer

The Grand Traverse Insider has a cool feature on Bernie Rink…

Bluebird Brunch benefits Fishtown Preservation

This photo shows Bill Carlson tending the smoker in Fishtown,…

Historic Beach Patrol Programs in the Sleeping Bear Dunes

The Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore sent this over: Fall…