calumet

Though these towns and industries were so vital in the foundation of Michigan, time isn’t always kind. Calumet, Michigan was once considered the epicenter of Michigan's mining industry, now this town is considered one of the poorest in America.

Built for the Hoatson family in the 1900s, the Laurium Manor Inn among several other mansions are for sale in Michigan's Keweenaw Peninsula for $2.9 million.

On Saturday, July 16, 1966 a happy and healthy seven-year-old girl named Ruth Ann Miller was playing with friends. She fell down an abandoned 1-mile deep vertical mine shaft in Calumet, Michigan in Houghton County (Upper Peninsula)

I'm seriously puzzled how the oldest concrete road in Michigan is not only in pretty good condition considering it's almost 120 years old, but is in better shape than most of the roads we have over here in Kalamazoo.

This series seems pretty cool. Think Goosebumps but for Michiganders. The other themed books in the series include

While we are enjoying less snow than in recent years, Calumet has more than 200 inches this Winter. What do you do with all that snow?