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West Bloomfield Trail – Michigan Bicycle Trails

The West Bloomfield Trail is yet another one of the old railroad corridors that has been converted to trails. One of the so called...

Fort Wilkins – The Most Remote State Park in Michigan

The historic Fort Wilkins is a Michigan state park located at the tip of Keweenaw Peninsula, in the Upper Peninsula, on the Lake Superior...

Out-of-Place Viking Church – Wang Temple in Poland

Wang Temple
The Wang Temple is an old Viking-built structure that you would expect to find in Norway, but not in Poland. Yet, the temple is located in the Polish city of Karpacz. (Find out why later, in a section about the temple’s history.) At present, the Wang...

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What the Heck are Pasties?

  When you drive in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, occasionally you will pass a place with “pasties” in the name. Unless, you’ve been to UP before,...