Roadside Michigan

Before the railroad crossing existed, there was no Thompsonville at all...Have a look...

Centuries ago, the Chippewa, Potawatomi, and Ottawa tribes lived at these layered rock formations.....

Very little is written about this Michigan ghost town in the Keweenaw Peninsula, but here's what we have along with some photos...

The 1940 movie, “Young Tom Edison”, which starred Mickey Rooney, depicts this incident.....

With eleven lakes and countless trails, the area has entertained generation after generation.....

"The main source of prosperity was the lumber trade, as it was with most mid-northern Michigan towns..."

It was a place where bears and humans roamed freely together until conservation officers took him to court. Here's the happy - and sad - Legend of Spikehorn Meyer...

What shameful thing did a group of women do in this town? Here's the story, photos, and location...

In the late 1800s, these two ghost towns seem to have been juggled between two townships. Now both barely exist. Here's info, photos, and locations...

It was 1924 when the Irish Hills began their family amusements - gone, but still fondly remembered. Here are some photos going back to the 1920s...