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Just a couple miles off shore in Lake Michigan is the Waugoshance Light Station. It was built before the Civil War and still stands today, but barely. The Mackinac Straits are dangerous for ships and the Waugoshance Light marked dangerous shoals at the entrance to the Straits of Mackinac. It [...]
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Cupcake joins me to visit an island that has been virtually uninhabited for two centuries, even though millions pass within a couple hundred yards every year. It still has an interesting history of war, death, a lighthouse and it had plans. Plans that never happened. Join us as we explore [...]
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In the middle/late 1800s, Michigan led the country in the building of plank roads. Poppins and I take a road trip to see what remains. And, there is, surprisingly, some fragmentary evidence of these wooden turnpikes that existed over 100 years ago. Take a ride with us as we explore. [...]
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Poppins and I head back to the Keweenaw Peninsula of Michigan's Upper Peninsula to visit some of the less visited places. Though we stop by a couple of popular spots, we found the lesser known perspective. Join us as we look behind the curtain of this remote area. 💬 Let [...]
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Just over a decade after Michigan became a state, it had its first "dustbowl". Local's called it the "largest desert east of the Mississippi". It wasn't a real desert - it had plenty of rainfall, but was a sand wasteland that grew for decades. Here's the story of Michigan's "Big [...]
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We are getting closer to completing Da Vikings dream of a "super hero" lair style "Studio Space". About 3 months ago, we found a former salvage yard operation that was for sale. The main shop building was is "decent" shape. The other buildings were razed and the vehicles were removed. [...]
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We bought a former Salvage yard 2 1/2 months ago. We are renovating the shop building into a Studio/Workshop. Check out our progress. We estimate to be 35% complete with the initial phase of the renovation. Still lots of work to do, but we have made some progress. We look [...]
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After many years of saving and looking, we finally found that place for our studio, workshop, office and warehouse. We dub it - Bah-halla. It served for many years as an auto salvage business. We recently closed and this is a tour of what we are up against and we [...]