Nov 30, 2016 | Michigan History, Roadside Oddities
By Amberrose Hammond If you grew up in Michigan, chances are you made one – or many – family trips to Bronner’s CHRISTmas Wonderland. It was the mid-1980s when I made my first voyage to the Mecca of holiday decor. The visual assault of millions of...
Feb 17, 2016 | Mysteries, Roadside Oddities
HAUNTED PLACES IN MICHIGAN The Mysterious Paulding Light Every night, strange circular lights of red, green and blue can be seen moving about. The Paulding Light is one of Michigan’s biggest mysteries and is a public spot for everyone to visit. Sometimes the lights...
Feb 17, 2016 | Mysteries, Roadside Oddities
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is known for its beauty, forests, rivers, lakes, waterfalls, and sometimes…strange and quirky places. If you find yourself at the northern tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula in Allouez Township, you have located one of those quirky and fun places...
Oct 5, 2007 | Legends & Folklore, Roadside Oddities
LEGENDS OF MICHIGAN The Michigan Shoe Trees and Legend Written by Mysterious Michigan The shoe tree story is urban legend at its finest because there’s nothing haunted about some old shoes in a tree. Sure, some of them look creepy, but are shoes tossed in the branches...
