The Michigan History Center is free on Sundays in Lansing, Michigan’s state capital. I don’t think the downstairs gallery on prehistoric Michigan and nature is worth too much time. After all, Michigan is known to be an industrial state at the heart of America, so modern history on its manufacturing Read more…
Gerald Ford was the only president in American history to assume office without running either for the office of president or vice-president after Richard Nixon became the first president to resign from office. Although John F. Kennedy’s legacy was focused on US-Soviet relations, Ford’s presidency was mired in domestic controversy. Read more…
Carmine red, brewster green, midnight blue – these are just the few colors that the Ford Model T was available in. Black was cheaper to paint, but the myth that the car only came in black is not true. You can come and see all the colors here yourself. Ford Read more…
The Michigan Science Center is completely family oriented, meaning that it’s only fun for kids. It is not at all like the Canada Science and Technology Museum that is full of exhibits from different eras of technology. When there are interesting artifacts, such as the solar-powered car from 2008, there Read more…
Make sure to buy the museum ticket after you buy the factory tour ticket because you get half off. Parking is charged at the time of admission, but I wish they wouldn’t make me pay $9 to park in the middle of nowhere in an industrial zone. It looks like Read more…
There’s a surprising number of non-Ford vehicles employed on the grounds of the Henry Ford Museum, Rouge Factory, and Henry Ford Academy. There were John Deere vehicles for the gardeners and a Canadian bus to ferry visitors from the welcome center to the factory grounds. They show you two long Read more…
The first thing that struck me about the building was its illogical layout. Unlike its European peers that are laid out from ancient to modern from the ground upwards with regionally themed wings, the maze of corridors and permeable courtyards don’t seem to have any order. But if you’re the Read more…
Louisbourg is a fishing village surrounded by the fortress’ National Historic Park on both sides of the bay. On one side is a lighthouse built near the site of the country’s first lighthouse in 1730. On the other side is the mighty fortress and its partially rebuilt village. I visited Read more…
Implemented during the height of the Cold War in the 1960’s, the first generation of Minuteman Missiles were a way to ensure mutually assured destruction should the Soviet Union ever decide to preempt a nuclear strike against America. The US ensured that hundreds of these nuclear-tipped intercontinental ballistic missiles were Read more…
There are worthwhile things to do in Rochester, but my favourite place is the Strong National Museum of Play. The day before I visited, I spoke with a friend and told her that I value people who are able to make quick and mature decisions but also a child at Read more…