House of Tiki, photo by “CAVE CANEM”.
I assume that Tiki is UrbanTiki who, like many of us, is a huge Detroit Tigers fan.
Be sure to click the photo to see it large and appreciate the awesome shadows from Comerica Park on the walls of Ford Field. (also makes a GREAT background)
The Tigers continued their struggling last night. Get a whole bunch more Tigers v Yankees links, stories & photos at Absolute Michigan!
Detroit at night, photo by caterpillars
I was linking to “TTV” photos on Michigan in Pictures and noticed that the photo that had been here was lost in the mists of the internets. Fortunately, that lets me feature one of my all time favorite (if fake) TTV shots. You can (and should) check out Laura’s fake TTV slideshow.
Some resources for TTV photography:
Michigan State Capitol, photo by Larry the Biker.
Of his set of 50-odd photos titled Michigan Landmarks, Larry the Biker writes: Si Quaeris Peninsulam Amoenam Circumspice — “If you seek a pleasant peninsula, look about you.” Things you will only see in the Great Lake State!
In addition to famous landmarks like the Mackinac Bridge and the Tahquamenon Falls, the set includes some lesser known landmarks like the Horton Bay General Store and the Pontiac Silverdome. With many of the photos, Larry also includes links to information about the subject. Click the barn to view the set!
From the Shore of McLean State Park, photo by Mrs. Terry.
Terry Forrest lives in Boston but has taken quite a number of photos of Michigan lighthouses. She has photos available for sale at her photography web site, and you can see a bunch more photos of this lighthouse by clicking the thumbnail below!
If you’d like to see this lighthouse up close, Keweenaw Excursions offers a boat tour of Keweenaw lighthouses.
Lighthouse expert Terry Pepper writes:
With the meteoric growth of copper mining in the Keweenaw between 1843 and 1968, increased shipping access to the twin cities of Houghton and Hancock became increasingly important. To this end, the Portage River Canal was cut through a tamarack swamp at its western end in 1860, creating a channel 10 feet deep and 80 feet wide, opening full Portage River navigation for the largest vessels of the day from western Lake Superior…For reasons as yet undetermined, the original lighthouse was replaced with the existing fifty foot square steel Art Deco style tower at the end of the breakwater in 1950.
In the photos below you can really see the Art Deco influences.
Depot Town Buildings, photo by jnhkrawczyk.
Girl Power takes place this Friday (September 15) and is the latest show from Exposure.Detroit. It will feature the works of Autumm Caines, Trish Harris, Jill Hamilton-Krawczyk and Melissa Kilbride.
Click the poster below for more details and right here for a map to Karras Bros Tavern.
Frankenmuth , photo by ercy.
The photographer writes:
Frankenmuth, MI. You can read more about Frankenmuth, MI – a place best known for its chicken and year-round Christmas store (Bronners) – here.
From the the official Frankenmuth website:
Frankenmuth, “Michigan’s Little Bavaria”, delights over 3 million visitors annually. Come Experience Another World with unique attractions, shopping, restaurants, hotels & camping, festivals, and family fun! Information on what is happening next in Frankenmuth is only a click away.
Regardless of the time of year, the festivities are always in full bloom. Whether you come for a chicken dinner, to buy a special ornament, attend one of Frankenmuth’s many festivals or to simply see what’s new, Frankenmuth welcomes you with its flower-lined streets and Bavarian hospitality. Frankenmuth is where memories are made and traditions begin ~ Come rediscover Frankenmuth!
Wikipedia: Frankenmuth, MI
Wikipedia: Echinacea (aka Purple Cone Flower)
The Motor City, photo by slim57.
The Motor City, it all of its modern glory, shines bright against a surreal sky. Check out this detailed Wikipedia entry on the History of Detroit and discover how the city has become the place it is today.
Abandoned Cabin, Cross Village MI, photo by Latitude 45
Flickr (where most of the photos seen here on Michigan in Pictures reside) has recently added a nifty feature that allows you to view a map of all photos in any pool. Try the Michigan Pool and the Absolute Michigan pool for example. It also works on tags like michigan or lighthouse. Here’s where Flickr explains how geotagging works (apparently you can do it without carting around a GPS unit)
Very cool.
You can also view maps of whole sets of photos. Click the pic below to view the locations of more photos of this cabin and the rest of the photos in Martin’s “Abandoned” set.
Mission Point Lighthouse, Lake Michigan, photo by JSE_Imaging.
Speaking from experience, I have to say that the Old Mission light is one of the hardest to take a picture of. Probably all that fencing.
The lighthouse was established on March 3, 1859 and sits at the tip of Old Mission peninsula (the eastern peninsula that forms Grand Traverse Bay). Lighthouse guru Terry Pepper has a page on the Mission Point Lighthouse that includes an account of the taking of lands around the light from the Ottawa.
Wikipedia’s Mission Point Lighthouse entry is pretty limited, but it does have a link to an article that says the Old Mission light was a twin to the now destroyedMama Juda Lighthouse in the Detroit River (a/k/a Mamajuda).
Across the Tracks, photo by anikarenina.
The Krappy Kamera Club has the goal of bringing together people with the love of Krappy Kameras in the greater Ann Arbor, Michigan area. Holga, Diana, Brownie – these are a few of their favorite things.
On a related note, KKC member and newspaper photographer Bill Bresler will present Plastic Fantastic: Toy Camera Photography in the Digital Age on Sunday October 22, 2006 at 2 PM at the Michigan Historical Museum in Lansing.
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