I love this old 8mm film of someone crossing the Mackinac Bridge in 1958. Not much has changed since then. About halfway across the bridge you even get to see Michigan’s unofficial state flower - the orange traffic barrel. It’s an authentic steel drum painted orange - not one of those plastic [...]

When we ship your gift baskets we take great care to make sure that #1, they arrive in as short a time as possible and #2 that they look great when the recipient pulls them out. One of the things we do is put a Michigan state map in each box along with the [...]

Via MichiganHistoryMagazine.com
July 18, 1863
Michiganians campaign in Mississippi.
Following the July 4th surrender of the Confederate stronghold of Vicksburg, Mississippi, Union troops under the command of General William Tecumseh Sherman captured Jackson, the state capital. Six regiments of Michigan troops and one Michigan battery were part of Sherman’s army.

The Kalamazoo Gazette was inspired by the recent announcement of the new 7 Wonders of the World released on 7/7/07 and created their list of the Seven Wonders of Southwest Michigan. It’s a quirky piece that they must have needed to fill out the paper for the day as there wasn’t enough real news. [...]

We will be closed for 1 Business Week beginning 5pm on July 20 and we will reopen on July 30 at 9am. Any orders placed after 5pm on July 20 and during the week of July 23 will not be shipped until July 31. All orders placed before 5pm this Friday, July 20, [...]

If you have never visited the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore near Munising in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, this article in the Mining Journal might convince you to head north. I have hiked the Pictured Rocks area (nothing too rugged) but have not had the pleasure of viewing the impressive rock formations and waterfalls from a [...]

MDOT finally decided to make its most used online features available from a single page. Located at www.michigan.gov/drive the new page prominently features the Detroit Traffic Map, Michigan Road Construction Search, and MDOT Construction Map.
Previously you had to hunt and dig for this information (which I always found strange) all throughout the www.michigan.gov/mdot subdirectory. [...]

I would like to highlight the changes to our shipping policy that are affective immediately. We have not changed our prices for shipping, just the timetable for getting out orders. You can still take advantage of our flat-rate shipping for as low as $8.95.
Until this week, all orders that were placed by 1 [...]

Michigan has 97 state parks and recreation areas. That makes for a lot of opportunities for recreation that many other states just don’t have. It also makes for a lot of information to go through when you try to decide to camp or stop at one of our state parks.
Well, I created a [...]

Just a note to our customers - we will be closed in observation of the 4th of July Holiday. Any orders placed after 1pm today and during tomorrow will ship on Thursday, July 5th.
Have a safe and happy 4th!