Marvin's Marvelous Mechnical Museum
By: Tom Hendrickson, 12/19/2008
Robots and automatons and fortune tellers, oh my! Shoehorned between two halves of a Farmington Hill's shopping mall you'll find this mechanical menagerie of vintage arcade oddities.
Element One
By: Tom Hendrickson, 12/18/2008
Fifty Lawrence Tech students banded together to create a hydrogen fuel cell powered Formula racing cart. The result? Probably the coolest zero-emissions vehicle you've ever seen.
Check Out Ypsilanti!
By: Tom Hendrickson, 12/11/2008
Nearly 200 years old and hipper than ever. From its vintage neighborhoods to its growing indie music and art scene, Ypsilanti is quickly establishing itself as the Brooklyn to Ann Arbor's Manhattan. Just don't call it "Hipsilanti". The locals hate that.
Hey, it's Farmington!
By: Tom Hendrickson, 11/19/2008
An island unto itself, this tiny city (ten thousand strong) is surrounded by the much larger Farmington Hills community, which only wishes it had as cool of a downtown. How cool is it? They bought their own art deco movie theater.
College For Creative Studies
By: Tom Hendrickson, 11/13/2008
For nearly 100 years the College for Creative Studies has influenced the world of design. From automobiles and advertising to fine art and film, its students represent the creative class professionals Michigan needs to transform its economy and communities.
Dearborn Is The Place!
By: Tom Hendrickson, 11/6/2008
It's two... two... two great downtowns in one. From its front porch neighborhoods to its downtown lofts to iconic institutions like The Henry Ford to its blossoming Arab American community, Dearborn is the ultimate urban small town.
Grave Stories In Ann Arbor
By: Tom Hendrickson, 10/30/2008
'Tis the season to be spooky. Join historian Wystan Stevens as he leads one of his tours through Ann Arbor's Forest Hill Cemetery, weaving fascinating tidbits about the city's history with creepy tales of death and demise.
Welcome To Berkley
By: Tom Hendrickson , 10/16/2008
Right next to Royal Oak and Ferndale, Berkley's quiet charms sneak up on you. Walkable neighborhoods surround a cozy downtown well-worth checking out. Blink and you'll miss it... and you'd be sorry.