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The Detroit Red Wings NHL ice hockey team plays its home games at Little Caesars Arena in Midtown Detroit, Michigan. They moved to the newly-built arena in 2017, having previously played at Detroit’s Joe Lewis Arena, which was later demolished during 2019 and 2020. The Red Wings played their first regular season game at the new arena on October 5, Read more...
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American figure skater Nancy Kerrigan was deliberately struck on the lower right thigh by an assailant with a telescopic baton as she walked along a corridor at Cobo Arena (now part of the TCF Center Grand Riverview Ballroom) in Detroit, Michigan, on January 6th 1994. The attack was planned by Jeff Gilloly, the ex-husband of fellow competitive figure skater Tonya Read more...
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The 1980 movie Somewhere in Time was mostly filmed on Mackinac Island, Michigan, with much of the film centered around the Grand Hotel, and other scenes filmed at the sound stage of The Mission Point Film Studio and Fine Arts Building (now Mission Point Resort). Some scenes were also filmed in Chicago, Illinois. Directed by Jeannot Szwarc, Somewhere in Time Read more...
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The Kalamazoo Greyhound stop is at the Kalamazoo Transportation Center on North Burdick Street at Kalamazoo Avenue in downtown Kalamazoo, Michigan. The transport hub is shared by the Amtrak train station and bus services operated by Metro Transit, Greyhound Lines, Miller Transportation and Indian Trails. The complex has a concession stand, restrooms, and a waiting area open until 11 pm Read more...
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The Mackinac Bridge crosses the Straits of Mackinac between Michigan’s Lower and Upper Peninsulas. The Straits of Mackinac is the body of water connecting Lake Michigan and Lake Huron, two of the Great Lakes, and its width at the point of the Mackinac Bridge crossing is 4 miles (or 6.4 kilometers). At the south end of the bridge is the Read more...