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The city of Ann Arbor
is known as one of the "freest-thinking college towns in the country".
Ann Arbor is home to the University of Michigan, the Gerald R. Ford
Presidential Library, and Domino’s Pizza.
While visiting this city be sure to see the many interesting historic
buildings. Examples include
the Gothic-style Law Quadrangle located at the University of Michigan and the
Greek Revival Kampf House. If you
are visiting during the months of June and July, be sure to check out the Summer
Festival of the Performing Arts. This
performance showcases lectures, films, mimes, dancing, exhibits, theater, and
music. Grand Rapids is
widely known as the "Furniture Center and Convention City of the
Midwest". Visitors will find
museums, theaters, concerts, and century-old architecture.
Two of the major attractions are the John Ball Zoological Park and the
Gerald R. Ford Presidential Museum. This
Museum has exhibits depicting the life and public service of the former
president. It also has a full-scale
replica of the Oval Office. Also be
sure to visit the Norton Indian Mounds, the largest surviving Hopewell Indian
site.
Other places of interest in Detroit include the Detroit Historical Museum, the Museum of African-American History, the Detroit Zoo, and the Fox Theater. Detroit shares a unique relationship with Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Because Windsor is located slightly south of Detroit, it is the only spot where a part of Canada is directly south of U.S. territory. Michigan is the
perfect place to learn to ski or to practice for the steeper slopes of the west.
The mountains are small (the largest measuring a mere 638 feet high).
The slopes of Crystal Mountain, Shanty Creek, Boyne Highlands, and Sugar
Loaf Resort are some of the state’s best for beginner and intermediate skiers.
For the advanced skier looking for a challenge try Sugar Loaf’s
Awful-Awful Black-Diamond Trail. It
is the steepest in the Midwest. Many
of the resorts offer night skiing, well-groomed trails, ski-school programs, and
day care. On the western tip of the
state you’ll find Big Powderhorn Mountain, Blackjack, Indianhead Mountain, and
Bear Creek. They are clustered
within five miles of each other and, when combined with Wisconsin’s Whitecap
Mountain, make up the ski complex "Big Snow Country".
As an added bonus all lift tickets are interchangeable. Michigan leads the
nation as the state with the most public golf courses.
At last count there were 600 courses!
The state also has the world’s first indoor, natural-grass golf course.
It opened near Flint and is a one-acre, par-3 course with a special vinyl
dome and underground pipes for irrigation.
In the past five years, four Michigan courses have received top national
awards for design. This state also
has courses that were designed by golf legends such as Arnold Palmer ("the
Legend"`), Robert Trent Jones ("Treetops"), and Jack Nicklaus
("the Bear").
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Michigan
The
big midwestern city of Detroit has some fascinating, one-of-a-kind attractions.
Scuba divers can
explore Great Lakes shipwrecks at nine different preserves.