What comes to mind when you think about the State of Michigan? Detroit, perhaps? That tops pretty much everybody’s list. Motown is the metonym (a word, name, or expression used as a substitute) for the city of Detroit—claimed by both the American automobile industry...
If you’re new to the idea of DIY building kits, you might think it’s all about low-quality, temporary, shed-like structures that look like cookie-cutter boxes. That would be a fair assumption – and some are. There are some steel building manufacturers that make...
The entire country has a lot to boast about, but Wisconsin just might be able to crow a little louder. Or maybe we should say, moo a little louder. The Swiss Cheese capital of the world is not—as you might think—Switzerland. It’s none other than Wisconsin. We’d like...
ESPN estimates that there are slightly more than 34,000 golf courses around the world. More than 45% of them are located in the United States. The number fluctuates, but it’s generally more than 16,000 courses scattered across 50 states. Florida boasts the highest...
Respecting boundaries has always been important to Iowa. The state nearly went to war with neighboring Missouri in the 1830s because a surveyor mistakenly marked a boundary line 4 miles further north than it should have been. A Missouri tax collector was arrested by...
