Top 11 Tourist Attractions in Lansing: Travel Michigan
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Michigan State Capitol, Potter Park Zoo, Michigan Historical Museum, R.E. Olds Transportation Museum, Cooley Law School Stadium, Old Town, Turner-Dodge House & Heritage Center, Central United Methodist Church, Carl G. Fenner Nature Center, Michigan Women's Historical Center, River Trail
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Diplomat at the U.S. Embassy Vienna Mark Bland talks about his home state of Michigan. #50states #MI
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Known as the Great Lakes State, Michigan looks like a hand, and is easily identifiable on any map of the United States and also from outer space. It's located in the northern Midwest of the USA and borders the Canadian province of Ontario. Michigan is called the Wolverine State and is divided into two peninsulas with a land area of 150,000 square kilometers. The word Michigan (pronounced Mishigan, not Mitchigan), comes from the Native American word Mishigamaa, which means large lake. Michigan has the longest freshwater coast in the world: more than 5200km of shoreline. With its population of almost 10 million, Michigan is the 8th most populous state in the United States. Almost 40% of the state's population lives near Detroit, the largest city, while only 3% live in the entire Upper Peninsula.
The French discovered Michigan in the 1600s and founded the city of Detroit in 1701. During the 1700s control of Michigan alternated between the French, the British, and the local Native Americans. In 1796 the British finally abandoned Detroit and their forts on the Great Lakes. Michigan became a territory in 1805 and the 26th state in January
1837.
Michigan is known primarily for two things: automobiles and its beautiful nature.
At the beginning of the 1900s Henry Ford revolutionized auto production by developing the moving assembly line. He and his fellow auto manufacturers (Olds, Buick, Dodge, and others) helped transform private life in the United States and created an economic boom in Michigan that attracted immigrants from all over the world. Today, General Motors, Chrysler, and Ford still produce almost 25% of all cars made in the United States. In addition to manufacturing automobiles, Michigan also builds 50% of all office furniture made in the USA, and is home to Dow Chemical, Whirlpool, and Kellogg's, all of which manufacture products people worldwide use on a daily basis.
As a native Michigander, I am proud of my state's beautiful scenery. Tourism is one of Michigan's largest industries. Tourists in Michigan spend around $17 billion per year visiting the state's amazing nature and its cultural heritage. Among our most spectacular sites are the Sleeping Bear sand dunes along Lake Michigan, Mackinac Island (a uniquely historical island free of automobiles), the Mackinaw Straits bridge (at 8km in length it is the world's third largest suspension bridge), and the Upper Peninsula with the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the Porcupine Mountains, Tahquamenon Falls, and Isle Royale National Park. Michigan has over 11,000 lakes and is a paradise for fishing, hunting, canoeing, skiing, ice skating, and snowmobiling. We also have several thousand kilometers of pristine beaches with white sand and crystal clear aquamarine water. The climate is ideal for the production of cherries, apples, and Christmas trees—all of which are products that Michigan exports in large quantity across the United States.
Culturally and educationally Michigan also distinguishes itself. Our 15 public universities, 56 private colleges, and 28 public community colleges attract large numbers of foreign students due to their diverse curricula, high academic standards, and pleasant learning environment. Our largest city, Detroit, is home to the Henry Ford Museum, historical Dearborn Village, and the Detroit Institute of the Arts. The Detroit Symphony and Detroit
Opera House enjoy an international reputation. Finally, Michigan has contributed its fair share to the music world, beginning with Motown Records in the 1960s and continuing up through Eminem and Madonna, both of whom are native Michiganders.
So come visit Michigan and enjoy our beautiful nature, friendly people, and many cultural offerings. We'd be happy to host you!
Lansing, Michigan
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Michigan inundations,ansing /ˈlænsɪŋ/ is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2010 Census placed the city's population at 114,297,[7] making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. The population of its Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA) was 464,036, while the even larger Combined Statistical Area (CSA) population, which includes Shiawassee County, was 534,684. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after Michigan became a state.
The Lansing Metropolitan Area, colloquially referred to as Mid-Michigan, is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, commercial, and industrial functions. The area is home to two medical schools, one veterinary school, two nursing schools, two law schools—including Western Michigan University Cooley Law School and Michigan State University College of Law, a Big Ten Conference university - (Michigan State University), the Michigan State Capitol, the state Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a federal court, the Library of Michigan and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies.
Lansing is the only U.S. state capital (among the 47 located in counties) that is not also a county seat. The seat of government of Ingham County is Mason,[8] but the county maintains some offices in LansingFarmers' markets[edit]
Farmers' market in Lansing
Lansing has several farmers' markets throughout the city in the summer months. These markets include the Allen Street Farmer's Market[95] on the city's eastside, the Westside Farmers' Market, the Old Town Farmer's Market, the South Lansing Farmer's Market,[96] and the year-round historic Lansing City Market[48] located near downtown. The Lansing City Market has built a brand new $1.6 million facility on the riverfront in downtown Lansing where it will continue its year round operations providing specialty items in addition to regular groceries from over 30 vendors.
Libraries[edit]
The Library of Michigan and Historical Center is a highly regarded state library and research center. The library is one of the top five genealogical research facilities in the United States. The Capital Area District Library has 13 branches within Ingham County, some of these include: The Main library downtown, the Foster Library on the east side, and the South Lansing Library on the south side.
Lansing Art Gallery[edit]
The Lansing Art Gallery, founded in 1965, is Lansing's oldest art gallery and a non-profit membership organization. Showcasing the works of Michigan artists, the gallery is committed to providing cultural enhancement opportunities for Michigan residents. The museum is open to the public with free admission.
Museums[edit]
Lansing is home to a number of small, specialized museums:
The Impression 5 Science Center[97] is a children's science center located in a historic wagon works factory on the Grand River.
The Michigan Library and Historical Center contains one of the 10 largest genealogy collections in the nation, has a museum dedicated to Michigan's history among other attractions.[98]
The Michigan Women's Hall of Fame is a museum dedicated to the historical accomplishments and achievements of Michigan women. The house is located directly south of downtown in the 1903-built Cooley-Haze House. The museum is surrounded by Cooley Gardens.[99]
The R. E. Olds Transportation Museum is dedicated to the education of Lansing's role in the development of transportation, particularly the automobile.
The Turner-Dodge House[100] is a museum dedicated to Lansing's early pioneers. The museum sits in the Classical Revival-styled Turner-Dodge Mansion, built in 1858 for James and Marion Turner, and later by their daughter and her husband. It is on the National Register of Historic Places.
Theatre[edit]
The Riverwalk Theatre,[101] (formerly the Okemos Barn Theatre), the Lansing Civic Players,[102] and the now defunct BoarsHead Theater[103] are or were all located in downtown.
Peppermint Creek Theatre Company[104] is a well established new award-winning theater company.
Happendance, Michigan's longest-running professional modern dance company, has been based in Greater Lansing since 1976.[105]
The Greater Lansing Ballet Company is an award-winning ballet and dance company.
The Creole Gallery[106] brings in various musicians and hosts the Icarus Falling Theater group.
Potter Park Zoo
State of MICHIGAN
Michigan is a state in the Great Lakes and Midwestern regions of the United States. Capital is Lansing and the largest city is Detroit. Grand Rapids, the second-largest city in Michigan, is also an important center of manufacturing.
Lansing, Michigan
Lansing is the capital of the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located mostly in Ingham County, although portions of the city extend west into Eaton County and north into Clinton County. The 2010 Census placed the city's population at 114,297, making it the fifth largest city in Michigan. The population of its Metropolitan Statistical Area was 464,036, while the even larger Combined Statistical Area population, which includes Shiawassee County, was 534,684. It was named the new state capital of Michigan in 1847, ten years after its admittance as a state.
The Lansing Metropolitan Area, colloquially referred to as Mid-Michigan, is an important center for educational, cultural, governmental, commercial, and industrial functions. The area is home to two medical schools, one veterinary school, two nursing schools, two law schools—including Western Michigan University and Michigan State University—a Big Ten Conference university, the Michigan State Capitol, the state Supreme Court, the Court of Appeals, a federal court, the Library of Michigan and Historical Center, and headquarters of four national insurance companies.
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Lansing, Michigan - Facts, History, Economy
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1. Prior to becoming a state, the Michigan territory took issue with Ohio claiming the mouth of the Maumee River in Toledo as its own property. Things came to a head in 1836, when militia forces from both sides marched into the wilderness to oppose one another. They never came in contact. Congress insisted Michigan accept the boundary line and cede Toledo in order to gain statehood—they reluctantly agreed.
2. Michigan was the first state to ban the death penalty. After Detroit bar owner Stephen Simmons was hanged for murdering his wife in 1830, newspapers and religious leaders began to criticize the brutal practice and petitioned for its abolishment. When another hanged man was later found to be innocent, the public movement became so influential that state legislature banned the practice in 1847. (You could still, however, be executed for treason through 1963.)
3. Michigan was an early and outspoken opponent of slavery and welcomed refugees from the Underground Railroad. When former slave Adam Crosswhite fled Kentucky in 1843, he settled in Marshall. When Kentuckians came to the state in 1847 searching for Crosswhite, citizens intervened and had the mob jailed while Crosswhite headed for Canada.
4. Battle Creek was once the unofficial capital of breakfast cereal. When physician John Harvey Kellogg assumed duties at the Battle Creek Sanitarium in the late 1800s, he advised a strict diet and exercise regimen, including a flaked cereal he developed called Granose. When businessman C.W. Post visited the center in 1891 and tried to convince Kellogg to market his cereal, Kellogg wasn’t interested—so Post came up with some of his own, including Grape Nuts. The Kellogg family later started the Battle Creek Toasted Corn Flake Company in 1906, ushering in the modern age of soggy carb-and-milk bowls.
5. Michigan’s thriving lumber industry meant the state's economy became inextricably tied to the manufacture of carriages and wagons, which soon would give way to the automobile. Henry Ford’s Model T became the standard for car makers to follow, with reasonable production prices and satisfied consumers. All of those auto plants—Michigan held more than 75 percent of the world’s car factories—became crucial during World War II. Many automakers converted their resources into providing jeeps, tanks, and other combat tools to Allied forces.
6. Berry Gordy founded Motown (“Motor Town”) Records in Detroit in 1959 using $800 he borrowed from his family. The label would go on to introduce some of the most influential artists of the century, including Michael Jackson, Diana Ross, Gladys Knight, and Stevie Wonder.
7. Michigan’s capital city is Lansing., a city of 116,000 people. But only one city comes to mind when thinking about Michigan, and that is Detroit. We all know Detroit as Motor City, even if that doesn’t really apply anymore. In the early 20th century, the auto industry expanded and the city grew really really fast. By the 1950, it reached a population of 1.85 million people, the 4th largest in the country. Since then, the population declined to less than 700,000 people. Several neighbourhoods feel into despair after the people left and abandoned buildings could be found even downtown.
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By the mid 1960's, the movement for rights for migrant agricultural workers led by Cesar Chavez was gaining strength. Michigan had the 3rd highest population of migrant workers in the U.S. (It still does.) A former migrant laborer named Ruben Alfaro, then a barber in Lansing, organized the first mass march by migrant workers and their supporters to demand inclusion in the state's workers compensation and social welfare programs. (The producers tracked down Ruben Alfaro in Texas and his newly recorded voice contributes to this story.)
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Haunted Places in Michigan
From Detroit to Grand Rapids, Warren to Sterling Heights, Ann Arbor to Lansing, the Great Lake State is full of terrifying hauntings and interesting history. Which is why The Speakeasy presents our list of the top ten most haunted places in Michigan! Enjoy!
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Curwood Castle - Owosso Michigan
In 1922, James Curwood built this replica of a Norman chateau along the banks of the Shiawassee River near his home in Owosso. Construction on the building began in 1922 and was completed in 1923. Curwood moved in and used one of the turrets as a writing studio. James Oliver Jim Curwood (June 12, 1878 – August 13, 1927) was an American action-adventure writer and conservationist. His books ranked among Publishers Weekly top-ten best sellers in the United States in the early 1920s. At least eighteen motion pictures have been based on or directly inspired by his novels and short stories. At the time of his death, he was the highest paid (per word) author in the world.
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18 Top Rated - Best Tourist Attractions in Michigan
1. Mackinac Island - an island and resort area, covering 3.8 square miles (9.8 km2) in land area, in the U.S. state of Michigan. It is located in Lake Huron.
2. Isle Royale National Park - Beautiful must see island treasure. This island caters to both rugged back packers and those who like a soft bed and hot shower. If you prefer the later, check out the Rock Harbor Lodge. Look for wild bull moose!
3. Pictured Rocks National Seashore - Pictured Rocks is well worth a trip. The views of Lake Superior's clear blue waters and the sandstone cliffs are absolutely gorgeous of course, but we were surprised by the sheer number of different mushrooms and fungus that was growing along the trails.
4. Michigan Historical Museum, Lansing - Beautiful family fun place to visit. Learn about Michigan history. Alot to see for every age level. Wheelchair and stroller accessible.
5. State Capitol - What an absolutely gorgeous building! Just magnificent! Very interesting to watch. Best day to go is on Saturday while they are still giving tours. Parking downtown is also free so you can park right next the capitol building without any problem. The restored dome and glass floor in the rotunda is cool to see.
6. University of Michigan, Ann Arbor - a public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan.
7. Mackinac Bridge - a suspension bridge spanning the Straits of Mackinac to connect the Upper and Lower Peninsulas of the U.S. state of Michigan.
8. Colonial Michilimackinac, mackinaw city - This place was awesome. It has an awesome view of the bridge though and where else can you see two great lakes in one visit.
9. Windmill Island, Holland - Fun place. Good demonstrations and educational. The windmill is awesome and the products ground there are really good.
10. Outdoor Discovery Center of Wildlife Unlimited, holland - Very cool place. Lots of schools do field trips here.
11. Castle Rock - This place is awesome. Great view of the area from a wonderful vantage point.
12. Detroit Institute of Arts - Lovely museum with a terrific collection. The highlight for me were the spectacular Diego Rivera murals commissioned by Ford, as well as important pieces by Van Gogh, Degas, Picasso & Matisse.
13. Frederik Meijer Gardens & Sculpture Park - One of the finest gardens you will ever visit in the whole country. Make sure you have on your must see list. It is easy to view the garden by foot or by the shuttles that are provided. The shuttle drivers are very good at telling the history/story of each landscape artwork and the history of the gardens development itself.
14. Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Fantastic museum. A must see if you are in the area. The main feature is, of course, the Edmund Fitzgerald but you will learn about a lot of other shipwrecks as well.
15. Lake Huron Michigan - What a pleasant surprise in the morning when we looked out at the lake and saw fog. It gave us the opportunity to walk the edge, experience the quiet, and photograph the grasses at water's edge.
16. Lake Michigan - One of the five Great Lakes of North America and the only one located entirely within the United States.
17. Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore - This is a great place to bike with a paved bike trail running through most of the park.
18. The Henry Ford - Absolutely incredible museum. The staff is always friendly, and helpful. The exhibits are always updating, the museum is always clean, and there is a lot of very interesting things to see.
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Visiting Lansing, Michigan
Shane Thomas visits Lansing, Michigan the state capitol of Michigan.