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Detroit: How to shoot ruin porn without getting shot

Detroit: How to shoot ruin porn without getting shot

So you're in Detroit and you want to snap some pictures of all of the decay you've seen. It's called Ruin Porn and it's quickly becoming a hipster past time, that allows you to judge and feel better about yourself. So click away.

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Silver Lake, Mich.: The road not taken is great for a 4×4

Silver Lake, Mich.: The road not taken is great for a 4×4

There's not a hipster to be found on the west coast of Michigan -- especially within 100 miles of Silver Lake Sand Dunes -- a haven for gear heads and dune buggies. The recreational area has one purpose: To go fast and see if your off road vehicle is bigger, badder and more awesome...

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What’s a private beach in Michigan

What’s a private beach in Michigan

The woman with the leathery skin and a dog was more smug than rude: “Excuse me, but maybe you don’t know about the private beaches in Michigan. You can’t be here, it’s private.” But that’s not entirely true. The beaches in Michigan are kind of private and kind of public. See, the Michigan Supreme...

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Saugatuck, Michigan: Cute city, hates bikes

Saugatuck, Michigan: Cute city, hates bikes

The West Coast of Michigan is a beautiful place. Steep cliffs drop off to Lake Michigan and its sandy beaches or huge dunes stretch for miles along the blue water. Then there are the little cities that are nestled along the way — between birch tree forests sprinkled with pine — places like Saugatuck...

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The Heidelberg Project: Art or a pile of junk?

The Heidelberg Project: Art or a pile of junk?

There’s a block in Detroit that’s not like any other block in Detroit. It’s the same, but it’s different. A few houses are abandoned, a few lots cleared, a couple of homes occupied. It’s the Detroit story. Right along the street bearing the same name is the Heidelberg Project. A piece of living art...

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Detroit wins with Robocop

Detroit wins with Robocop

Why would anyone oppose a Robocop statue in Detroit? Oh lots of reasons it appears — mostly, though, it wasn’t their idea and it wasn’t what they would do with more than $50,000 raised in just over a week through kickstarter — though none of the people complaining have raised $50,000 for whatever cause...

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Gritty Detroit ad not likely to spur tourism

Gritty Detroit ad not likely to spur tourism

We officially love the Chrysler Super Bowl ad. It embraces the hard times Motor City has faced and provides a real edge that nothing else Sunday night provided. And we live in Detroit, so it was a little personal as well. It also just feels more real than all of those douchie coffee table...

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Pure funding for Pure Michigan

Pure funding for Pure Michigan

Every state has a tourism board and some sort of advertising campaign. States realize that tourism brings in money and creates jobs. Of course, not all of the campaigns work, think Washington state’s “Say WA” campaign, but a lot of them do. Michigan recently launched the “Pure Michigan” campaign that promoted the wonders of...

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Michigan: A night at the races

Michigan: A night at the races

This is the best $15 a person can spend in Flat Rock, Michigan — a wayward town about 20 miles outside of Detroit and the birthplace of the current Mustang. Time at the Flat Rock Speedway is as Americana as you can get. That smell of exhaust wafting over the stands, the foot stomping...

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Detroit: Eastern Market: Nobody beats R.J.’s meat — ever!

Detroit: Eastern Market: Nobody beats R.J.’s meat — ever!

If you head into Eastern Market, expect to get some great food and even better deals. And if you're hunting for meat, try RJ's, it's top notch and grade A all the way.

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