This gives context to all of the other pictures. They all fit in this collage of metal prints and the collage is part of ArtPrize of Grand Rapids (www.artprize.org). The theme is Michigan Heritage. ArtPrize Collage
This is at the Walker Tavern along heritage route US12, which used to be the trail from Detroit to Chicago. Walker Tavern is part of the Cambridge Junction Heritage State Park near Brooklyn, MI. http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,1607,7-153-54463_18595_18613---,00.html Walker Covered Wagon
Part of the ruins of the old Quincy Copper mine in Hancock. It is part of the Keweenaw National Historical Park. See http://www.nps.gov/kewe/parkmgmt/keweenaw-heritage-sites.htm Quincy Mine
An old IGA store, just like the ones found in every small town years ago. This one is just North of Escanaba. IGA
Sunrise at the Eagle Harbor Lighthouse. Eagle Harbor Lighthouse
The kitchen at Sand Point Lighthouse in Escanaba. Great colors and a European carved dog. What more could we want? http://www.deltahistorical.org/lighthouse.htm Sand Point Kitchen
Part of the historic courthouse square in Berrien Springs. Berrien Springs Log House
The beautiful Ingham County Courthouse (1904) in Mason, Michigan. www.michmarkers.com/startup.asp?startpage=L0117.htm Ingham Courthouse
This is part of Bay Furnace Campground in Christmas, Michigan Bay Furnace
This is a surfboat in the N Manitou Island Life Saving Station, part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. N Manitou LSS
Charlton Park and Museum in Hastings is very unique, including a steam and old engine show. Tractors in these events often gather into like groups - kinda like people do. Tractors in Hastings
Sometimes they anchored a lightboat where they needed navigational aids rather than build a lighthouse.... like the Huron Lightboat, now in Port Huron as a museum. Huron Lightboat
The Calumet Theatre in Calumet was built in the great days of copper mining. It is being preserved and used today, but in need of a new roof. Calumet Theatre
This is the outside of the Ford Piquette Avenue plant. This is the first plant built by Henry Ford and he only used it one year (1909). Outside Piquette Plant
The Boekeloo cabin has a cranberry bog in front and is part of Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. Boekeloo Lodge
One room school in Charlton Park. Hastings School
This is the Ford sawmill in Alberta, Michigan. It is run as a Museum by Michigan Technological University Ford Sawmill
Pumper in Homer, Michigan Homer Pumper
It was moved to the middle of a corn field in an attempt to save it from decay. Now it needs to be moved again. Delton, Michigan. Old Time Gospel Church
There was a logging business on N Manitou Island. When they were through, they pushed a half dozen trucks into the woods and left them there. Logging Truck
This model T is shown here in the Piquette Ave Plant it would have been built in in 1909. www.tplex.org 1909 Model T
A team of Belgians at the Port Oneida Fair, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. www.leelanau.com/fair/ Belgian Team
St Anne's Church Calumet, Michigan. pasty.com/heritage/ St Anne's
Inside the Ford Piquette Avenue Plant. Manufacturing buildings of the day were long and slender with a lot of windows because of the difficulties with lighting. Inside Piquette
Thrashing machine on N Manitou Island, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore N Manitou Thrasher
This 50's era Nash is in Pine Bend Park, Ottawa County, Michigan. Nash
Charlotte courthouse Charlotte
Downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan Grand Rapids
This the old machine shop at Fayette State Park, Michigan (an old iron smelting facility). I think the weathered texture is often what draws us to things like this. Fayette Shop
Fishtown, Leland, Michigan is the best thing we have left to remember the fishing heritage of the Great Lakes. There is still an active fishing industry working out of Fishtown. This is 12 shots as a combo HDR and pano composition (for a metal print). Fishtown
An old barn in Ottawa County, Michigan The Barn
Alden is a small town on the South end of Torch Lake. A nice little town on one of the most beautiful lakes in the world. Alden Depot
It is amazing how nice some of old buildings are in some of our Michigan towns. As you look at these towns the second and third floors are often where the beauty is. Port Huron
The Lawr Barn at Port Oneida, Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Lawr Barn
This is a lifeboat from the Bradley, which went down in Lake Michigan in 1958. Only two men survived. This boat is at the Maritime Museum on Beaver Island. Bradley Lifeboat
The Grand Haven light attracts people in all kinds of weather, even snow. Grand Haven Light
The Gilmore Car Museum (www.gilmorecarmuseum.org) is probably the best kept museum I have ever seen, and lots of great cars. Woody
The State Theatre inTraverse City is being preserved and is used in a way that really serves the community. The long bike belongs to one of the people that played a major part. TC State Theatre
Big Red is in Holland State Park. Big Red
High winds, sunshine, and dynamic clouds - even though you don't see the lake, this is a Lake Superior style image. The halo effect on edges is from HDR which makes this a great one for a metal print (with metal showing through). For more on the LSS, see http://www.michiganlights.com/EagleharborLSS.htm. Eagle Harbor