Eric is a native Michigander with an interest in geogrpahy and history - but the reads won't be as snoozy as you might remember from school. In a previous life he was lead explorer of Season 1 of the Haunts and Legends of New York video series (http://bit.ly/HauntsAndLegendsNYS) and host of Foodamazoo (http://bit.ly/Foodamazoo).
Eric Meier
Bank of Ann Arbor Shows Support for Michigan State’s Final Four Run
With Michigan State just two wins away from a national championship, it looks like Ann Arbor is feeling the Green and White as these billboards from Bank of Ann Arbor prove.
Bless Their Hearts, This North Carolina City Has a Street Named for Mackinac Island
It's a 15 hour drive from Raleigh, North Carolina to the Straits of Mackinac, but that didn't stop a subdivision developer in the Tar Heel State from naming a street after Mackinac Island.
‘Wizzo the Wizard’ from the Bozo Show has Passed Away
One of The Bozo Show's longstanding performers, Marshall Brodien, who portrayed Wizzo the Wizard has passed away.
This Obscure Michigan Location is the Westernmost Point in the Eastern Time Zone
Michigan's time zone boundary gives us a geographic oddity - the westernmost point of the Eastern Time Zone in the United States.
This Michigan Bridge Will Never Be Rehabbed Because No One Agrees Who Owns It
There's a narrow old bridge south of Battle Creek with little to no chance it will ever see traffic again because no one can agree who actually own the bridge.
This Wisconsin TV Station is Very Confused About Michigan’s Upper Peninsula
You'd think Wisconsinites would know a thing or two about Michigan's Upper Peninsula. After all we're Wisconsin's elegant, class-up-the-joint hat. But no, it seems they're a bit confused.
People Love this Michigan Bread So Much, They Buy it on Ebay
I'm going to go out on a limb and guess you wouldn't buy bread from eBay. But what if it's a bread from your hometown that has a taste you crave?
George Fisher is a Strange Michigan Missing Persons Case That Needs Your Attention
How does a person go missing for more than 4 years before police get notified? That is the troubling question as the heart of the case of George Fisher, a Michigan man missing for over 15 years.
This Video of a Semi Crossing the Mackinac Bridge During the Polar Vortex Is as Extreme As…
This video, recording during the Polar Vortex storm from January 2019 will give you the same on-the-edge-of-your-seat feeling you likely got watching Ice Road Truckers.
More Great Lakes Mothman Sightings – This Time in Indiana
A winged-manlike creature, like the infamous Point Pleasant Mothman has been sighted around Lake Michigan, and now in east-central Indiana near Muncie.
Mount Arvon is No Longer Michigan’s Highest Point, This Pile of Mining Waste Is
Mount Arvon in northern Michigan's Huron Mountains has always been considered the highest point in the state. Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming.
Michigan’s Exit 343 is an Exit to Nowhere And Everything
Exit 343 on Interstate 75 in Michigan could be considered an exit to nowhere. There is no highway, no connection to anyplace other than an amazing view of the Mackinac Bridge.