geography

In Michigan, other than a few spots in the Upper Peninsula, we don't think often think about elevation

Taking a satellite view of this southwest Michigan lake shows a sandbar that looks just like a moon.

Michigan's time zone boundary gives us a geographic oddity - the westernmost point of the Eastern Time Zone in the United States.

Just how important is southwest Michigan to the history of the state? When Michigan joined the union in 1837, there were only 16 incorporated cities and villages. Half of them were in the southwest corner of the state.

This map features nothing but US Highways. Michigan is, of course, always easy to find on maps, so can you do it with just the US Highways in the state?

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 Surprisingly, that high point has been replaced by a pile of mining waste from the Tiden Mine near Ishpeming.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 has an area some call the peninsula's "continental divide" where the waters part to flow toward either Lake Michigan or Lake Huron.

Good luck even finding a typewriter these days. But if you could find one, would you have the ability to produce this amazingly unique map of Lake Michigan.