Happy birthday, Michigan! The Mitten State was granted statehood on Jan. 26, 1837 — 188 years ago today. But many chapters of ...

At one point, the settlement seemed poised “to become the city of destiny,” one historian wrote. But it didn’t last.

In Rudyard Township, in the eastern Upper Peninsula, snowy owls make themselves at home in the winter. The township and the ...

Usually, renaming a place starts locally. The people in the state or county propose a name change and gather support. The ...

Ireland called in help from England and France on Sunday as repair crews worked to restore power to hundreds of thousands of people after the most disruptive storm for years. More ...

King and many others who live in the mountain’s shadow say most Alaskans will never stop calling the peak Denali, its Alaska ...