Alpena is the home of the world’s largest cement plant.
Elsie is the home of the world’s largest registered Holstein dairy herd.
Although Michigan is often called the “Wolverine State” there are no longer any wolverines in Michigan.
The Packard Motor Car Company in Detroit manufactured the first air-conditioned car in 1939.
The largest village in Michigan is Caro.
Michigan has 116 lighthouses and navigational lights.
Standing anywhere in the state a person is within 85 miles of one of the Great Lakes.
Indian River is the home of the largest crucifix in the world. It is called the Cross in the Woods.
Michigan has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
The city of Novi was named from its designation as Stagecoach Stop # 6.
The Detroit Zoo was the first zoo in America to feature cageless exhibits that allowed the animals more freedom.
Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in Gulliver has been guiding ships since 1895.
The Upper Michigan Copper Country is the largest commercial deposit of native copper in the world.
The nation’s first regularly scheduled air passage service began operation between Grand Rapids and Detroit in 1926.
Michigan has one of the world’s longest suspension bridges – the Mackinac Bridge.
Michigan has its border with four of the five Great Lakes.