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Highest terrain in Michigan offers downhill skiing, cross-country skiing, snowshoeing.

Riding the biggest toboggan in the world was a thrill.

The summer cottage offers perhaps the most popular pleasure and recreation today, just as it did in the early part of the 20th century.

In the 1910s, Michigan saw an increase in automobile ownership, more development of good roads in the state and an enthusiasm for motorists to take to the open road.

The accessibility of burgeoning photography technology merged with American ingenuity and “tall-tale” postcards were created. Also called “exaggeration” and “freak,” they came on the scene about 1910.

Are dinosaur parks extinct in Michigan? A forgotten relic of 20th-century roadside attractions.

A Week’s Cruise On Four Lakes — 2200 Miles New Steamships North American and South American Chicago Duluth & Georgian Bay Transit Company Season 1918.

Although several states throughout the United States claim Paul Bunyan as their own, he is rightly attributed to Michigan.

From early amusement parks such as the Chutes Park in Chicago (1884) and Coney Island in New York (1885), came the craze that sprouted almost 2,000 small amusement parks around the country by 1920.

Michigan went roller-skate crazy following the war.