My Memories of Visiting Michigan | Remembering America

In this latest episode of #RememberingAmerica, I take a look back at my first big visit to the state of Michigan. Since the majority of my experience of the Wolverine State comprises just Ann Arbor, where do YOU think a Brit like me should go on his next visit?
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[@donwon7592]

1 of ten million michiganders is watching 👍🏻. Also, Detroit is a great time. I go to the city once a week.

[@LostinthePond]

See, I always hear good things from people who are in the know!

[@klaushuxley3342]

Cheers from Metro Detroit.

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[@donwon7592]

Lee Loomis what in god sake are you saying

[@sanfordcard9633]

I'm wondering the same thing Don Won

[@gt5228z]

If you ever get a chance, before you die, head to Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore near Traverse City, MI. Maybe rent a cabin in Glen Arbor for a week, It's by far the most beautiful site on lake michigan, and possably in all the great lakes. this gem of the north is full of Vinyards, huge gold sandy dunes, beautiful beaches, lighthouses, islands, local beer/wine, hot sun, and cool breezes that smell of fresh cherries. its paradise man, and not that far at all from chicago. just take a train from union station to kalamazoo(3.5hrs), then rent a car and take us-131 north about 3 more hours and your there.

[@LostinthePond]

Sounds absolutely amazing! Will certainly add it to the list.

[@randomrainbow4479]

I went tubing down the Platte River once as a kid, all the way into Lake Michigan. We looked for Petoskey stones at the mouth of the river and watched one of the most spectacular sunsets I've seen to this day over the lake from the top of the dunes. First and only time I used a bottomless innertube, as I accidentally drifted too close to a cluster of seaweed and was bitten/pinched on the ass by an unseen river creature. It wasn't a stick or another person either, I saw bubbles heading away from me and there wasn't anyone else near us. 😂 Good times! And yes, Traverse City, smells incredible.

[@chr0nicstupidity]

I was going to say The Sleeping Bear Sand Dunes but I see it's here already!

[@lepot23]

I live in Northport. You just can't beat our area for visuals!

[@ninjakoala7899]

proud to be a Michigander!

[@LostinthePond]

As you should! Good on ya.

[@stupid_tree7158]

Are you a yooper or troll? ;)

[@jesusisGod1434]

Michigander! Yes!

[@sanfordcard9633]

We Michiganders don't say Michigan Stadium, we call it the Big House. GO BLUE!!!

[@mypetcrow9873]

That’s M GO BLUE! actually.

[@caroleannseaton9178]

Go green. One child went to MSU.

[@Paka3]

With your love of parks, you should go see Mackinac Island. Stay in one of the many B&B's on the island, rent mountain bikes and ride the British Landing rd to the top of the Island. Visit the site of one of the first conflicts of the war of 1812.... or just go and eat fudge

[@randomrainbow4479]

Paka3 If you know how to ride, it's even better if you rent a horse. Reportedly Mission Point Resort on the island is haunted. I've stayed there a couple times but I never saw anything, so who knows?

[@marilindland1342]

I second visiting Traverse City. Cherry Festival the first week of July would probably be very interesting for you! Being local, I find myself sometimes taking for granted a lot of the amazing things here, but it really is an amazing, beautiful area with a lot to offer.

[@scottbowers6016]

Bronner's in Frankenmuth is a great stop in Michigan if you like Christmas.

[@johnforgrave7125]

It makes me so happy that you had your first drink in the US in Lansing, MI where I'm from. I've had drinks in the very same bar.

[@HabitualTeapot]

I personally recommend visiting Frankenmuth. It's my favorite town and I love stopping in whenever I get the chance!

[@indigodragon0613]

Michigander here! Your temporal grammar made perfect sense to me as I am a fellow whovian XD. I’m in Grand Rapids (which you should totally visit, especially during ArtPrize), and as my grandparents live in Detroit, I can say that Detroit is definitely not as bad as it’s made out to be. In fact, the city is working very hard to heal itself and start growing again. Speaking of growing, GR is growing perhaps faster than any other city in Michigan. If and when you visit, you’ll likely see a city that’s a lot different than it was just a few years back, and you’ll see a lot of construction cranes in the downtown area. Oh and we also have Millennium Park here in GR which is one of the largest urban parks in the nation, rivaling NY’s Central Park.

[@jordynhuber6136]

I'm from Michigan in the Detroit area and it is not nearly as bad as people believe it to be. Many people think you'll go downtown and get shot but that is just not true lol

[@tokisulli1737]

I work in Detroit as a teacher. It is bad/ dangerous

[@SGlitz]

As a michigander, Robocop is not fiction. ;)

[@slainteron4027]

Always wanted to see Mich.

[@imagemkr]

Come back! You missed The Mackinac Bridge and Mackinaw Island, and Sleeping Bear Dunes, and Traverse City, and Fishtown, and Pictured Rocks, and Tahquamenon Falls, and The Shipwreck Museum, and The Detroit Institute of Arts, and The Motown Museum, and Belle Isle, and...and...and...

[@marczendejas5741]

Come to Michigan! I'll host you! !!! :)

[@codyw6248]

I'm a Michigan

[@sanfordcard9633]

lol, And I'm a Michigander

[@benalor1973]

I am a Yooper.

[@veronicahaynie1394]

There's a place near Greyling called Hartwick Pines. It's an old logging camp. It has a few of the old trees left before the 1800s people bloody chopped them all down. There are some big old trees, it takes more than 2-3 people to circle them. I recall it's very peaceful in the woods. If you were driving up to Mackinac, it's easy to stop there. I want to go on vacation now....too bad i'm skint, as my friend from Yorkshire would say! [dead broke]

[@randomrainbow4479]

Veronica Haynie My aunt lives in Grayling. It's almost another world. I often wonder how beautiful it must have been once, before people had at it. Watch out for deer though, they can be deadly. Oh, and black bears. But mostly...deer. 🤤

[@veronicahaynie1394]

I once heard a country music song about some deer hunters....they went up North every year for 20 years and basically sat in a cabin drinking, then one day they sent a guy to the beer store for more beer and he hit a deer with his car and that was the first time in 20 years they got a deer ....hilarious song, don't know who did it.

[@randomrainbow4479]

Lol That is precisely why they are so dangerous too. If you don't watch constantly for them and have lightning speed reaction time you're gonna wreck the deer, your car, and even if you manage to walk away unscathed, your pants probably won't. 😂

[@TheySt0leMyUserName]

Lol Detroit is what everyone says it is. My brother lived there for two years and heard these funny popping noises one night. Just a gang shootout across the street, nbd

[@stephenanderson3381]

Basically, if you visit Michigan you should see the Great Lakes. Detroit is great, and the food is amazing. If you're ever there you should get Buddy's Pizza (the original detroit style pizza), a proper Coney Island, and/or Green Dot Stables. And it's always fun to go to a Wings, Tigers, or Lions game. ANd the DIA is surprisingly nice museum. But if you're going to see the Great Lakes you need to go to some of the dunes on Lake Michigan, either sleeping bear or silver lake. And you absolutely need to go all the way to Lake Superior. Maybe even go camping on Isle Royale. Lake Superior is definitely the greatest great lake. And maybe catch some walleye wherever you go. They are the best white fish there is.

[@jwkennington]

I spent a year exiled to Detroit. It is a wonderful city, in the Spring and Fall. Winter and Summer are unbearable. Ann Arbor is great, and the UP is worth a visit.

[@Sorrowdusk]

Exiled? :3 kzbin.info/www/bejne/r5-8Y5WbnLWtpa8

[@christineharrison7815]

Exiled....lol. I’m a Gander thru and thru! Visited many states,lived in several....always came home! Winters and summers can be brutal....but sooo much better if you do them properly! House and bar parties with fires in the winter. Boating and all water sports in the summer! No one works as hard and parties harder than those in the Detroit metro area! See Woodward cruise, Jobby Nooner, Opening Day, etc

[@sydlawson3181]

Ayyyy Annarbor underrated as hell

[@idrinkpastaforaliving_6269]

Hello from Michigan!

[@nathanlawson313]

Michigan bucket list: Mackinac island Sleeping Bear Dunes Pictured Rocks Bell Isle Fox Theater/ Cobo/ Pine knob UM big house Boyne mountain

[@mypetcrow9873]

Screw all those! SANDERS HOT FUDGE! That’s all you need to know.

[@HabitualTeapot]

@@mypetcrow9873 YES.

[@burthollabaugh2182]

Going thru hard times; hopefully it will rebound.

[@therealshock5979]

Must see sleeping bear annd pictured rocks!!!!

[@TylerCinema]

I was at the Chelsea vs Real Madrid that had 114,000 people there. I grew up in Michigan and moved to California a couple weeks after you posted this video. Have you been able to get back to my home state? I sure do miss that place, such a great place!

[@adamreimus]

As a fellow Chicagoan and native Michigander, I'd be happy to help you plan a trip if you ever go again. There is a ton of things to do and see!

[@annam.addison2129]

Too funny... Keep it up, Laurance...you have got to getting close to 5K by now! TC, Anna

[@LostinthePond]

+Anna M. Addison We're projected to hit 5K by the end of the month! Wooh!

[@stupid_tree7158]

If you ever travel to Michigan visit Alpena. We have 200+ shipwrecks, one of the largest cement plants in the world, and the worlds largest limestone quarry and couple miles up in Rogers city. :)

[@wishinifishin5172]

Well that's a first I'm in Alpena ..

[@veronicahaynie1394]

You should see Lake Huron too. Port Austin is nice, it's in the thumb and has nice campgrounds and motels. It has a rocky shore....Lake Michigan on our side has a sandy shore The rocks roll westwards I guess. Wait til you put your feet into Lake Superior.... you'll get an ice cream headache instantly...... Cheerio!

[@patricianorton3908]

The only reason I don't live in Michigan's U.P (Ya!) is that my entire family is found in MA and my home state N.H. We've talked before we have! The UP is unique in too many ways to start listing. Oh OK, I'll give you two. The people first and following close behind is that there is only one day that can really count as hot, stifling day of summer and it's somewhere in between July 1st and 31st. Imagine! No A/C need. Of course that will change if people continue to believe there is no such thing as climate change! Anyway take I 75 straight up across the Macinac (said as Macinaw) bridge to Sault Ste Marie - called The Soo. Turn left and drive as straight as you can to Duluth, MN. Don't let the magnificent sights along the southern shore of Lake Superior distract you. They 'll still be there for your return trip. Good luck!

[@FireCracker3240]

I've never been to Michigan, except to flyover it once. I do very much enjoy the way you say Lansing, Laurence. To emphasize the Sing conjures images of stepping outside and finding everyone bursting into song, a la La La Land. But... I'm guessing... that... doesn't... happen?

[@LostinthePond]

Ha! If only. I've had the La La Land soundtrack in my head for the past 2 months. I might be obsessed. How about a sequel? La La Lansing?

[@randomrainbow4479]

Depends on how many students are around when you step out and how much alcohol they've consumed. Lansing is also a college town, home of MSU Spartans and if it's one thing Michigan college kids know how to do, it's drink. I stayed on campus once at a friend's dorm, and it was like stepping into a zombie movie. People stumbling around, yelling or mumbling (and singing!) unintelligibly at anyone in sight, bodies laying all over the place, face down in the snow...and that was on a Tuesday. Morning.

[@BTGames54]

Strange that your first Michigan airport was Lansing on an international flight. In 35 years of living thereI have never used Lansing airport, and I’ve never seen it offered on international itineraries.

[@TheBaconKing32]

I hope you made it to Detroit in the last few years.

[@snortyhogbottomputtingthef7701]

BTW The name Minneapolis consists of 2 wirds: "Polis" is the greek name for "city" and Minne is for the Indian (native American) princess Minnehaha. So Minneapolis means "City of the Indian princess Minnehaha" just thought you might want to know that.

[@watermelonwatsittoya]

Just remember the mitten is only one part of Michigan there's a whole other part of the state.

[@mypetcrow9873]

I’m from Detroit. Trust me, everything they say is true.

[@stnwrd]

(le) I know what it means to be a fan!!!! :)

[@ayumitomi]

Have you visited detroit after this video was posted? It’s been getting better with new restaurants and stuff so I hope you can visit sometime and enjoy the D✋

[@snortyhogbottomputtingthef7701]

You passed through Minneapolis ??? DUDE !!! I didn't see you !!! :( We've got more lakes (including Lake Superior, one of the great lakes) and beaches than Michigan does and more Vikings too.

[@Andres64B]

A^2 Rules!

[@tylerrehkopf]

northern Michigan is the best

[@LostinthePond]

I've heard this a lot. Any places in particular?

[@tylerrehkopf]

the Mackinaw Bridge and the Upper Peninsula has Rock formations called Pictured Rocks and waterfalls further north, its nothing but state and federal wooded land with trails

[@1980bcman]

You should check out the sleeping bear dunes too near Traverse City

[@tylerrehkopf]

Tim Frost That's a good one, Should really try to go to the Art Prize festival in Grand Rapids too!

[@bronzewynd]

Bike on Mackinac Island! Best views around, if you don't mind the smell of horse droppings in the town.

[@jwb52z9]

We could set up a go fund me or something similar to get Lawrence a boat, maybe.

[@LostinthePond]

Great suggestion! As a matter of fact, we do have a funding drive already set up through Patreon: www.patreon.com/LostinthePond

[@waycoolscootaloo]

+Lost in the Pond The Lake Express out of Milwaukee will take you across Lake to Michigan. You can even bring your car with you. :D The Lake Express - www.lake-express.com/ You can also take the last steam ship that steams (Sails... LOL!) across in the United States. And it happens to be right here in Wisconsin also. It too can take you and your car to Michigan. (It used to haul railroad freight cars across the Lake.) www.ssbadger.com/ I will post this same comment on your newest video too. (Just incase you don't see this comment.) ^_^

[@sanfordcard9633]

I live about 4 blocks away from the Lake Express the dock in Muskegon, Mi.

[@waycoolscootaloo]

Cool I'm on the Wisconsin side. :D

[@reneejunette9952]

Have you visited California yet?

[@oscarreiners2779]

Downtown Detroit is not so bad ....but some of the neighborhoods are, you don't want to go there ...I live Down River from Detroit

[@criskity]

"Lansing" sounds like "blue star" in Chinese.

[@kevintyler7932]

Being a Michigan native, I honestly can't stand Ann arbor :/ ...

[@BiglerSakura]

#AskABrit Laurence, let me invite you to visit me in Michigan. I work and live nearby a city with a quite British name, Plymouth.

[@brih8713]

Im very late but somewhere in Ann Arbor there is a place and they make basically everything out of cherries. It's called Cherry Republic

[@dilipchatri3099]

Give me. No honey no money money so I call you back to you

[@Dontbestingymark]

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