Eric is a native Michigander with an interest in geogrpahy and history - but the reads won't be as snoozy as you might remember from school. In a previous life he was lead explorer of Season 1 of the Haunts and Legends of New York video series (http://bit.ly/HauntsAndLegendsNYS) and host of Foodamazoo (http://bit.ly/Foodamazoo).
Eric Meier
You Can See this U-M Flint Sign from Space
Driving on the University of Michigan - Flint campus and you'll roll over an intersection painted with the school's logo at Kearsley and Wallenburg Street. That insignia can be seen from space.
Small Michigan Town Has No Answers About 2 Girls Who Went Missing 50 Halloweens Ago
The small eastern Michigan community of Oscoda has no answers in two disappearances that happened on Halloween 1969.
That’s Not Snow, That’s a Million Fish Flies on one Metro Detroit Street
Sure it happens every summer, but it's striking when you see a countless number of insects that like to swarm near the Straits of Detroit.
Lansing Area Fireworks Guide 2019
It's almost Independence Day and if you're looking for a place to see a great fireworks display in the Lansing area, check out these attractions.
Dear Internet, Chicken with Ranch Dressing is not ‘Crack Chicken’ Sincerely, Lansing
If there's one thing Lansing knows it's the unique and rigorously guarded secret that is the city's signature "Crack Chicken." So imagine our surprise when we saw a very pedestrian chicken wrap recipe promoted as "Crack Chicken." Excuse me?
There are So Many Bugs in the Upper Peninsula This Year, It’s Like Driving Through a Hails…
It's been a particularly rough summer for bugs across Michigan's Upper Peninsula. This video captured recently south of Munising really gives you a feel for how the critters are impacting the Yooper summer.
This Yooper Just Freaked Out an Entire Peninsula by Putting Mayonnaise on a Pasty
Gravy on a pasty, yes. Ketchup on as pasty, for sure. Mayo, through? That's certainly cause for an intense debate.
We Hate to Break it To You, But the ‘Michigan Accent’ Just Isn’t Unique
Spend any amount of time on social media and you'll see someone who has posted something 'funny' about the Michigan Accent - you know like "we say pop!" Sorry to pop your bubble, but the Michigan Accent' isn't unique. It's not even an accent.
Best Use – This Former Michigan Landfill Is Becoming a Kayak Park
What exactly happens to old landfills? If you're in the Southwest Michigan community of Riverside, you choose what might be its best use - turn it into a kayak launch.
Two Wicked Lake Michigan Storms Block Access to Popular Upper Peninsula Lighthouse
Don't expect to take a leisurely stroll out to the lighthouse in Menominee on the southern tip of Michigan's Upper Peninsula anytime soon.