"You don't wind up here by accident; you come here for a reason, and that reason is typically the abundant outdoor adventures and natural resources we have," Nathan Miller, the former executive director of the Copper Harbor Trails Club, told Travel + Leisure.
Detroit is perhaps best known for its legacy as the U.S.'s premier car manufacturing hub. The first auto companies set up shop in Detroit around the turn of the 20th century, and by 1917, the city's plants produced over one million cars per year. Beyond manufacturing, though, Motor City significantly impacted American pop culture.
In Orange County, I was the kind of person who would bury my nose in a magazine to avoid chatting with a hairdresser. I rushed through the checkout line and never said, 'How are you doing?' to someone I didn't know. If small talk was ever forced upon me, I gave away as little about myself as possible.
Running daily between Chicago and the East Coast, Amtrak's Lake Shore Limited travels through a geographically diverse stretch of the country. Passengers follow the southern shoreline of Lake Michigan, then head east through the industrial Midwest and into upstate New York, where the route runs parallel to stretches of the Mohawk River and the historic Erie Canal corridor.
Set dramatically on the westernmost tip of Lake Superior, Minnesota's northern hub tells stories of grit and grandeur. Over the years, the city has transformed from a rough-and-tumble logging and mining outpost into a destination for both outdoor enthusiasts and culture seekers, completing one of America's great urban renewal stories.
When the NHL announced that the Winter Classic would be hosted in Miami, Florida in 2026, it was met with very mixed reviews, and the league's idea to shake it up and do something out of the ordinary wasn't met with exactly the kind of reaction they were hoping. When we as fans think of the Winter Classic, we think of ice cold arenas with snow pouring from the sky. Locations like Minnesota, Chicago, and Detroit come to mind, not Miami.
Michigan's +494 scoring differential (outscoring opponents by 22.5 points per game) is a result of scoring 91.4 points per game (fifth in college basketball) while allowing 68.9 per contest (65th in college basketball). The Wolverines post 18.4 more points than the Buckeyes allow (73). Michigan hits 1.4 more threes per contest than the opposition, 9.4 (64th in college basketball) compared to its opponents' 8.
In July, home prices rose slightly from the month before, with a median listing price of $109,200. The number of listings on the market grew 4.1% from last month, which is typical for this time of the year in Detroit, and homes are also selling close to the same pace as the same time last year. Typically, home price per square foot in Detroit tend to rise in July.
Whenever I'm asked about my recent trip to Alaska-a journey to visit Katmai National Park & Preserve and Kenai Fjords National Park-I nearly always mention the scale. The scale of the glaciers, the mountains, the sunsets, and the utter wilderness; every aspect of the landscape was just so much larger and more grand than anything I'd ever experienced. Magnitude is a continuous theme all across Alaska.
When my first flight was delayed to the point of no return, I accepted that missing my second flight meant I'd be unwillingly spending the night in Detroit. Instead of scrambling for a late-night shuttle to one of the off-airport properties Delta Air Lines offered for free-some of which were 18 miles away!-I quickly pulled up my Marriott app and snagged a room at The Westin Detroit Metropolitan Airport, located directly inside the McNamara Terminal of Detroit Metropolitan Airport (DTW).