I posted a vid of the chair Abe Lincoln was shot in at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan, & simply cause I mentioned Dearborn, it is attracting bigots to the post. This post had nothing to do with the “protests” that went on in Dearborn, it was showing a piece of history. Just sad.

Would you like to be an Oscar Mayer wiener? #history

The chair Abraham Lincoln was shot in is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. The chair was taken and held as evidence by investigators and stayed with Secretary of War Edwin Stanton before it was moved to the Smithsonian and later acquired by Henry Ford in 1929. #history

Actual Dracula, Elisabeta, and Renfield movie costumes from Bram Stoker’s Dracula (1992) worn by Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Tom Waits are at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. #dracula #film

The 1916 Woods Dual-Power hybrid coupe at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan: Before people thought about climate change or pollution, car companies like Woods Motor Vehicle Company tried making hybrids to set themselves apart, but consumers liked gas cars more. #cars #history

The car John F Kennedy was shot in is at the Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan. It’s a 1961 Lincoln Continental Presidential Limousine, and would later be rebuilt in 1964 with added safety features arch as an armored steel top and bullet proof glass. #history #jfk

Most people know about the Orson Welles radio broadcast of War of the Worlds, but could you imagine what it was like hearing that on the radio in 1938? The Henry Ford Museum in Dearborn, Michigan can offer a portal. #history

The ultimate winter-time horror film in IMAX, I’m in heaven.

Did you know a Presidential assassin came from Michigan? Michigan-born man Leon Czolgosz assassinated McKinley in 1901 in Buffalo, New York in one of the most grim Great Lakes tales. #michigan #history

For the 50th anniversary of the wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald, relatives of the crewman rang the bell at the Old Mariners Church in Detroit 29 times (like in the Gordon Lightfoot song) for a Sunday service at the church on 11-9-25, one day before the anniversary of the sinking.

What was it like seeing Se7en on opening night? Hear a firsthand testimony from our co-host Ray on the A24 on the Rocks review of Se7en (linktr.ee/a24podcast).

My Amon-Ra St. Brown @detroitlions.bsky.social bobblehead is my new favorite piece of Detroit Lions merchandise.

Ever wondered what they drank on the Edmund Fitzgerald? Author Frederick Stonehouse said insurance executives would cruise on the Fitz sometimes, and they’d have a candlelight dinner once each trip, paired with this drink. #edmundfitzgerald

This is a cosmic horror short story I wrote after visiting Mammoth Cave in Kentucky. My friend Bill Netherlands created the cave animation loop to pair with the captions:

My latest YouTube documentary covers one of the most infamous stories in Chicago and Rock and Roll history: Poopgate, the Dave Matthews Band Bus Incident. Check it out in the link below.

On my latest Firelake Chat, I talk with documentary filmmaker Andrew Templeton about the #Michigan murders in the late 60s. When he made a documentary on the subject, he discovered that the crimes may not have only been committed by John Norman Collins, and others were involved. Watch below 👇🏻

My latest Tales of the Great Lakes is a two part YouTube doc on the cult that once roamed Mackinac Island, the early indigenous history of Mackinac Island, and the Native American boarding school that was on the sunrise side of the island. Check out the first part below. #history #michigan

My top 5 Great Lakes and why. What’s your top 5? Comment below. And if you say Lake Erie is your favorite, you lose all accountability. #greatlakes #top5

Jim Morrison’s gravesite at Père Lachaise Cemetery in Paris, France.

Did you know that for a short period of time before the auto industry, Detroit’s biggest industry was bone charcoal and bone fertilizer made from buffalo bones? A company called Michigan Carbon Works once used 13% of the disregarded buffalo bones from the prairies to turn a profit. #history #detroit

The first Zodiac Killer cipher published in The Vallejo Times in the summer of 1969.

On the 250th anniversary of the Post Office, I made a YouTube documentary sharing an abridged #history of how it was created, and where it’s at today. Check it out below.

Thinking about taking new headshots for my LinkedIn, is this good inspiration? #funny #martinscorcese #film

Disturbing photos taken in Michigan in the 1800s. #history #michigan

The history of Superman ice cream, a Midwest favorite. #superman #history #icecream

We now know that the government of Singapore owns a little over 5% of the land in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, thanks to reporting by Simon Schuster and @bridgemi.com.

Campfire quesadilla #recipe. One note: heating evenly means I cooked each side of the quesadilla for about 7-8 mins. Cook one side, turn, cook that side, then flip and do the same for around 30 total mins of cooking.

After my trip to Mammoth Cave, I decided to do a little digging into the early history of the place, and I found some fascinating (and dark) facts. #history

From the creators of The Detroit History Podcast comes a documentary about the last 60 years of the Detroit Free Press. We explore the power of local news and the story of the city it covers. #detroit #history

I recently interviewed author Aaron Helman about a club of nudist writers and artists in southwestern Michigan. They were nicknamed "The Union Pier Nudist Club" in the summers of 1913 and 1914, before the Lithuanian community of Union Pier kicked them out and back to Chicago. Watch below. #history

The No Kings protest on Woodward Ave in Ferndale, Michigan. Don’t let them tell you Americans are apathetic and not resisting. #nokings #protest

Here’s the story of the ghost ship SS Kamloops being found in 1977, 50 years after its sinking. #history

Happy #PrideMonth from Motor City Pride everyone!

Did you know that an assistant stewardess named Alice Bettridge on the SS Kamloops #shipwreck, threw a message in a bottle into #LakeSuperior before she passed away on Isle Royale? Then that message in a bottle traveled 150 miles across Lake Superior and into the hands of a fisherman?

Today this is known as “Sand River Falls” in Lake Superior Provincial Park, but the Ojibwe have canoed this for centuries and called it the “Pinguisibi” or “river of fine white sand.” It is one of the most beautiful places in Ontario and flows into the enchanting Lake Superior. #nature #canada

The Agawa Rock Pictographs in Lake Superior Provincial Park in northern Ontario. These pictographs depict different mythical Ojibwe creatures, including Mishipeshu or the underwater panther in Lake Superior.

If you like Great Lakes or Midwest history, I produce a YouTube series called Tales of the Great Lakes, and my latest video is on a Lake Superior shipwreck of the freighter SS Kamloops. It has some chilling lore surrounding it. Check it out in the link below. #history

Mackinac Island sunset, 5/25/25. #michigan #nature

Prediction: in the next 10 years Elon Musk will try to send people to Mars and they will die on the way cause he will ignore safety standards to complete the mission. It will create a PR catastrophe causing #SpaceX to shutter, and it will be the last nail in the coffin for #Musk at #Tesla.

To Green Bay #Packers fans: do you think you could’ve won a Super Bowl in 2021 or 2022 (the 20-21 and 21-22 season) if you drafted Tee Higgins instead of Jordan Love? Mind you, you’d have Higgins across from Devante Adams with MVP Aaron Rodgers at QB.

Today on the A24 on the Rocks podcast (linktr.ee/a24podcast) we blind rank the top 16 Midwestern films of all time. What are your favorite Midwestern films? #film #midwest

Nothing like a Great Lakes sunset.

Cats and Lord of the Rings, what more do you need?

What’s your favorite Neo-Gothic building in Detroit? #gothic #detroit #architecture #michigan

An Athelas Tea from Recipes from the World of Tolkien by Robert Tuesley Anderson. This is inspired by what Aragorn gave Frodo to help him heal from the Nazgul blade he was pierced with on Weathertop. It is minty and lemony and a perfect tea for after a meal. #lordoftherings

Trump’s approval rating falling makes me more pessimistic about the future of our country. We live in a nation of people that generally have no media literacy & do no research before they vote. They live daily with no regards for others or ability to conceive how certain policies affect the nation.

If you don’t listen to our podcast #film review of Napoleon Dynamite then we’re going to throw a steak right at your face. Listen here: linktr.ee/a24podcast.

Part 3 of my series on Gothic #architecture around #Detroit. This is Basilica of Sainte Anne de Detroit, Elmwood Cemetery & Chapel, & Fort Street Presbyterian Church.

Highlighting more #Detroit Gothic #architecture and making a series out of it! This is St Joseph’s Shrine and St. Florian Church (St. Florian’s technically in Hamtramck).

#Detroit has some of the best Gothic architecture in the country.