MIMichigan
Nobody has planted a flag here. It has been available since the map opened.
Claim it for
$15
The place
Joined 1837 · 26th state · Eastern, western tip Central time
Michigan is two peninsulas surrounded by more fresh water than anywhere else in the country, and a state that built the car industry and then survived what happened to it. Detroit invented the assembly line, Motown and techno, and is in the middle of a long, uneven comeback. The Upper Peninsula is a different place entirely, closer to Wisconsin and Canada in spirit. Go for Sleeping Bear Dunes and the Pictured Rocks, and eat a pasty in the UP, which the Cornish miners brought.
More coastline than any state but Alaska, none of it ocean.
Eat
The Coney dog
Drink
Bell's Brewery
Listen
Motown
Bird
American robin
Flower
Apple blossom
Tree
Eastern white pine
Grows
Cherries, Apples, Blueberries
National parks
- Isle Royale
The actual state · 2025
- Population
- 10,127,884
- Land area
- 56,613 mi²
- GDP per head
- $72,085
- Median household
- $72,336
- Joined
- Joined 1837
- Civil War
- Union
Largest cities
- 1Detroit646K
- 2Grand Rapids200K
- 3Warren138K
- 4Sterling Heights134K
- 5Ann Arbor123K
Race
- White76.9%
- Black13.9%
- Two or more4.4%
Hispanic or Latino6.4%
Counted across all races, so it overlaps the figures above.
No history yet
This one is still on the board. $15 and it is yours, and then it is somebody else's problem to take it back.