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The Men Who Didn’t Want to Leave: German POWs in Michigan
Season 6 Episode 9
During World War II, more than 6,000 German and Italian prisoners of war were held in Michigan. They cut pulpwood in the Upper Peninsula, worked in f…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Gogebic Michigan Highwayman - The Last Stagecoach Robbery in North America
Season 6 Episode 8
In the summer of 1889, wealthy tourists stepped off Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad trains bound for the White House Inn on Lake Gogebic. Wh…
5 months, 2 weeks ago
The Two Eras of Interlochen Michigan
Season 6 Episode 7
Interlochen, Michigan was once a timber town on a narrow strip between two lakes. In 1917 the state bought a stand of white pines to create Michigan’…
7 months, 4 weeks ago
Steam, Smoke, and Sunday Excursions: Newberry’s Turn of the Century Transformation
Season 6 Episode 6
Newberry, Michigan rose with the railroads and the timber economy, then learned how to survive the long shift that followed. In this episode, we trac…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Walled Lake, Michigan: Roller Coasters, Dance Floors, and a Lakeside Dream
Season 6 Episode 6
Walled Lake, Michigan — just 25 miles from Detroit — was once one of the Midwest’s most electric summer destinations.
In this episode of The End of th…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Snow, Music, and Baseball: How Fort Brady Felt More Like a Town Than a Military Base at Sault Ste. Marie
Season 6 Episode 5
On a hill above the Soo Locks in Sault Ste. Marie, Fort Brady stood guard for more than a century. It never became a battlefield. It rarely made nati…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
City of Bangor Shipwreck: Stunning Winter Rescue of 202 1927 Chryslers
Season 6 Episode 4
The End of the Road in Michigan is a nostalgic journey to the far corners of the Great Lakes State—where highways thin, weather makes the rules, and …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
The House of David: Michigan’s Cult That Built an Amusement Empire (Then Lost It All)
Season 6 Episode 3
In this episode of The End of the Road in Michigan, we tell the bizarre true story of the House of David — a celibate, vegetarian religious commune i…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Romeo, Michigan: When the Interurban Ran the Town — and Why It Vanished
Season 6 Episode 2
In the early 1900s, Romeo, Michigan, was a farm town with a surprisingly modern advantage: electric interurban rail service. It gave residents a way …
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Grand River Tales: The History of Farmington, Michigan
Season 6 Episode 1
Long before Farmington became a suburb, it was a stopping point on one of Michigan’s most important roads. This episode traces Farmington’s story fro…
8 months, 2 weeks ago