Michigan

• Michigan’s shortest freeway is only 1.1 miles long.

• Both northern and southern flying squirrels live in Michigan and are more common than you think.

• The popular baking mix Jiffy was created in Chelsea, Michigan in the 1930s.

• Michigan has two native cactus species, fragile prickly pear and eastern prickly pear.

• Vernor's Ginger Ale, which was created by a Detroit druggist, is possibly the oldest soft drink still on the market. It's definitely the oldest-surviving brand of ginger ale.


• Candy may not contain more than 1% of alcohol.

• Gorilla's are not allowed in the back seat of any car.

• Fowl, particularly roosters, are prohibited from going into bakeries.

• All men must carry a rifle to church on Sunday.

• Shooting ranges may not set up targets that resemble human beings.

• It's illegal to post an advertisement on a public urinal.

• Milford - Peeping in the windows of automobiles is forbidden.

• Hopkinton - Though horses and cows are allowed on the common, dogs are prohibited.

• Hingham - You may not have colored lights on your house if it can be seen from Main Street.

• Salem - Sleeping in the nude in a rented room is forbidden, even for married couples.


• Windmill Island Gardens which has not only impressive tulip fields but is also the only authentic, working Dutch windmill in America.

• Montague is the proud owner of a 4,300-pound weathervane that is the largest in the world.

• Hamtramck - Hamtramck Disneyland - This two-story folk-art piece is made up of found objects and is a wildly popular, if not hidden, attraction in Hamtramck.

• Mason - American Museum of Magic - In the Marshall home of Bob Lund is where you'll find a gigantic collection of magical artifacts, including a skull that levitates, vintage posters and a guillotine.

• Visit the Nun Doll Museum at the Cross in the Woods, where you'll witness the country's largest collection of dolls dressed as Catholic nuns.