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Drive-In Theatres
Sundowner Drive-In Theatre - Traverse City M-60 Drive-In Theatre - Mendon Miracle Mile Drive-In Theatre - Pontiac 55-Hi Drive-In Theatre - Houghton Lake Capri Drive-In Theatre - Coldwater Burnside Drive-In Theatre - Burnside Starlite Drive-In - Sandusky Starlite Drive-In Theatre - Sault Ste. Marie Woodland Drive-In Theatre - Kentwood Skyway Drive-In Theatre - Corunna West Side Drive-In Theatre - Flint Starlite Drive-In Theatre - Ludington Northside Drive-In Theatre - Lansing Lakes Drive-In Theatre - Lake Linden B & D Drive-In Theatre - Rapid River Albion Drive-In Theatre - Albion Airport Drive-In Theatre - Negaunee Walled Lake Drive-In Theatre - Walled Lake Walake Drive-In Theatre - Walled Lake Memory Lane Drive-In Theater - Monroe
Movie Theatres
Fenton Cinema - Fenton Plaza Cinema 1 and 2 - Traverse City Eastbrook Theatre (The Orbit Room) - Kentwood Studio 28 - Wyoming Pigeon Cinema - White Pigeon Litchfield Theatre - Litchfield Bronson Theatre - Bronson Rapids Theatre - Eaton Rapids Capitol Theatre - Eaton Rapids Riviera Theatre - Three Rivers Star Theatre - Brooklyn Lucon Theatre - East Lansing Park Theatre - Montague Depot Cinema - Kinross Bon Ton - Jackson Academie Theatre (Echo Theatre) - Detroit Jewel Theatre (Bijou Theatre) - Mount Clemens Wolverine Theatre (Dale Theatre) - Detroit Mazda Theatre - L'Anse Clarkston Cinema - Clarkston
Opera Houses
Concord Opera House - Concord Carsonville Opera House - Carsonville Burt Opera House - Burt Smith's Opera House - Grand Rapids Howell Opera House - Howell Vermontville Opera House - Vermontville Tibbits Opera House - Coldwater Train's Opera House - Lowell Menominee Opera House - Menominee Alma Opera House - Alma Grays Opera House - Romeo Munising Opera House - Munising Calumet Theatre - Calumet Cadillac Opera House - Cadillac Byron Opera House - Byron Albion Opera House - Albion City Opera House - Traverse City Blakes Opera House - Grand Ledge Brown's Opera House - Sparta Opera House - Muskegon
Amusement Parks
Smitty's Place Family Fun Center - Lewiston Michigan's Adventure (Deer Park) - Muskegon House of David Park - Benton Harbor Sugar Island Park - Grosse Ile Township Liberty Amusement Park - Battle Creek Floridaland - Osprey Walled Lake Amusement Park (Walled Lake Park) - Walled Lake Sawmill City - Kimball Lakeshore Putt-Putt Golf - Fort Gratiot Puttin' 4 Paws - Lexington Kate’s Sweet Shop & Mini Golf (Bud's Mini Golf, Lochen Wood Mini Golf and Ice Cream) - Interlochen Gold Rush Family Recreation Park - Schoolcraft Mackinac City Fun Parks - Mackinaw City Clown Town - Ludington Pine Ridge Amusement Park - Birch Run Four Bears Water Park - Shelby Township Crystal Falls Mini Golf & Ice Cream Shop - Benzonia Tashmoo Park - Harsens Island Hague Park - Jackson Riverside Park - Saginaw
Dance Halls
Park of the Lakes Pavilion - Cadillac Shadowland Ballroom - St. Joseph Johnson's Rustic Dance Palace (Johnson's Rustic Resort, Krause's Hotel) - Prudenville The Music Box - Prudenville Silver Crown Ballroom (Amber House) - Warren Russellville Ballroom - Davison Ellinee Amusement Center - Coloma Crystal Palladium - Crystal Narrow Lake Ballroom - Springport Summit Heights Resort Dance Hall - Fenton Marine Ballroom - Frankfort Oakwood Park Dance Pavillion - Kalamazoo Avery Beach Casino - South Haven Woodward Pavillion - Coloma Crystal Palace Ballroom at Paw Paw Lake - Coloma Pleasant View Hotel and Dance Pavillion - Clark Lake Ramona Ballroom/Dance Pavilion at Sister Lakes - Dowagiac Weko Beach Pavillion - Bridgman Arbor Way Pavilion - Grass Lake Bartlett's Pavillion - Pleasant Lake
Drag Racing
Northern Michigan Dragway - Bear Lake Tri-City Dragway - Freeland M-37 Dragway - Brohman Milan Dragway - Milan Ubly Dragway - Ubly Lapeer Dragway - Lapeer Motor City Dragway - New Baltimore Thunderbird Dragway - Muskegon Detroit Dragway - Brownstown Twp West Michigan Sand Dragway - Mears US-131 Motorsports Park - Martin Nicks 41 Speedway - Ishpeming Onondaga Dragway - Onondaga Mid-Michigan Motorplex - Stanton Kellogg Field - Battle Creek
Motor Speedways
Houghton Lake Race Track - Houghton Lake Motor City Speedway - Warren Township Waterford Hills Raceway (Waterford Hills Road Racing) - Clarkston Merritt Speedway - Merritt Marysville Race Track (Blue Water Speedway) - Marysville Grosse Pointe Race Track - Grosse Pointe Partington Pasture Speedway - Sterling Heights Delaney Speedway - Grand Rapids Air Park Speedway - Fennville Rendezvous Bowl - Sister Lakes Saranac Speedway - Saranac Grand Rapids Speedrome - Grand Rapids Imlay City Speedway - Imlay City Manchester Speedway - Manchester Galesburg Speedway - Galesburg M-40 Speedway - Jones Hartford Speedway Park - Hartford Tri-City Motor Speedway - Auburn Whittemore Speedway - Whittemore Jeddo Speedway - Jeddo
Roadside Attractions
Underground Forest - Frederic Deer Forest - Coloma Deer Acres Storybook Amusement Park - Pinconning Da Yoopers Tourist Trap - Ishpeming Honest Injun's Tourist Trap - Gould City Poll Museum - Holland Rockin Chair Gift Shope - Houghton Lake Mystery Ridge - East Tawas Preston's Antique Gaslight Village - Allen Hell - Hell Seashell City - Cheboygan Irish Hills Area - Onsted Castle Rock - St. Ignace Mystery Spot - St. Ignace Zubler's Indian Craft Shop - Houghton Lake The Historic Totem Village (Chippewa Totem Village) - St. Ignace Snakes Alive - Clarkston Prehistoric Forest - Onsted Irish Hills Towers - Onsted Michigan Renaissance Festival - Holly
Lodging
Colonial Motel - Manistique Ambassador Motel - Dearborn Green Pines Motel - Gladstone Bombay Motel - Gladstone Mercury Motor Inn - Dearborn Martin's Motel & Cottages (Matthews Motel) - Mackinaw City Pleasant Pointe Motel - Gaylord Sunset Acres Motel - Hudson Timberlane Motel - Jones North Country American Inn (Redwood Motel) - Kalkaska Fallet's Cottage Court - Houghton Lake Motel Bambi (Bambi Motel) - Sault Ste. Marie Big Rapids Motel - Big Rapids Unknown Idlewild Motel - Idlewild Southlawn Motel - Adrian Honeymoon Lodge Motel (Coastal Inn) - Beulah Eli's Modern Cabins - Powers Durow's Cabins (Durow's Resort) - Menominee Economy Inn by OYO Holland (Blue Mill Inn) - Holland Ramona Court Motel - Three Rivers
Dining
Garfield Lake Tavern - Olivet Tastee-Freez - Various Green Parrot Bar (Press Box, Bongos) - Pontiac Big R Cafe - Powers Vanelli - Detroit River Rest on the Pine - Hessel The Colonel's Drive-In Restaurant - Flint Watermark Bay View Restaurant & Bakery (Schloegel's Restaurant) - Menominee Saksey's Lounge & Restaurant (Saksey's Supperclub, Rampart St) - Detroit Allen's Char House - Oscoda King Ying Lo Restaurant - Detroit Stockholm Restaurant (Playboy Club) - Detroit Family Made Fat Burgers - Flint Paul Bunyan Pasties - St. Ignace Rosie's Diner - Rockford Blackstone Cafe (Heard's Blackstone, Young's Restaurant) - Houghton Lake Randy's Family Restaurant - Prudenville Rachael's (Moonlite Drive-In) - White Pigeon Wrangler's Saloon - Howell Tasty Treat - Concord
Malls and Retail
Peasant Crafters - Okemos North Kent Mall - Grand Rapids Wonderland Mall - Livonia Lakeside Superette (Berg's Superette) - Greenbush Pulaski Grocery (Pulaski Mall) - Hanover Lansing Mall - Lansing Sears Shopping Center (Lincoln Park Shopping Center) - Lincoln Park Adrian Plaza - Adrian Porter House of Gifts - Honor Summit Place Mall (Pontiac Mall) - Pontiac Old 23 Shopping Plaza - Brighton Jack's Drive-In Applicance Store - Jackson The Carriage House - Hillsdale Forestville Shopping Plaza - Forestville Northwestern Boat Co. - Southfield Whoopee Bowl - Clarkston Norge Village - Various Mariner's Mall - Rogers City Vince's House of Baits - Houghton Lake Harmony House Records and Tapes - Various
Ghost Towns and Old Towns
Deerfield Twp - Deerfield Twp Fairview - Fairview Comins - Comins Tunk - Arcadia St. James (Beaver Island) - Beaver Island Salton Sea Area - Niland Lum - Lum Newburg - Newburg Newark - Newark Munith - Munith Munger - Munger Muir - Muir Mt Forest - Mt Forest Morrice - Morrice Millville - Millville Millington - Millington Middleton - Middleton Middlebury - Middlebury Metamora - Metamora Leonard - Leonard
Camps Resorts Parks
Camp Grace Bentley - Burtchville Twp Silver Lodge Resort - Cheboygan Portage Point Resort (Portage Point Inn) - Onekema Camp Warren - Coloma Cedar Oaks Resort (Riviera Resort) - Prudenville Tuveson's Resort - Dowagiac Lake St. Clair Metropark (Metro Beach, Metropolitan Beach) - Harrison Township Lakeside Inn - Whitehall CYO Camp - Carsonville Twin Lakes Park - Traverse City Lost Lake Woods Club - Lincoln Pennellwood Resort - Berrien Springs Holiday Park Campground - Traverse City Petersburg KOA - Petersburg Wesley Woods Camp & Retreat Center - Dowling Camp Lu Lay Lea - Lupton The Pines at Bostwick Lake - Rockford Tamu Safari Campground - Powers Center Lake Bible Camp - Tustin Gull Lake Ministries (Gull Lake Bible Conference) - Hickory Corners
Sports Venues
Mt Holly Ski & Snowboard Resort - Holly Alpine Valley - White Lake Township Hillside Lanes - Hillsdale Brooklyn Lanes - Brooklyn Stockbridge Bowl & Sparty Victors Bar & Grill - Stockbridge Sheridan Lanes - Sheridan Plainwell Lanes - Plainwell State Lanes - Saginaw Hi-Skore Lanes & Bar - West Branch Kautz Shore Lanes (Shore Lane Bowling) - Lexington Spartan Lanes (Spartan Alleys, Silver Dollar Saloon) - Lansing Spare Time Entertainment Center (Holiday Lanes) - Lansing Will-O-Paw Lanes - Coloma Middle Villa Inn and Bowling Alley - Middleville Sturgis Bowl (Sturgis Lanes) - Sturgis Theo's Lanes (Diamond Bowl) - New Buffalo Dondee Lanes - Sault Ste. Marie Sparta Lanes (Garden Patch Restaurant) - Sparta Lakeshore Lanes - St. Clair Shores Recreation Bowling (Coldwater Recreation Bowling) - Coldwater
Airport Military and Infrastructure
Donald C. Cook Nuclear Plant - Bridgman Calumet Air Force Station (Open Skies Project) - Mohawk Nike Missile Base Park, Site D-87 - Commerce Grand Traverse Lighthouse - Northport Port Austin Air Force Station - Port Austin Willow Run Airport - Ypsilanti Midland Nuclear Power Plant (Cancelled) - Midland Greenwood Nuclear Power Plant (Cancelled) - Avoca Palisades Nuclear Generating Station - Covert Enrico Fermi Nuclear Generating Station - Newport Big Rock Point Nuclear Power Plant - Charlevoix LA-96C Nike Missile Base - Encino Utica D-06 Nike Missile Site - Shelby Township Camp Grayling - Grayling Spencer Landing Field - Wixom Nike Missile Site D-58 - Carleton - Newport
Automotive
Royal Pontiac - Royal Oak Sturgis Auto Dealers - Sturgis Way Oldsmobile and Cadillac - Coldwater Old Time Gas Station (Polly's, Pure Oil) - Breckenridge Carl's 76 Gas Station - Brighton Shell Gas - Kilmanagh 4 Star Gas - Grand Rapids Juddville Gas Station - New Lothrop Kings Mill Gas Station - North Branch Middleton Car Care - Middleton Sunoco - Mt Morris Sinclair Gas - Leonard Smyrna Gas & Oil - Belding Goodland Gas Station - Imlay City Brott's Garage (Sunoco, Amoco) - Tekonsha Otter Lake Gas Station - Otter Lake Zephyr Gas Station - Thompsonville L.A. Wesch Service station - Sandusky Dick Morris Chevrolet (Walled Lake Chrysler Plymouth) - Walled Lake Joseph Pontiac (Johnson Pontiac) - Holly
Most Recent Locations Added
Garfield Lake Tavern - Olivet - 11/27/2023
Green Pines Motel - Gladstone - 11/26/2023
Bombay Motel - Gladstone - 11/26/2023
Ambassador Motel - Dearborn - 11/30/2023
Pleasant Pointe Motel - Gaylord - 11/24/2023
Fallet's Cottage Court - Houghton Lake - 11/24/2023
Green Parrot Bar (Press Box, Bongos) - Pontiac - 11/15/2023
Motel Bambi (Bambi Motel) - Sault Ste. Marie - 11/11/2023
Big Rapids Motel - Big Rapids - 11/11/2023
Peasant Crafters - Okemos - 11/9/2023
Eli's Modern Cabins - Powers - 11/7/2023
Big R Cafe - Powers - 11/7/2023
Durow's Cabins (Durow's Resort) - Menominee - 11/6/2023
River Rest on the Pine - Hessel - 11/5/2023
Saksey's Lounge & Restaurant (Saksey's Supperclub, Rampart St) - Detroit - 11/5/2023
Allen's Char House - Oscoda - 11/5/2023
King Ying Lo Restaurant - Detroit - 11/5/2023
Stockholm Restaurant (Playboy Club) - Detroit - 11/4/2023
Economy Inn by OYO Holland (Blue Mill Inn) - Holland - 10/29/2023
Family Made Fat Burgers - Flint - 10/29/2023
Royal Pontiac - Royal Oak - 10/25/2023
Sturgis Auto Dealers - Sturgis - 10/25/2023
Way Oldsmobile and Cadillac - Coldwater - 10/25/2023
Sunset Motel - Petoskey - 10/24/2023
Calumet Air Force Station (Open Skies Project) - Mohawk - 10/26/2023
Northern Retreat (McMillan Motel) - McMillan - 10/23/2023
Captain's Quarters (Swan Motel) - Saugatuck - 10/23/2023
BeachWay Resort & Hotel - Saugatuck - 10/23/2023
Swan Inn Motel & Restaurant - Comstock Park - 10/23/2023
Paul Bunyan Pasties - St. Ignace - 10/23/2023
Most Recent Information Updates
Featured Locations
Spire Drive-In Theatre
Spire Drive-In Theatre
Vista Theatre
Vista Theatre
Pebble Brook Fun Park
Pebble Brook Fun Park
B&L Speedway
B&L Speedway
Lexington's LillyPad (Azure Tides, Lexington Budget Motel)
Lexington's LillyPad (Azure Tides, Lexington Budget Motel)
Saksey's Lounge & Restaurant (Saksey's Supperclub, Rampart St)
Saksey's Lounge & Restaurant (Saksey's Supperclub, Rampart St)
Bay City Mall (Bay City Town Center)
Bay City Mall (Bay City Town Center)
Wonderland Lanes
Wonderland Lanes
Midland Nuclear Power Plant (Cancelled)
Midland Nuclear Power Plant (Cancelled)
Juddville Gas Station
Juddville Gas Station
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