historical preservation

The Michigan State Historic Preservation Office (SHPO) will use the $75,000 grant to help pin down locations that were noted in what was known as the Negro Motorist Green Book. That book helped African American travelers find safe, friendly places to eat, sleep, or get other services throughout the country from the 1930s-60s.

The city of Detroit recently demolished a building with deep ties to the city’s Chinese-American community. Richard Mui joins us to talk about the building and Detroit Chinatown's history — as well as where it's headed next.

The Menominee Tribe considers the lands culturally and historically significant. But a Michigan board's decision to approve historic designation for the site angers some Upper Peninsula lawmakers, who say it will interfere with the proposed Back Forty mining project.

Just as the Michigan State Fairground's Coliseum building was nearing its 100th birthday, it was dismantled to make way for a multi-million dollar transit center.

The house is small, run down, boarded up, surrounded by tall grass. A blue tarp covers the roof. The wood exterior is weathered gray from the elements,…

Your grandparents' wedding picture. The letters your dad wrote home while he served in World War II. Your great-grandfather's citizenship papers.These are…

This Week in Michigan Politics, Jack Lessenberry talks about the state health director's statement that Ebola concerns distracted from a Legionnaires'…

Depending on your viewpoint, a pair of bills being proposed by the Michigan House and Senate are either a threat to historic districts in Michigan, or a…

Bills in the state legislature would change the process for designating local historic districts in Michigan.A State House committee heard testimony on…

The new bridge planned between Detroit and Canada will land on the U.S. side near one of Michigan's landmark jewels. Historic Fort Wayne dates back to the…