Museums, exhibits and historic sites around Michigan are shining up in celebration of America’s 250th birthday this year. The ...

Old streetscapes, layered state history, and a five floor journey through Michigan’s past make this museum feel like a true ...

This day in Michigan History, March 27, 1960, the steam train era came to a close.

A museum in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is closed indefinitely after snow piled up on its roof and caused support trusses to ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Forgotten chapters of Michigan history lie in remote spots, ghost towns that recall yesteryear's flourishing settlements. From the ...

(CBS DETROIT) — A group of Democrats in the Michigan Senate has proposed a package of bills to incorporate a curriculum that focuses on the history of minority communities. The "Teach MI History" ...

(CBS DETROIT) - Michigan Sen. Warren Hooper was traveling from Lansing to his home in Albion on Jan. 11, 1945, when he was shot and killed. Investigators suspected that members of Detroit's Purple ...

FILE - In this Feb. 22, 1956, file photo, Rosa Parks is fingerprinted by police Lt. D.H. Lackey in Montgomery, Ala., two months after refusing to give up her seat on a bus for a white passenger on Dec ...