Bill Semion

1 month ago | mibluemag.com | Bill Semion

For more than 134 years, the sandstone Romanesque Revival exterior of the venerable Detroit Club (founded in 1882) has dominated the corner of Cass Avenue and Fort Street downtown, just a quick stroll from Detroit’s riverfront promenade. While the Wilson Eyre-designed structure, now on the National Register of Historic Places, was completed in 1891, what’s been happening inside has been anything but static.

Oct 7, 2024 | mibluemag.com | Bill Semion |Luanne Lim

A one-of-a-kind conservation partnership spearheaded by The Nature Conservancy guarantees that about 32,000 acres of unique forest, Lake Superior shoreline, wetlands, and inland lakes will remain available for all to enjoy in the Upper Peninsula’s Keweenaw Peninsula. The effort is seen as a possible model for similar partnerships throughout the country.

Sep 23, 2024 | mibluemag.com | Bill Semion |Luanne Lim

Fall’s bloom starts with a touch of color, and always in the Upper Peninsula. First frosts, cooler temperatures, and longer nights trigger the transformation. From the Keweenaw region east, then south across the upper and lower peninsulas, Michigan’s fall color show flows like paint splashed on a canvas, blending vibrant strokes of every shade into a brilliant spectacle unlike anywhere else.

Aug 19, 2024 | mibluemag.com | Bill Semion |Connor McDonald

When two veteran anglers describe Lake St. Clair as a “fishbowl” and the “world’s best,” believe it. This 430-square-mile lake, known as a summer playground for boaters, is also the favorite of two of Michigan’s best and most affable charter boat captains. Both men mainly target two fish that have made Lake St. Clair famous worldwide. Capt. Steve Jones learned his trade under legendary St. Clair musky angler Homer LeBlanc, whose lures are still used 70 years after he created them.

Apr 29, 2024 | mibluemag.com | Bill Semion |Jim Bowser

Michigan is, indeed, a water wonderland. Heck, it’s even part of our nickname. So, it’s no wonder that we have some unique places to bolster that brag. One of those places is something many of us have only caught a glimpse of from I-75 at Indian River in the northern Lower Peninsula, while traveling elsewhere. Peer over the bridge and, on the west side, you’ll see a shore lined with homes, a marina or two, and perhaps boats meandering through the channel.