Why do Detroiters call Vernors ginger ale and vanilla ice cream a Boston Cooler?

Meet CuriosiD - a series for the inquisitive. Our news team works with listeners like you to find answers to great questions about Detroit and the region. Are you curious about the Detroit region or the people who live here? Leave us a voicemail at 313-327-2565 stating your name and your question. Or submit your question here.

A listener wonders if Detroit ever had a gay neighborhood.

How did the International Ambassador Bridge become privately held? It just seems that, like, two sovereign countries should be in charge of an international crossing, a really large international crossing?

How have pheasants survived and thrived in the urban setting of Detroit, and have they always been here?

Listener Jenni wants to know how pheasants can survive in Detroit and where they came from. And we go on a hunt for one.

Meet CuriosiD - a series for the inquisitive. Our news team works with listeners like you to find answers to great questions about Detroit and the region. Are you curious about the Detroit region or the people who live here? Leave us a voicemail at 313-327-2565 stating your name and your question. Or submit your question here.

“I pass a tall old business building that appears to be empty now but it has a very decorative lintel over the entrance that has the capital letters N-B-C and I was wondering what that was and if it was the National Broadcasting Corporation or something else.” Terry Segal

"I used to be from Lincoln Park and our hometown had a water tower. Why did we have it? Why did some cities have these huge water towers, and what did they use them for? " Carl Prunkard

“Why is it that sometimes police officers use lethal force and other times they don’t? How do they determine when?” asked listener David Ewick of Southfield.