pa href="https://www.mlive.com/entertainment/2017/08/michigans_wildest_prehistoric.html#main" rel="nofollow"Skip to Main Content/a/ppbr/ppbr/ppa href="https://www.mlive.com/" rel="nofollow"img src="https://www.mlive.com/pf/resources/images/mlive/logos/logo_main_sm.svg?d=731"/a/ppSubscribe/ppbr/ph1Meet Michigan#39;s most bizarre prehistoric creatures/h1pUpdated: May. 20, 2019, 12:25 p.m. | Published: Aug. 13, 2017, 11:57 a.m./ppstrongBy /stronga href="http://www.mlive.com/staff/jserba/posts.html" rel="nofollow"strongJohn Serba | [email protected]/strong/a/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/pf/resources/images/common/logos/facebook.svg?d=731" height="36" width="36"/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/pf/resources/images/common/logos/twitter.svg?d=731" height="36" width="36"/pp236/ppshares/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/d9RtyOv79Fg7ZnI9f1PRSEPrvCA=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22758338-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | LadyofHats [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongBy John Serba | [email protected]/strong/ppHave you ever watched a chipmunk skitter across your path, and wondered what used to live in your yard 15,000 years ago? A million years ago? Or 400 million years ago, for that matter?/ppWonder no more. a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology_in_Michigan" rel="nofollow"Michigan is home to a reasonably rich fossil record/a, as long as you#39;re not a fan of dinosaurs. (More on that in a minute.) Paleontologists have unearthed evidence of some amazing creatures - most of them long-extinct - in our state, from strange, tiny, ocean-dwelling things (coral) to monster fish (Dunkleosteus) to Ice Age megafauna (mammoths and mastodons). Here#39;s a collection of some of the biggest, strangest and most fascinating creatures ever to leave their bones embedded in the earth or preserved in the rock here in Michigan./ppbr/ppbr/ppa href="https://giphy.com/gifs/dinosaur-land-of-the-lost-gWVURnPa6iLLi" rel="nofollow"via GIPHY/a/ppstrongFirst things first: No dinosaur bones/strong/ppWhile they almost certainly roamed on Michigan territory, nobody has ever turned up a single dinosaur bone in the state. From the Permian period (299-252 million years ago) to the end of the Neogene (23-2.6 million years ago), a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/GIMDL-PA03_216189_7.pdf" rel="nofollow"erosion was occurring and no sediments were deposited locally, leaving behind no rocks or fossils/a. This time period encompasses the entirety of dinosaurs#39; existence on the planet./ppSucks to be us, sort of, although Michigan’s fossil record includes fascinating primitive creatures and early fishes from the Devonian period (419 to 359 million years ago), which gave us our official state rock, and large mammals from the Pleistocene epoch (2.6 million-11,700 years ago), which gave us our state fossil./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/m_zUMp5902kVniZODggYYM3w99Q=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22757730-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppMLive file photo | Cory Morse/ppstrongCoral/strong/ppThe Michigan-famous Petoskey stone, a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/ogs-gimdl-GGPS_263213_7.pdf" rel="nofollow"our official state rock/a, is fossilized rugose coral from the Devonian, when much of North America was covered with a shallow ocean. Glacial movement during the ice age ground the edges off the stones and deposited them primarily in northwestern Michigan, where rock hunters find them in the water, polish them to bring out the six-sided, honeycomb-patterned coral fossils and display them on knickknack shelves - a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/grand-rapids/index.ssf/2015/12/state_confiscates_giant_petosk.html" rel="nofollow"as long as they#39;re less than 25 lbs. and therefore not violating an obscure state ordinance, of course/a. (Tip: if you want to get away with hauling in a giant Petoskey stone, don#39;t post a photo of it on Facebook.) The rugose coral, which fed on small organisms by capturing them with tentacles, has been extinct for 250 million years./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/ChtffKpAakRHzyAJ-LhzX6OVFn8=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753509-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppBlastoid courtesy photo | Wilson44691 (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongCrinoids, blastoids, bryozoa/strong/ppThese Devonian invertebrates don#39;t get the glory that coral does, because they haven#39;t been declared the official Michigan state rock. a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crinoid" rel="nofollow"Crinoids/a get the rawest deal, because a href="https://www.google.com/search?bih=638biw=1366gs_l=img.3...10105.10811.0.10942.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0..0.0....0...1.1.64.img..0.0.0.QVkzAFv1DIYoq=crinoid+fossils+michiganq=crinoid+fossils+michigansa=1tbm=isch" rel="nofollow"their fossils can be quite beautiful/a; these echinoderms could grow to several feet tall, resembled fans and ferns, and still exist in oceans today. Blastoids are extinct echinoderms related to crinoids; they#39;re less common, and differentiated by a star-shaped head. Bryozoa could be a few millimeters or several feet tall, and are commonly known as #34;moss animals.#34; All three were stationary, attaching themselves to the ocean floor, rocks or animal shells or skeletons, and filtered their food from the water./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/tzfkbw0UoBo_xPk_MZuRWp0_DOc=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753364-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | LadyofHats [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongDunkleosteus/strong/ppThis terrifying armor-plated fish, or a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Placodermi" rel="nofollow"placoderm/a, swam over an ocean-covered Michigan during the Devonian period, apparently eating whatever the heck it wanted. It grew as large as 20 ft. long and weighed up to a ton - about the size of a great white shark - and is characterized as a hypercarnivorous apex predator, able to use its beaklike mouth to chomp through other armored fish, arthropods and mollusks./ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppWith no dinosaurs in our state’s fossil record, Dunkleosteus is easily the scariest top-of-the-food-chain beast ever to leave evidence of its existence in Michigan. Besides humans, of course./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/UBEfJuh0XHXxyTVgJugp-oH2Z3E=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/Titanichthys_agassizi.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Apokryltaros at English Wikipedia [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/), CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongOther placoderms/strong/ppBesides Dunkleosteus, fossils of a few other ancient armored fish have been uncovered in Michigan: Titanichthys, which was as big as Dunkleosteus, but didn’t have as big of a bite; the foot-long bottom-feeder Bothriolepis; and the tiny Ptyctodus, fossils of which have been found only in Russia, Arizona and Michigan. Typically, the “armor” plates and jawbones of these fish are the only parts preserved./ppbr/ppbr/ppstrongSharks/strong/ppSwimming in that same Devonian Michigan ocean were early forms of sharks, including a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bradyodonti" rel="nofollow"Bradyodonti/a, ctenocanths, a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cladoselache" rel="nofollow"cladodonts/a and other things that make spellcheck go haywire. They didn#39;t quite resemble the killing machines we recognize from our nightmares, the Discovery Channel or being flung from tornadoes; they more closely resembled the modern frilled shark, a serpentine thing that#39;s more of a David Lynch horror than a Steven Spielberg one. Because a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shark" rel="nofollow"shark skeletons are primarily cartilage, only the spines and teeth are preserved as fossils/a./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/5-3EMOwwu-cq5usOv6oeYEsXulo=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/Ishnacanthus_gracilis.JPG" height="600" width="300"/ppAnthacodian fish courtesy photo | Mesacanthus_Parexus_Ischnacanthus.JPG: User:Apokryltaros derivative work: Haplochromis [CC BY 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.5), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppSharks persisted into the Mississipian era, when the ocean began to recede. Fossils of Xenacanths, a freshwater shark that grew to 13 feet long, and acanthodians, a diverse group of “spiny sharks” that were hybrid bony/cartilaginous fishes, also have been found in Michigan./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/O3g0i6Xsaxmp6JQ6oktdTUSqbB4=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753544-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Jean-Pierre Dalbera from Paris, France (Trilobites (musee de l#39;ardoise, Trelaze)) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongTrilobites/strong/ppThis arthropod is a popular prehistoric creature because it trawled the oceans for 270 million years - through the Cambrian, Paleozoic, Devonian and Permian eras - before going extinct. They#39;re related to the modern horseshoe crab, a href="http://www.michigan.gov/documents/deq/MFP_1b_Poster_Big_301803_7.pdf" rel="nofollow"but looked more like a woodlouse/a. Evidence suggests they were the first creature to develop eyes; some variations scuttled along the ocean floor, and others swam. They frequently shed their shells, so a single trilobite could leave several fossils. That and the length of its reign are the primary reasons why the trilobite is a relatively common fossil find, so Michigan has no reason to boast about it too much./ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/JK275NBKTAeFFo5DxGPBfRIUJDQ=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22757944-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Sergiodlarosa [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or FAL], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongMastodon/strong/ppAnd now, we skip ahead hundreds of millions of years to the Ice Age. In 2002, the American mastodon was declared the state fossil - no surprise, considering it#39;s an impressive beast, abundant in prehistoric Michigan. Its fossils have been found in local construction sites, creeks a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/01/report_mastodon_remains_found.html" rel="nofollow"and backyards/a, as well as in little Billy#39;s sandbox, under the davenport and probably at the bottom of the sock drawer you never clean out. Discoveries of mastodon bones are relatively common in our state, and by #34;relatively,#34; I mean not really that common, but more common than finding, say, Dunkleosteus bones, or the match to the lonely argyle sock that#39;s been at the bottom of the aforementioned drawer since 1987./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/WcHmV02lGW-m76W7JUKKAcN2D-Q=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22758009-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppOriginal mastodon bones at the University of Michigan. (MLive file photo)/ppA distant cousin of the modern elephant, the American mastodon was herbivorous, and the largest known specimens grew to more than 10 feet tall at the shoulder, and weighed 12 tons. They were widespread throughout North America, with fossils found as far north as Alaska, and as far south as mid-Mexico./ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppstrongMammoth/strong/ppMammoth fossils have been unearthed throughout Michigan - less frequently than the mastodon, which makes their discovery pretty spectacular, e.g., a href="http://www.mlive.com/news/ann-arbor/index.ssf/2015/10/wooly_mammoth_bones_found_sout.html" rel="nofollow"this massive skull and other bones unearthed on a Chelsea farm in 2015/a. An evolutionary descendant of the mastodon, the mammoth had longer legs but a shorter body, and is characterized by its long, curved tusks and bulbous, dome-like skull./ppbr/ppbr/ppa href="https://giphy.com/gifs/nowthisnews-news-nowthis-mammoth-3o85xDp2zL3IHLaoVi" rel="nofollow"via GIPHY/a/ppNumerous mammoth species existed throughout Asia, Europe, Africa and North America; fossils of the Columbian mammoth (also known as the Jefferson mammoth) have been found in Michigan. Notably, the popular woolly mammoth species existed farther north than Michigan. Also notable is the lack of evidence that mammoths were used as irrigation apparatuses by early humans, as depicted in “The Flintstones.”/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppPaleontologists have debated whether hunting by Paleo-humans or climate change was the biggest factor in the disappearance of many megafauna at the end of the Ice Age; it’s likely a combination of the two. The American mastodon went extinct between 10,000 and 11,000 years ago, while small populations of mammoths existed in Alaska as recently as 1650 BC, before disappearing completely./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/SvWnZFuSdu6bj_RN0wyj3WTSI3o=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753246-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Ryan Somma from Occoquan, USA (Giant Pleistocene Beaver, Castoroides ohioensis) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongGiant beaver/strong/ppNo, a seven-foot-long, 275-lb. beaver with six-inch incisors is not a thing from a Syfy channel original. Superficially, it resembles your modern, kind of adorable non-giant beaver, although scientists say it has more physiological features in common with the South American capybara. Researchers hypothesize that the giant beaver preferred cooler temperatures, and died out at the conclusion of the Ice Age. They were more at home in the water, and clumsy on land, which may have inhibited their migratory capabilities in the face of climate change. a href="http://iceage.museum.state.il.us/mammals/giant-beaver-0" rel="nofollow"In Michigan, giant beaver fossils have been found in the Dowogiac River and near Ludington./a/ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/S3IzuH1_YronU9bJzCisDmnBM6I=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753783-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Ghedoghedo [Public domain, GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongWoodland muskox/strong/ppFrom the Basically the Same but Slightly Bigger Than the Modern Animal Dept. comes the woodland muskox, common to the Midwest before the big Pleistocene extinction wiped them out. The species, a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bootherium_bombifrons" rel="nofollow"awesomely named emBootherium bombifrons/em/a, tipped the scales at 900-odd lbs. and sported a thicker skull and longer tail than the modern muskox, which weighs between 500 and 800 lbs., and despite its smaller size, can at least brag that it#39;s considerably less extinct than its big, fat cousin species. Fossils of the woodland muskox have been found a href="http://exhibits.museum.state.il.us/exhibits/larson/muskox.html" rel="nofollow"at numerous digs in Michigan/a./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/1QNEyLDLxY9ThJiAoeLDkccIT8g=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753159-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Kevin Burkett from Philadelphia, Pa., USA [CC BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongStag-moose/strong/ppA.k.a. the slightly larger-than-normal moose, a href="http://iceage.museum.state.il.us/mammals/stag-moose-0" rel="nofollow"the stag-moose stood about six feet tall at the shoulder and weighed 1,500 lbs./a, slightly larger than the not-as-mega moose we see today. (Just don#39;t call the modern #34;true#34; moose a megafauna, lest we make the stag-moose feel insecure.) The stag-moose had a more deerlike snout, and was common throughout North America; antlers have been unearthed at Michigan digs. The first evidence of the animal was unearthed in a href="http://parks.ky.gov/parks/historicsites/big-bone-lick/" rel="nofollow"Big Bone Lick, Kentucky/a, a fact that needs to be mentioned for obvious reasons. Mummified remains of the stag-moose have also been discovered, which gives me an idea for a movie to pitch to Syfy./ppbr/ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/mI1eBnwb8j7KQhxmMD_mi0e1_kM=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753667-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | The Children#39;s Museum of Indianapolis [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongFlat-headed peccary/strong/ppThis pig-like hoofed mammal - a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Timeline_of_paleontology_in_Michigan" rel="nofollow"fossils of which were dug up in Ionia County in the late 19th century/a - was common throughout North and South America until, like so many other animals, the end of the Ice Age rendered it permanently kaput. Notably, it can#39;t be lumped in with megafauna, being roughly the same size, although perhaps slightly fleeter of foot, as its evolutionary cousin, the modern peccary, which now ranges from Mexico to the tip of Argentina. Therefore, the flat-headed peccary, being fauna of the non-mega- variety, is pretty much only exciting for zoological and paleontological hair-splitters./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/xgecOBrzYQQXaJITrLfU_LlxF0U=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22753691-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | Alexandre Buisse (Nattfodd) (self-made (http://www.alexandrebuisse.org)) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons/ppstrongCaribou/strong/ppMore commonly known as reindeer, the caribou existed in Michigan a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fauna_of_Michigan" rel="nofollow"until roughly 100 years ago/a; the extirpation hypothesis stating that they flew north for more lucrative employment in the business of hauling around portly elfin types for gift-giving excursions was debunked, somewhat traumatically, by numerous fourth-graders speaking in somber, hushed tones on the East Oakview Elementary School playground in 1983. Hunting, disease and climate change are more likely reasons for the caribou#39;s reduced numbers. The species, adapted to colder climates, a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribou" rel="nofollow"followed glacial retreat north to avoid extinction/a at the end of the Ice Age. Several caribou fossils dating to the Pleistocene era have been uncovered in Michigan./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/-o0Vqjh0W3g-IAXWqBPfX28Lah0=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22758651-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppMLive file photo/ppstrongNorth American elk/strong/ppFossils of elk dating to the Ice Age have been discovered in Michigan, suggesting a significantly healthier population of the animal during that time than in recent years. a href="http://www.michigan.gov/dnr/0,4570,7-153-10363_10856_10893-28275--,00.html" rel="nofollow"According to the state DNR/a, native elk were extirpated in 1875, with a new population introduced in 1918 in the northern Lower Peninsula; the most recent survey put the Michigan elk herd at 668 animals. North American elk haven#39;t changed much since the Pleistocene, ranging from four to five feet tall at the shoulder, and weighing 500-700 lbs., and are therefore not to be confused with its more famous relative, the Irish elk, an extinct Eurasian megafauna with antlers spanning 12 feet from tip to tip, and a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_elk#/media/File:Megaceros_giganteus_antecedens.JPG" rel="nofollow"whose skull is scary as all heck/a./ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/nT0e62czY2YF61_DPfiVCVgwgzs=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/22759239-standard.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppCourtesy photo | U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service/ppstrongMore on Michigan animals/strong/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/02/michigans_endangered_and_threa.html" rel="nofollow"26 Michigan species in danger of disappearing/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/news/index.ssf/2016/06/here_are_the_snakes_you_might.html" rel="nofollow"The 17 snakes you might meet in Michigan/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/outdoors/index.ssf/2016/09/the_spiders_of_michigan.html" rel="nofollow"22 of the spiders you might find in Michigan (and one you likely won#39;t)/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/hang_out_with_dinosaurs_at_thi.html" rel="nofollow"Hang out with dinosaurs at this unique Michigan park/a/ppbr/ppimg src="https://www.mlive.com/resizer/w_20gksycqfjhlwvQSlbZLjKynA=/1280x0/smart/advancelocal-adapter-image-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/image.mlive.com/home/mlive-media/width2048/img/entertainment_impact/photo/salt%20mines.jpg" height="600" width="300"/ppThe Detroit Salt Company (MLive photo | Ben Solis)/ppstrongMore Michigan life and culture/strong/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/detroit_salt_mines_inside_mich.html" rel="nofollow"Detroit#39;s salt mines are Michigan#39;s biggest buried secret/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/the_5_most_ridiculous_things_a.html" rel="nofollow"The 5 most ridiculous things about Michigan#39;s state flag/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/12_wild_and_weird_facts_about.html" rel="nofollow"12 wild and weird facts about the largest fish you can catch in the Great Lakes/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/the_historic_futility_of_the_d.html" rel="nofollow"The historic futility of the Detroit Lions: a very sad timeline/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/06/8_fascinating_facts_about_tom.html" rel="nofollow"8 fascinating facts about Iron Mountain, Tom Izzo#39;s hometown/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/travel/index.ssf/2017/07/torch_lake_facts.html" rel="nofollow"Torch Lake is Michigan#39;s own slice of the Caribbean/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/05/your_guide_to_michigans_remain.html" rel="nofollow"A guide to the 9 drive-in movie theaters still standing in Michigan/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/this_northern_michigan_drive-i.html" rel="nofollow"This Northern Michigan drive-in movie theater is a nostalgia trip/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/entertainment/index.ssf/2017/07/6_places_to_sip_a_great_michig.html" rel="nofollow"6 places to sip a Michigan beer along the White Pine Trail/a/ppa href="http://www.mlive.com/movies/index.ssf/2017/06/these_three_movies_filmed_at_t.html" rel="nofollow"These three Hollywood movies filmed at the same Niles train station/a/ppbr/ppbr/ppbr/ppa href="https://www.marriagetaxhelpdesk.co.uk/articles/marriage-allowance-tax-refund?b=238device=Smartphoneh=6publisher=advance-michigantblci=GiB2aiA0C2QEGL928nH5CCMNUnBtvZ4ofoQUxPOGcxn1NSDizkQo9L228bfy968ntimestamp=2022-01-15+08%3A22%3A01utm_campaign=13746046utm_content=3106829949utm_medium=1031851utm_source=taboola-mobileutm_term=Married%3F+Lookup+Your+Name+To+See+If+Your+Due+A+Tax+Refund#tblciGiB2aiA0C2QEGL928nH5CCMNUnBtvZ4ofoQUxPOGcxn1NSDizkQo9L228bfy968n" rel="nofollow"strongMarried? 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