Abandoned Michigan

by Kyle Brooky

"In 2006, Michigan's unemployment rate was recorded as being the worst in the entire United States. People left. Businesses closed. Once swarming cities were full of boarded-up windows and locked doors. Some have since recovered and reopened, but many have not.

This is where Abandoned Michigan picks up the story. What became of these forgotten buildings? Have you ever wondered what lies within that old building as you drive past? Join us as we step foot inside these haunting and beautiful locations factories, ski resorts, mines, restaurants, hospitals, houses, and much, much more.

Featuring over 200 full-color photographs, you will witness the beauty that can be found in decay as we look at these buildings, many for the last time before they are lost forever to time or the wrecking ball. Abandoned Michigan not only takes you inside these lost places, but tells the history of them and how they came to be abandoned."

128 pages, Paperback

Published February 25, 2019

Reviews

[Sandi Gritzmaker · Rating 4 out of 5]

Haunting photos. Sad for what was in Michigan. I wish "all" of the photos had noted which city/place each was taken. All of our representatives in Lansing should view this.

[Ann · Rating 5 out of 5]

Marlborough near Baldwin is one of the places covered in this book. I have long been fascinated and saddened by ghost towns since I was a child. I visited ghost towns in New Mexico when I was growing up and always found them both interesting and sad at the same time. I wanted to know why a town was formed and then what happened to it at a later time, that it was abandoned. Most of the time it has been last of jobs and opportunities that has the effect of closing down places.

[Lori Hart · Rating 2 out of 5]

Poorly written, strange choices in what is and is not included, not great photos in general, lack of key information, generally terrible.

[Melissa · Rating 5 out of 5]

Being from Michigan, I loved seeing little bits of history that have been nearly forgotten.