#michigan

Nickname for Michigan's Lower Peninsula (and the state) by its shape.

A rural Michigan cabin or property used as the home base for firearm deer season.

Detroit-born ginger ale, often used as a generic for any ginger ale in Michigan.

The thumb-shaped region of eastern Michigan's Lower Peninsula.

Detroit's devil's food cake with buttercream 'bumps' under a chocolate ganache shell.

The trick-taking card game that's practically a Michigan rite of passage.

A city dweller who shows up to a small town clueless about how things work.

Canoeing plus brewing — drinking beer while floating down a river with mates.

Nickname for the Mackinac Bridge linking Michigan's two peninsulas.

Detroit float of Vernors ginger ale blended with vanilla ice cream.

Sault Ste. Marie — the twin-city port at Michigan's eastern U.P. (and across the river in Ontario).

Michigan for a convenience store that sells beer, wine and liquor.

Heavy localized snow generated by cold air crossing the Great Lakes.

Heading to the rural lakes-and-cabins country of the northern Midwest.

A Detroit-style chili dog — and the diner that serves it 24/7.

The TV remote control — what people in Michigan and New England call the thing that changes channels.

Northern Michigan slang for a tourist, especially one buying fudge on Mackinac Island.

Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Michigan word for a sliding glass patio door.

A resident of Michigan's Upper Peninsula.

Local nickname for Pontiac, Michigan.

Detroit's hometown soda brand and a regional point of pride.

A U-turn manoeuvre that replaces a banned left turn at a major Michigan intersection.

A Cornish-style folded hand pie of meat and potato, beloved in Michigan's Upper Peninsula.