
- Michigan is the only state with a floating post office.
- Michigan is the only state consisting of two peninsulas.
- Michigan was the first English-speaking government to abolish the death penalty for all crimes other than treason.
- Detroit, Michigan, is known as the car capital of the world.

- Michigan’s state reptile is the painted turtle.
- The state has the longest freshwater shoreline in the world.
- If you stand anywhere in the state, you’re within 85 miles from one of the Great Lakes.
- There are no longer any wolverines in the state.
- The largest limestone quarry in the world is located in the state.
- The largest weathervane in the world is located in Michigan.