http://www.history.com/photos/michigan History.com's state gallery for Michigan. Learn more about the state symbols and famous landmarks. en Copyright 2013, History.com Thu, 23 May 2013 04:00:00 GMT History.com 2013-05-23T04:00:00Z en Copyright 2013, History.com http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo1 Michigan's capital city is Lansing, Michigan. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo1 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo2 Michigan's state flower is the pyrus coronaria, more commonly known as the apple blossom. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo2 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo3 Michigan's state tree is the eastern white pine. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo3 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo4 Michigan's state bird is the American robin. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo4 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo5 Motown Records is considered Detroit's musical landmark. Founed by Berry Gordy, Jr. as Tamla Records on January 12, 1959, he incorporated the company as Motown Records a year later. Motown is a play on the words, "Motor Town" Gordy's homage to the Motor City. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo5 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo6 Detroit is Michigan's largest city and also the home of America's automotive center. Detroit is often referred to as it's nickname "Motor City." http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo6 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo7 Established in 1817, the University of Michigan is recognized as the first public university in the Northwest Territories. Originally founded in Detroit, the university moved to it's current location in Ann Arbor in 1873, the same year Michigan became a state. The school is home to a nationally renowned NCAA football team. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo7 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo8 Lake Michigan is one of the five Great Lakes in North America. It is the only lake which is entirely located in the United States. Michigan is often referred to as "The Great Lake" state. From any point in Michigan you are no more than 85 miles away from one of the Great Lakes. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo8 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo9 Grand Rapids, Michigan originally hailed as the "Furniture Capital" of the nation. Several office furniture companies are headquartered here and is now known as the "Furniture Capital of office furniture manufacturing" Grand Rapids is also the childhood home of President Gerald Ford and is the location of the Gerald Ford Museum. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo9 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo10 Battle Creek, Michigan is known as the cereal capital of the world. Cereal was invented here by Dr. John Harvey Kellogg. Along with his brother William Keith Kellogg, they founded Kellogg's cereal company in 1906 where it still operates today. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo10 http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo11 In 2008, The Detroit Lions, Michigan's NFL team, won the dubious record of being the first football team in league history to play a winless season, 0-16 games. http://www.history.com/photos/michigan/photo11