Amber Steele

Wooden shoes used to be the main product inside this building. Now it holds Pyrex, postcards, Civil War…

By Amber Steele · Nov 13

Every dollar of profit at this thrift shop goes straight to local charities and ministries. Over five years,…

By Amber Steele · Nov 12

Nearly 99 percent of everything baked here is still made in-house. That’s after 100 years of business, which…

By Amber Steele · Nov 12

A lumber baron built this house with 218 windows, 20 fireplaces, and Detroit’s first private home elevator. Today,…

By Amber Steele · Nov 11

One Michigan sleigh horse was born on the very farm where he still works, back on June 25,…

By Amber Steele · Nov 11

A promise about Italian cooking was once written on a restaurant placemat in 1964. Somebody actually kept that…

By Amber Steele · Nov 11

There is something about a traditional tea break that makes an ordinary afternoon feel a little more refined,…

By Amber Steele · Oct 7

Winning best-burger honors nine years in a row takes more than luck. The patty comes packed with a…

By Amber Steele · Sep 10

Finding elk burgers delivered right to my cabin door was hardly something I had anticipated. And that turned…

By Amber Steele · Aug 11

I drove past the hospital campus three times before grasping just how enormous the place actually was. Michigan…

By Amber Steele · Aug 11

I get a little rush of excitement whenever I turn off M-553 and realize I’m leaving the pavement…

By Amber Steele · Apr 7