- Ann Arbor usually doesn’t get substantial snowfall until December.
- Ann Arbor is located near Detroit, home to the American automotive industry, Motown Records, Robocop, and Eminem.
- The University of Michigan Museum of Art and the Kelsey Museum of Archaeology will both be open after major renovations and expansions completed in 2009. Admission is free.
- There are only 23 grand carillons in the world but two are in Ann Arbor: one on Central Campus and one on North Campus.
- You can watch a movie at the Michigan Theater, a restored 1928 cinema with a vintage 1927 pipe organ played before screenings.
- The Sindecuse Museum of Dentistry contains over 10,000 artifacts from the history of dentistry. Admission is free.
- You can take megabus.com to Chicago for as low as $1.
- The Stearns Collection of Musical Instruments holds over 2,500 pieces of historical and contemporary musical instruments from around the world. Admission is free.
- Michigan Stadium, the university’s stadium for American football, is the fourth largest stadium in the world.
- Archery deer hunting season in Michigan lasts through November 14, and firearm season begins November 15, so there’s time to try both.