Before streaming, before air conditioning, before weekends were scheduled around screens—Michigan escaped to amusement parks.

In Episode 2 of Stories We Keep, we step back into a time when steamboats carried families to Boblo Island, when Edgewater Park lit up the Detroit River shoreline, and when Electric Park buzzed with noise, motion, and possibility.

These weren’t just rides.
They were rites of passage.
First dates. Family traditions. Summers that never felt like they’d end.

This episode isn’t about what was lost—it’s about what was felt, remembered, and carried forward.

Because long after the gates closed,
the stories stayed.

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Stories We Keep is a long-form history podcast from History Loves Company, exploring the homes, streets, neighborhoods, and cities that shaped Michigan — and what happens when we stop paying attention to them.

Hosted by Chris Hubel, founder of History Loves Company and a Michigan-based realtor with @properties Christie’s International Real Estate (Birmingham, MI).

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History doesn’t survive because it’s old.
It survives because someone decides it still matters.