Midwest Guest's Top Nine for 2010

This article is the 400th post here at Midwest Guest. I've enjoyed writing all of these stories, but some posts seem to strike a stronger chord than others with readers. Some posts do well at certain times of the year, while others seem to draw visitors month after month throughout the year.

I thought would be fun to go back and see which posts here logged the most visitors, in order, over the past year.

Indiana in a jar, Sechler's Pickles factory store-We stopped at this store in an outlet mall when we stopped to look for an athletic shoe outlet on the way home from northern Indiana. We never found a shoe store, but we found this pickle store with its pickle tasting bar. Readers apparently shared my curiosity about pickled products, making this the most visited post this year (by a large margin) at Midwest Guest.
Photo Friday: Motown remembers Michael Jackson-Readers also seemed pretty fascinated with singer/dancer/entertainer Michael Jackson and his untimely death. This story about a memorial headstone in a Detroit cemetery, which is also the burial place for souvenirs left at an impromptu shrine at Detroit's Motown Museum shortly after Jackson's death in June of 2009, continues to draw curious readers.
Visit the Libbey Glass Outlet in Toledo, Ohio-This story about the Libbey outlet store in downtown Toledo also includes ideas for other nearby stops like the Toledo Museum of Art and its renowned glass collection, the Toledo Farmers Market, and a neighborhood with one of the nation's largest collections of intact late-Victorian homes.
Chicago's Smith Museum of Stained Glass Windows-This museum on Chicago's Navy Pier was an unexpected discovery for us, and many readers continue to discover this story at Midwest Guest.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, celebrates Alexander Calder-I wrote this post as the western Michigan town celebrated the 40th anniversary of the 1969 installation of its iconic Calder sculpture.
Ghosts of Punderson Manor-This story about Ohio's Punderson Manor and its spooky past was an early Midwest Guest post. The old manor house is part of an Ohio State Park resort lodge and conference center where I attended several writing retreats.
Wade Chapel houses Tiffany treasure at Cleveland's Lake View Cemetery-I wasn't sure what to expect when we visited this cemetery in downtown Cleveland, Ohio, but seeing this Tiffany-designed interior and stained glass window in a small chapel there made the visit well worth our time.
Back to school at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio-We loved the architecture and history of this southern Ohio university, which was the first university established in the area formerly known as the Northwest Territory just after Ohio became a state in 1803. Ohio alumni and others with connections to the university seemed to enjoy this article, passing the link along among university- and alumni-related groups.
Photo Friday: Cherry Bowl Drive-in-There are very few vintage drive-in theaters these days, and this post about the Cherry Bowl Drive-in at Honor in northern Michigan, along with some photos from the quiet winter season, drew a number of nostalgic readers.

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Many congrats on your 400th post! I absolutely love your blog. It's been a blast reading about all these fascinating places in your neck of the woods.

Posted by: gypsyscarlett | January 02, 2011 at 12:34 AM