Grand Rapids, MI a.k.a. River City, Beer City, Furniture City
- Heritage Hill is one of the largest urban historic districts in the country. Given there are 1,300 homes that date from 1849 and more than 60 architectural styles, this neighborhood is definitely properly named
- Grand Rapids has a history of brewing beer. The first local brewer can be traced all the way back to 1836. John Pannell built a single-barrel brewery at the bottom of Prospect Hill. In those days, beer was seen as a healthier alternative to water and marketed as a family drink
- Janet Jackson eloped to Grand Rapids with her first husband, James DeBarge
