Ann Arbor, Michigan

From its founding in 1824, to the 1940s when it thrived with activity thanks to the furious construction of B-24 Liberator bombers, to today, Ann Arbor, Michigan has consistently been a landmark city of the northern United States and an important site for politics, industry, and scholarship.

Ann Arbor Real Estate

Blessed with over twenty-seven square miles of gorgeous terrain, Ann Arbor real estate features the Huron River and over fifty thousand trees. Nearly a hundred and fifty city parks dot the Ann Arbor real estate, including Riverside Park, County Farm Park, and Argo Park. These features of Ann Arbor real estate make it clear why the city is sometimes called "Tree Town."

The homes that constitute Ann Arbor real estate are architecturally diverse. Some of the key neighborhoods and business districts in Ann Arbor real estate are Kerrytown, State Street, South University, Westgate, Old West Side, and the region surrounding the 123-acre Nichols Arboretum on the east side of the city.

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor

No mention of Ann Arbor would be complete without discussing the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, the U of M campus that bears its name. Although the university was founded in 1817, it moved to Ann Arbor in 1837. Internationally known as a destination for research and learning, the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor was ranked 24th in the country for undergraduate education by the annual U.S. News & World Report analysis of colleges in 2007.

The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor boasts over twenty-five thousand undergraduate and fourteen thousand graduate students.