Here are links to some interesting and useful websites (all external):

The Fabulous Ruins of Detroit photographically captures the crumbling architecture of this once proud city.
General Motors - a shameless plug for my former employer (and the source of my pension)
Scary Squirrel World
U.S. Army Air Forces in WW II: Combat Chronology 1941-1945
U.S. Naval Chronology of WW II: 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945
MapQuest.com
The Official U.S. Time
Who's Alive and Who's Dead
Michigan Regional Directory
Local links from United States