Been there, about 12 years ago, I reckon. Land around it is really flat and the city is about the size of Pontiac to the south. Stopped at a Walmart there and couldn't believe the size of the crafting section, along with fabrics....people there must craft a lot.
Stopped at a restaurant, don't recall the name, but had a humdinger of a burger and really terrific homemade onion rings, a kind of small mom and pop place with gingham on the tables. To the north of the city are Amish, although exactly where they live I don't know.
I really don't know anything about Bad Axe Michigan, only that I was born there, and it's a small town somewhere in the Flint area.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.