Give the gift of Michigan-based fun

What do you get the Michigander who has everything?

Not more stuff.

An experience. A truly Michigan experience.

From a luge track in Muskegon to the Detroit Lions to a baking experience at Zingerman's, there's something for just about everybody.

Here are some possibilities for gifts that nobody will even think to return. Or could, for that matter.

Launch them on a luge track

Have a thrill-seeker on your gift list?

Luge is an insane cross between sledding and riding a roller coaster, a perfect check-off for somebody who's looking for every speedy experience available.

Michigan is home to one of only four luge tracks in the United States. If you're not up on your Winter Olympics, this is the sport where you lie on a little bitty sled and point yourself feet-first down an icy track, hoping to stay on the sled until the end.

Besides the luge track, the Muskegon Winter Sports Complex also includes lower-speed fun stuff such as ice skating, sledding and cross-country skiing.

Luge lessons are scheduled on weekends from Dec. 30 through early March, weather permitting. The cost is $49 for a tutorial from an experienced coach, sliding time and a medal ceremony. Find more information at www.msports.org/buy-tickets-online.

Here, honey! Take $8 billion in art

French impressionists, African art, Diego Rivera's soaring murals depicting industry and so much more are housed a short drive away in the Detroit Institute of Arts.

You can marvel at Monet's moody "Gladioli" or Van Gogh's "Portrait of Postman Roulin," Andy Warhol's self portrait, Pieter Bruegel the Elder's stunning 1566 "Wedding Dance" or the DIA's top-ranked collection of African Art.

The museum's collection, which ranges from the ancient to Old Masters to modern art, was valued at up to $8.5 billion during Detroit's bankruptcy.

Giving somebody a museum membership, which lets them in for free, costs as little as $65. Other benefits include free admission and reservations priority for ticketed exhibitions, discounts at the museum's restaurants and a discount in the museum shop.

Go to www.dia.org and click on "Membership and Support."

Ply the slopes with a snow groomer

Snow groomers are a given on Michigan ski slopes during winter nights, when crews climb into the cabs of the massive machines and smooth and sculpt the snow for morning schussing.

A few Michigan resorts offer the unique experience of riding along with a driver for a whole new view of the hill.

"It's fun," said Barry Owens, general manager at Treetops Resort in Gaylord.

The machines, which can cost upwards of $300,000, are equipped with a heated cab that can accommodate one or two other people in addition to the driver. Half-hour rides are at 9 p.m. or 9:30 p.m. Friday and Saturday nights during the season at Treetops. The cost is $50. Reserve at the Treetops reservation line, (866) 348-5249, or online at treetops.com. Other resorts that offer rides include Boyne Mountain near Boyne Falls and Boyne Highlands near Harbor Springs. Half-hour rides are also $50 at each of those resorts. Learn more about both at www.boyne.com.

Learn to drive a Model T

Henry Ford made cars accessible with the mass-produced Model T, turning out 15 million of them between 1908 and 1927. Now the Gilmore Car Museum near Kalamazoo offers a chance to get up close and personal with one of those historic vehicles. It will offer 22 hands-on Model T driving sessions during 2017.

Even if you can drive a modern car, the Model T poses challenges. The vehicles have no gas pedal, no speedometer and no fuel gauge.

The four-hour sessions, taught by Model T owners and enthusiasts, include practice driving in genuine Model T Fords around the Museum’s three miles of paved roadway. Museum historians provide history on Henry Ford, the early Ford Motor Co. and up-close inspections of various Model Ts.

Classes cost $105. Sign up online at GilmoreCarMuseum.org or call the museum with questions at 269-671-5089.

The Lions are winning! Shop quick!

This gift is perfect for just about every Michigander — those who live and die with the Lions' ups and downs, and those who want to jump on board after a string of come-from-behind wins put them in first place in the NFC North on Thanksgiving.

The Lions take on the Chicago Bears at Ford Field on Dec. 11 and the Green Bay Packers on Jan. 1. Tickets are $75 to $329.  Find them at www.detroitlions.com.

Give them the outdoors

Camp site? Check! Marina reservation? Check again!

Give a loved one $5 to $500 worth of campground nights or harbor reservations through the Michigan Department of Natural Resources' gift card program.

Michigan has well over 100 state parks, recreation areas and state forest campgrounds from the southern portion of the mitten to the tip of the Upper Peninsula. They range from rustic sites to cabins and yurts and cost from a low of $13 per night for some rustic spots to $86 a night for larger cabins. The yurts and mini-cabins are in between.

Send a recipient an instant electronic gift card through this site: www.midnrreservations.com/Store/GiftCards.aspx. Or you can buy a physical gift card in person at any Michigan state park.

Bake and cook at Zingerman's

The company that started in 1982 with an Ann Arbor deli now employs 600 people and does $60 million in sales annually with its deli, bakery and specialty food business.

That success, of course, hinges on high-quality food. Zingerman's Bakehouse is ground-zero for fabulous artisan breads, pastries, scones and more.

And, as it happens, Zingerman's expert bakers offer hands-on baking experiences.

Learn from the pros with classes scheduled throughout the year. Whole families can sign up for classes on how to bake cinnamon rolls, pizza, bread and pasta. Bonus: You take home what you make. Classes for adults range from cream puffs to pot pies to Chinese dumplings and pancakes. And, of course, there's a class on using bacon in baked goods. There also are multi-day bake camps for kids or "bake-cations" for adults.

Classes cost $75 and up. You also can book a group baking or cooking experience for 10 people or more. Learn more at www.bakewithzing.com/classes.

Contact Kathleen Lavey at (517) 377-1251 or klavey@lsj.com. Follow her on Twitter @kathleenlavey.