While the University of Michigan is heralded for the Big House, it’s often inside much smaller Ann Arbor student homes and campus dorms that big dreams begin. 

A president of the United States, an NFL legend, the co-founder of Google and an iconic pop star likely once criss-crossed the Diag, crammed for exams, ate late-night pizza and plotted their bright futures in tiny Ann Arbor abodes.

Click on the map below to enlarge and see where 42 notable U-M alumni once hung their maize and blue hats.