Michigan Roadside Attractions is a periodic feature on Travel the Mitten that will explore the many interesting things that can be found on the highways,…
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
Few counties in the Upper Peninsula offer the number of waterfalls or the diversity of waterfalls that Marquette County does, and even fewer of those…
The small community of Kearsarge north of Calumet (population less than 800 as of 2010) in Houghton County was named for the USS Kearsarge, a…
One of the best things about the waterfalls in Michigan’s Keweenaw County is that most of them are easily accessible. A handful of these falls…
Lake Michigan has the distinction of being the only one of the five Great Lakes surrounded entirely by the United States. Wisconsin, Indian, Illinois and…
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is full of roadside attractions, ranging from tributes and memorials to large and sometimes bizarre sculptures and statues. One of the most…
A visit to the Upper Peninsula brings some of the best chances for wildlife viewing in the entire state, as black bears, moose, foxes, whitetail…
The Lower Peninsula beaches along the Lake Michigan shoreline continue to garner nationwide attention for their scenic dunes and sandy swimming areas. It may be…
In 2013, the Michigan Hemingway Society placed a historical marker next to the East Branch of the Fox River near Seney, Michigan to commemorate the…