Escanaba quickly became one of the most important towns and ports in the Upper Peninsula in the 1860s, and sandbars in the Little Bay De…
Shepler’s Ferry is celebrating their 70th anniversary this year, and if you’ve ever taken one of their blue and white boats to Mackinac Island you…
For many years in the early 1900s, the Crisp Point Lighthouse helped guide mariners past a dangerous section of Lake Superior waters. It is the…
Presque Isle County offers spectacular scenery on the northern part of Michigan’s Lake Huron shoreline, and the area is also rich in history. We’ve enjoyed…
The stretch of Lake Huron shoreline between the Saginaw Bay and Alpena was a rough one for mariners in the 1800s, which led to the…
Five historic Michigan lighthouses have been awarded 2015 Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grants to make improvements this year. The grants are funded by the sale…
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…
The first thing you notice about the Sand Hills Light near Mohawk in the Keweenaw Peninsula is how it doesn’t look like any other Michigan…
Visitors flock to Silver Lake State Park each year to see the towering sand dunes and the gorgeous Lake Michigan shoreline. The northern section of…
This beacon on Lake Huron is one of the oldest remaining in Michigan, with its history dating back to the 1840s. The white brick tower…