![10 Scenic Drives In Michigan's Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0024-470x140.jpg)
The beauty of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula rivals that of any place in the country, with its vast amounts of unspoiled wilderness, scenic waterfalls, historic sites…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Miners-Falls-Below-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Six Great Places To View Freighters in Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Michipicoten-at-Marquette-470x140.jpg)
With shoreline bordering four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan sees a great deal of freighter traffic during the shipping season. With ships making 10,000…
![Miners Castle - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0449-470x140.jpg)
The Miners Castle overlook has one of the best views of the Pictured Rocks cliffs available from land. Located about 10 miles out of Munising,…
![Freighter Watching - Sault. Ste. Marie](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Canadian-Navigator1-470x140.jpg)
One of my favorite hobbies while traveling around the Great Lakes is watching and photographing the freighters that travel these waters, picking up and shipping…
![10 Amazing Upper Peninsula State Parks](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0066-470x140.jpg)
JW Wells State Park – Featuring a beautiful, sandy beach on Green Bay and 150 campsites, J.W. Wells State Park deserves to be one of…