![Is Petoskey or Traverse City the Best Small Town in the Midwest?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/Petoskey-Hemingway-Statue-Best-Small-Town-470x140.jpg)
It’s one of our favorite times of year, as USA Today launches a round of 10Best Reader’s Choice polls centered around small towns. Michigan is…
![Is Michigan Home to The Best Flower Festival in the U.S.?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/05/Tulip-Immersion-Garden-Entrance-Photo-Op-Holland--e1708397204119-470x140.jpg)
We aren’t far from the start of spring, and USA Today/10best is back with another Reader’s Choice Poll looking for some of the best festivals…
![Beer City USA: Can Grand Rapids Make It Four Years In A Row?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/GR-Beer-Month-Feature-Photo-Flight-470x140.jpg)
Each February USA Today’s 10Best ask readers to vote for the best beer and brewery related locations in the country, and for the last three…
![Two Michigan Locations Once Again Up For Title of Best Sculpture Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Frederik-Meijer-Gardens-Sculpture-4-470x140.jpg)
A new round of USA Today 10best Reader’s Choice polls are up, and we could almost just cut and paste an article from last year…
![More Love for the Motor City: Does Detroit Have the Best Street Art and Best Art Museum?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Detroit-Michigan-Best-Street-Art-470x140.jpg)
Last week we highlighted a USA Today 10best Reader’s Choice poll that had two Detroit museums in the running for Best Science Museum and Best…
![Michigan Museums Bank of America 2020](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Motown-Museum-Detroit-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
A new year has started, which means another round of USA Today 10best Reader’s Choice contests. First up in 2024 is a search for the…
![There's Snow Place Like Michigan's Upper Peninsula According to Recent USA Today Contests](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/Munising-Falls-Cover-Photo-Winter-2022-470x140.jpg)
We love seeing Michigan get national recognition in USA Today 10Best Reader’s Choice polls looking for the best of the best when it comes to…
![Mackinac Island, Marquette, Traverse City: Best Small Towns in the U.S.?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Marquette-Park-Mackinac-Island-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
2023 isn’t even a month old and we already have a second round of 10best.com USA Today Reader’s Choice polls that give Michigan a chance…
![Is Michigan's Platte River Campground the Best Campground in America?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/20200801_125432-470x140.jpg)
Just in time for the last two months of summer, a new set of Reader’s Choice polls are up at 10best.com. Current contests are focused…
![Michigan Sunset Lake Michigan Wilderness State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/20190625_210350-470x140.jpg)
One of Michigan’s state parks is up for an award from 10best.com, a unit of USA Today. Wilderness State Park is one of 20 state…