
The Mackinac Bridge has been an iconic Michigan landmark since 1957, connecting the Lower Peninsula to the Upper Peninsula and providing millions of travelers one…

Earlier this month we looked at a record breaking 2021 for Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore, and today we turn our attention to the Upper…

It wasn’t by much, but Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore set an all-time visitor attendance record in 2021. We like starting off a new year…

One of my favorite things to do at the end of each year is to look back at which of our posts got the most…

Photography has always been an important part of what we do here at Travel the Mitten, as we feel that visual media helps better tell…

Since 1958, Labor Day in Michigan has been celebrated as the only day of the year that pedestrians can walk across the Mackinac Bridge. The…

Founded by Father Jacques Marquette in 1671, St. Ignace trails only Sault Ste. Marie (1668) as Michigan’s oldest city. Marquette, a French fur trader and…

Few wooden covered bridges remain in Michigan, and very few of those that remain (four by our count) are open to vehicle traffic. The Fallasburg…

Michigan is home to seven national park properties (one national park, two national lakeshores, one national battlefield park, one national heritage area, and one national scenic trail) that attract…

Michigan has the most of a lot of things – we are blessed with the most freshwater coastline, the most lighthouses, and we also have…