![2022 Visitor Numbers Show Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore Is As Popular As Ever](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/20220625_094210-e1679773021821-470x140.jpg)
It has been more than a decade since Michigan’s Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore was named the “Most Beautiful Place in America” by Good Morning…
![2022 Was Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore's Third Busiest Year Ever](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pictured-Rocks-Kayak-Trip-Uncle-Ducky-Miners-Beach-470x140.jpg)
In 2020 and 2021 we watched as Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore set attendance records, with more than a million visitors coming to the park in…
![Best of Travel the Mitten: Our 22 Most Popular 2022 Michigan Articles](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/12/Big-Spring-Kitchitikipi-Jonathan-Katje-470x140.jpg)
Every year we like to look back and see which articles resonated with our readers. 2022 was an exceptionally good year for views and a…
![22 Michigan Places We Visited For The First Time In 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/A-Arcadia-Dunes-Landscape-Shot-CS-Mott-Nature-Preserve-470x140.jpg)
Every year we set out to explore more of Michigan and we never seem to run out of new places to visit. 2022 was a…
![Things To Do in Michigan Winter 2022 - Our A to Z Guide](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Light-Maze-World-of-Winter-Grand-Rapids-470x140.jpg)
For the first few years of Travel the Mitten, we put together seasonal lists of unique Michigan events in an A to Z format. Those…
![Travel the Mitten - Our 22 Travel Goals For 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Favorite-Michigan-Photos-Quincy-Dryhouse-Ruins-May-470x140.jpg)
In 2021 we published out first-ever travel goals for the year list. We started the year with great optimism and got off to a strong…
![Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore Fees Will Begin in 2022: Everything You Need To Know](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Favorite-Michigan-Photos-Log-Slide-Overlook-Pictured-Rocks-May-470x140.jpg)
On Monday the National Park Service announced the addition of entrance fees to Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore as well as increases in current fees for…