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Can Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Make it Three Years In a Row as Best Sculpture Park?

Can Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park Make it Three Years In a Row as Best Sculpture Park?

January 31, 2025
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park has taken home the top honors in the USA Today/10best.com Reader’s Choice poll for Best Sculpture Park the last…

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World of Winter 2025: Art and Family Fun in Downtown Grand Rapids

World of Winter 2025: Art and Family Fun in Downtown Grand Rapids

January 12, 2025
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

World of Winter, the largest winter festival in the United States, has returned to Grand Rapids in 2025. Starting in early January and running for…

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ArtPrize 2024: Downtown Grand Rapids Comes Alive for 15th Anniversary

ArtPrize 2024: Downtown Grand Rapids Comes Alive for 15th Anniversary

September 20, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

It has been 15 years since the first ArtPrize took West Michigan by storm, bringing hundreds of thousands of visitors into downtown Grand Rapids for…

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Harris Gardens: A Stunning Sculpture Park at North Central Michigan College

Harris Gardens: A Stunning Sculpture Park at North Central Michigan College

August 5, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

North Central Michigan College is a community college in Petoskey, Michigan that sees around 2,300 students attend classes each year. The campus is located southeast…

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Curwood Castle Park, Owosso: Beauty and History on the Banks of the Shiawassee River

Curwood Castle Park, Owosso: Beauty and History on the Banks of the Shiawassee River

May 19, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Parks

Curwood Castle Park in Owosso is home to historic buildings, sculptures, fishing spots, a bridge, and lots of greenspace along the Shiawassee River. Curwood Castle,…

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Walk of Art Sculpture Park in Elk Rapids: Explore the Trails and Art by Lake Michigan

Walk of Art Sculpture Park in Elk Rapids: Explore the Trails and Art by Lake Michigan

May 4, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

One of our goals for this year with Travel the Mitten was to explore at least two new sculpture parks. We’ve loved previous visits to…

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Two Michigan Locations Once Again Up For Title of Best Sculpture Park

Two Michigan Locations Once Again Up For Title of Best Sculpture Park

January 24, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

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…

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Photo Gallery: World of Winter 2024 in Grand Rapids

Photo Gallery: World of Winter 2024 in Grand Rapids

January 20, 2024
by Jonathan Katje
Arts and Entertainment

The World of Winter festival has returned to downtown Grand Rapids for a seventh year, and offers some amazing art installations and tons of family…

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Photo Gallery Friday: John Ball Zoo Lantern Festival 2023

Photo Gallery Friday: John Ball Zoo Lantern Festival 2023

June 9, 2023
by Jonathan Katje
Zoos

For the past two months, John Ball Zoo in Grand Rapids has hosted a unique event that is the first of its kind to visit…

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Surround Yourself With 65,000 Tulips at the Tulip Immersion Garden in Holland

Surround Yourself With 65,000 Tulips at the Tulip Immersion Garden in Holland

May 8, 2023
by Jonathan Katje
Family Trips

Tulip Time has once again returned to Holland, Michigan! 2023 marks the 94th year of this fantastic and family-friendly event that celebrates the area’s Dutch…

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