![2022 Michigan Freighter Gallery: We Like Big Boats](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/2022-Michigan-Freighter-Gallery-Federal-Ruhr-Rotary-Park-SSM-470x140.jpg)
One of our favorite things to do while traveling around Michigan is see all the Great Lakes freighters that visit our port or pass by…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: World's Largest Limestone Quarry, Rogers City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Carmeuse-Rogers-City-Limestone-Quarry-470x140.jpg)
Michigan Roadside Attractions is a periodic feature on Travel the Mitten that will explore the many interesting things that can be found on the highways,…
![Forty Mile Point Lighthouse - A Historic Beacon on Lake Huron's Shipwreck Coast](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Forty-Mile-Point-Lighthouse-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
The 40 Mile Point Lighthouse is so named due to its distance by boat from Mackinaw City. In the late 1890s this brick building was…
![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…