![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Houghton County Courthouse](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Houghton-County-Courthouse-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Houghton, Michigan is home to many historic and large buildings that were built during the area’s mining boom. One of the grandest and most easily…
![Ontonagon Lighthouse, Lake Superior](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/Ontonagon-Lighthouse-Tours-Michigan-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
Ontonagon may be a small village in the Western Upper Peninsula today, but it was once a busy Lake Superior port during the copper rush…
![Copper Harbor Lighthouse, Lake Superior](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/Copper-Harbor-Lighthouse-Michigan-Lake-Superior-470x140.jpg)
Copper Harbor is located at the tip of the Upper Peninsula’s Keweenaw Peninsula, the northernmost point on Michigan’s mainland. The Copper Harbor Lighthouse has stood…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Fort Wilkins Historic State Park, Copper Harbor](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Fort-Wilkins-Historic-State-Park-Cannon-Barracks-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough…
![Michigan Trail Tuesday: Union Mine Trail, Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Union-Mine-Trail-Sign-Porcupine-Mountains-470x140.jpg)
Michigan Trail Tuesdays is a new feature that will showcase a different trail or trail segment each week. The Mitten State is home to thousands…
![A. E. Seaman Mineral Museum, Houghton](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/AE-Seaman-Mineral-Museum-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
The A.E. Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, Michigan is the state’s official mineral museum, a cooperating site of the Keweenaw National Historic Park, home to…
![Quincy Mine Tours, Hancock](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Quincy-Mine-Hoist-House-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
It’s impossible to talk about the history of Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula without talking about copper mining, as the copper boom that kicked off in the…
![Michigan's Keweenaw National Historic Park: 26 Sites Worth Visiting](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Delaware-Mine-Ruins-KNHP-MI-470x140.jpg)
The National Park Service is celebrating 100 years of operation in 2016, and will be featuring a variety of special events at its parks. Michigan…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Float Copper and Alexander Aggasiz Statue in Calumet](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Float-Copper-Cover-Photo-Calumet-Michigan-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,…
![Freda Stamp Mill Ruins - Houghton County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Freda-Champion-Mill-Ruins-470x140.jpg)
Once a key part of the Keweenaw copper operation, all that remains of the former Champion Mill near Houghton is a few crumbling structures and…