![Guns Across The Straits: An Amazing Experience At Colonial Michilimackinac](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Colonial-Michilimackinac-Guns-Across-the-Straits-Cannon-Firing-470x140.jpg)
Colonial Michilimackinac has been a part of family trips to Mackinaw City for more than 60 years, with visitors enjoying a stroll through the 18th…
![Fort Holmes, Mackinac Island](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Fort-Holmes-Feature-Photo-Mackinac-Island-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Visitors to Mackinac Island are greeted with stunning views on the ferry ride over from Mackinaw City or St. Ignace: the Grand Hotel, Mission Point…
![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…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Historic Fort Michilimackinac State Park in Mackinaw City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mackinac-Traverse-City-Last-Part-UP-Trip-with-Boys-297-470x140.jpg)
Present-day Mackinaw City’s location at the confluence of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron made it an important area from the early days of the state,…
![10 Amazing Upper Peninsula State Parks](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0066-470x140.jpg)
JW Wells State Park – Featuring a beautiful, sandy beach on Green Bay and 150 campsites, J.W. Wells State Park deserves to be one of…