![Eight Things To See and Do at Soo Locks Park in Sault Ste. Marie](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/Soo-Locks-Park-Algoma-Sault-Freighter-470x140.jpg)
Sault Ste. Marie is Michigan’s oldest city and home to the Soo Locks, a marvel of engineering that allows large freighters to transit the elevation…
![Museum Ship Valley Camp - 10 Things We Loved About Our Visit](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/Museum-Ship-Valley-Camp-Interior-Sault-Ste-Marie-470x140.jpg)
As Michigan’s oldest city, Sault Ste. Marie is full of historic attractions. One of its most visible landmarks is the Museum Ship Valley Camp, a…
![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…
![Freighter Frenzy Sets Sail For Third Year: Who Will Win the Champion"ship"?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Joseph-L-Block-470x140.jpg)
For a third consecutive year, the Sault Ste. Marie Twitter account (@VisitTheSault) will make the month of March interesting with the popular Freighter Frenzy contest….
![Rotary Island Park, Sault Ste. Marie - Freighters and Family Fun](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/Rotary-Park-Sault-Ste.-Marie-Paul-Tregurtha-freighter-470x140.jpg)
There’s no shortage of things to do in Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan’s oldest city. One of the main draws here is the Soo Locks, which…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Marquette Ore Dock at the Upper Harbor](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Marquette-Ore-Docks-James-Kuber-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,…
![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…
![Soo Locks: 2015 Great Lakes Shipping Season Opens This Week](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Soo-Locks-Opening-2015-470x140.jpg)
The 2015 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week, as the first vessel passage through the Soo Locks after its yearly re-opening is expected…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Freighters of Michigan's Great Lakes](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Great-Lakes-Freighter-Galler-Herbert-Jackson-470x140.jpg)
Michigan borders on four of the five Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Huron and Superior), which makes it one of the most-visited areas in the Midwest…