![10 Michigan Abandoned Places and Ruins Worth Checking Out](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Lincoln-Brick-Park-Grand-Ledge-Michigan-3-470x140.jpg)
Abandoned places and ruins continue to fascinate travelers, as they provide a window into the past as well as some amazing pictures. Many Michigan abandoned…
![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…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Fayette Historic State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Fayette-State-Park-Cover-Photo-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
![Fayette Historic State Park - Delta County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Fayette-Main-Buildings1-470x140.jpg)
Few state parks in Michigan can provide the trip back in time to the 19th century that Fayette Historic State Park does. With more than…
![Central Mine Historic District - Keweenaw County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0046-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula certainly isn’t lacking when it comes to mining ruins, but few sites can match the price (free), access and scenery of what…
![Fiborn Quarry: An Upper Peninsula "Ghost Town" and Karst Preserve](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Fiborn-Quarry-470x140.jpg)
Tucked away in the woods near Trout Lake Township in Mackinac County are the remains of what was once a thriving limestone quarry and town….
![Vermilion Point Life Saving Station - A "Ghost Town" On Lake Superior](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Vermilion-1-320x140.jpg)
The Life Saving Station at Vermilion Point was once one of the ghost towns of the Eastern Upper Peninsula, but recent work by the Little…