![Two Mackinac Island Hotels Are In Running To Be Named Best in U.S.](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mackinac-Island-House-Hotel-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Midway through the summer travel season, 10best.com has released its next round of Reader’s Choice Award finalists. Michigan has had a pretty good year with…
![Mackinac Island: Best Historic Small Town in America?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Mackinac-Island-Historical-Marker-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan cities have always been well-represented in the 10best.com Reader’s Choice Polls for Best Small Towns. The nominees for Best Historic Small Town, Best Small…
![Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel Nominated For 4 Awards in Latest 10Best Reader's Choice Polls](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Grand-Hotel-Mackinac-Island-View-From-Gardens-470x140.jpg)
If there’s one consistent thing with each round of Reader’s Choice polls on 10best.com, it’s that at least one Michigan attraction seems to make an…
![Grand Hotel Mackinac Island](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/Somewhere-in-Time-Rock-470x140.jpg)
In 1980, Christopher Reeve and Jane Seymour played the starring roles in a movie that went largely unnoticed, Somewhere in Time. The movie, also starring…
![Is Mackinac Island Michigan's Best Romantic Destination? Help It Win New Poll Against World's Top Locations](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Lake-Huron-View-Mackinac-Island-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Any Michigan resident who has visited Mackinac Island can list off a handful of reasons why they find it so charming: countless historic locations, excellent…
![Big in Michigan, Volume 1: A Look at the World's Largest and World's Longest Things in Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Worlds-Largest-Cherry-Pie-Traverse-City-470x140.jpg)
We like things big here in Michigan, so it should come as little surprise that our state is home to some of the world’s largest/longest/biggest…
![10 Easy to Visit Sites in Michigan With Presidential History](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Gerald-R.-Ford-Presidential-Museum-470x140.jpg)
With today being President’s Day, we decided to take a look at sites in Michigan you can visit that have historical ties to United…