![How Do Michigan National Park Sites Stack Up Against the Rest of the Country?](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Miners-Castle-Michigan-National-Park-2024-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to one national park, two national lakeshores, a national battlefield park, a national historical park, and more than 1,100 miles on a…
![Here Are The Five Fee Free Days For Michigan National Parks in 2023](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Pictured-Rocks-Kayak-Trip-Uncle-Ducky-Miners-Beach-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to one national park, two national lakeshores, one national historic park, part of a national scenic trail, one national heritage area, and…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Quincy Dryhouse Ruins, Hancock](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/Quincy-Dryhouse-Ruins-Hancock-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,…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: The Russell Snowplow, Calumet](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/08/Calumet-and-Hecla-Mining-Russell-Snowplow-Keweenaw-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,…
![26 Things to See and Do on the Copper Country Trail National Byway](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/20160615_082028-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula was home to the nation’s first copper boom, and for thirty years in the 1800s it produced three-quarters of the nation’s copper….
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Finlandia University, Hancock](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/03/Finlandia-University-Feature-Photo-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,…
![December 24, 1913: Remembering the Italian Hall Disaster in Calumet](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Italian-Hall-Calumet-MI-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
On our journeys across the state we’ve explored many historical sites, and while most provoke a sense of awe and nostalgia others are a reminder…
![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…
![Delaware Mine - Self-Guided Copper Mine Tours](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Delaware-Mine-Hard-Hat-Tours-470x140.jpg)
When we visited the Keweenaw Peninsula in June, we had the chance to tour copper mining historical sites of all kinds. While only ruins remain…