![Two Upper Peninsula Lighthouses Named As 2023 MLAP Grant Recipients](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Minnesota-Wisconsin-9-2011-Sues-camera-345-470x140.jpg)
On March 24, Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer and Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson announced the 2023 recipients of the year’s Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grants….
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Michigan's Oldest Concrete Pavement, Calumet](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Calumet-Michigan-Oldest-Concrete-Pavement-1906-470x140.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,…
![20 "New To Us" Michigan Places We Visited in 2020](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/XXXXXMarblehead-Jeep-Trail-DI-Jonathan-Katje-470x140.jpg)
2020 has been a challenging year for vacation plans, traveling, and well, just about everything else too. We took a break for a few months…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Ahmeek Stamp Mill Ruins, Tamarack City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Ahmeek-Stamp-Mill-Ruins-Tamarack-City-Cover-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,…
![Michigan Trail Tuesday: Hunter's Point Park, Copper Harbor](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Hunters-Point-Park-Lake-Superior-shoreline-Copper-Harbor-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…
![This Michigan Lighthouse Could Be Yours For Around $500K](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Jacobsville-Lighthouse-Feature-Photo-Keweenaw-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
A Michigan lighthouse doesn’t hit the real estate market very often, and it’s even more rare that a lighthouse that is ready to go as…
![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 Beer: The Ultimate Upper Peninsula Brewery Road Trip](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/03/69C5C440-1-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s reputation as the “Great Beer State” continues to grow with each year, as the number of breweries increases and the quality of beer improves….
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: Rathbone School, Eagle Harbor](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/01/Eagle-Harbor-Rathbone-School-Keweenaw-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: Houghton County Courthouse](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/Houghton-County-Courthouse-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Houghton, Michigan is home to many historic and large buildings that were built during the area’s mining boom. One of the grandest and most easily…