![Friday Photo Gallery: Michigan's Lake Superior Lighthouses](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Whitefish-Point-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…
![Manido Falls - Presque Isle River, Porcupine Mountain Wilderness State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Manido-Falls-Side-View-Porcupine-Mountains-470x140.jpg)
In a previous post we took a look at the stunning Manabezho Falls in Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Just above that 25-foot drop on…
![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…
![Historic Forts of Northern Michigan and the Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Fort-Mackinac-Island-Cannon1-470x140.jpg)
Surrounded by four Great Lakes and located right in the middle of all major early trade routes, Michigan was also an ideal place for military…
![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…
![Munising Falls - Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, Alger County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Munising-Falls-Pictured-Rocks-470x140.jpg)
Alger County is home to more than 20 waterfalls, and one of the most spectacular and also easiest to visit is Munising Falls just east…
![Pictured Rocks Boat Cruises - Munising](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Grand-Portal-Point-21-470x140.jpg)
The scenery along the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore is stunning – with colorful layered rock cliffs, unique rock formations, abundant waterfalls and a treasure trove…
![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…