Cheboygan County is located at the northern tip of Michigan’s Lower Peninsula, and its northern border runs for more than 30 miles along the shoreline…
One of my favorite things to do at the end of each year is to look back at which of our posts got the most…
In 2021 we published out first-ever travel goals for the year list. We started the year with great optimism and got off to a strong…
Each year we set out to visit as many new places in Michigan as we possibly can. The last two years have presented some challenges…
Photography has always been an important part of what we do here at Travel the Mitten, as we feel that visual media helps better tell…
Emmet County is one of our state’s smallest counties by land area yet it is home to roughly 33,000 Michiganders. Petoskey is Emmet County’s largest…
Ottawa County is Michigan’s seventh largest county by population and 52nd by land area. Known for its beautiful sandy beaches along Lake Michigan, it is…
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, with more than 120 beacons still standing along the shores of Lake Superior, Lake Michigan,…
The dream of owning your own Michigan lighthouse has seemed a bit closer to reality in the past few years, as many offshore beacons have…
If you’ve ever driven M-28 between Marquette and Munising in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula, you’ve probably driven by the Grand Island Range Lights without even knowing….