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…
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, and while many of these beacons guide mariners past treacherous shoals, reefs and rocky shorelines…
The drive north on CR-550 between Marquette and Big Bay is one of the most scenic in the Upper Peninsula, as it takes travelers on…
Escanaba quickly became one of the most important towns and ports in the Upper Peninsula in the 1860s, and sandbars in the Little Bay De…
Shepler’s Ferry is celebrating their 70th anniversary this year, and if you’ve ever taken one of their blue and white boats to Mackinac Island you…
The stretch of Lake Huron shoreline between the Saginaw Bay and Alpena was a rough one for mariners in the 1800s, which led to the…
Five historic Michigan lighthouses have been awarded 2015 Michigan Lighthouse Assistance Program grants to make improvements this year. The grants are funded by the sale…
The first thing you notice about the Sand Hills Light near Mohawk in the Keweenaw Peninsula is how it doesn’t look like any other Michigan…
Visitors flock to Silver Lake State Park each year to see the towering sand dunes and the gorgeous Lake Michigan shoreline. The northern section of…