Mackinaw City is one of Michigan’s top tourist destinations, as visitors from all over the country come to see the Mackinac Bridge, travel to Mackinac…
Present-day Mackinaw City’s location at the confluence of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron made it an important area from the early days of the state,…
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…
When it comes to Upper Peninsula state parks in Michigan, few are as popular or as easy to get to as Straits State Park in…
French missionary and explorer Jacques Marquette had a big hand in founding and developing two of the most important cities in the Eastern Upper Peninsula…
If you don’t know the name Jim Dreyer yet, chances are you don’t know how determined the endurance swimmer is in completing challenges. Fresh off…
One thing that changes from camping as adults and camping as adults with kids is dining habits. Vacations have to have some structure in lunch…
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula is a land of incredible natural beauty, and a minimal population compared to the Lower Peninsula makes it an alluring place for…
One of the ideas Jon and I have been working on for this site is to try and get some Michigan born or based celebrities…
Since 1958, Michigan residents and people from all over the World have walked across the five mile Mackinac Bridge on Labor Day each year. That…