![Jim Dreyer Putting “Superhuman” and “The Human Tugboat” Nicknames to Test by Pulling a Lincoln MKC to Mackinac Island](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Dreyer-Habitat-for-Humanity-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Is Mackinac Island Michigan's Best Romantic Destination? Help It Win New Poll Against World's Top Locations](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Lake-Huron-View-Mackinac-Island-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Any Michigan resident who has visited Mackinac Island can list off a handful of reasons why they find it so charming: countless historic locations, excellent…
![Mackinac Island's Michigan Historical Markers](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Mackinac-Island-Marker1-470x140.jpg)
Few places in Michigan have a concentration of historical markers like Mackinac Island does. There are more than 20 sites on the island that have…
![My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Jim Dreyer (Endurance Swimmer and Superhuman)](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Jim-Dreyer-Habitat-for-Humanity-470x140.jpg)
It’s not everyday someone gets new nicknames like “The Shark”, “Superhuman” and “The Human Tugboat”. After years of competitive swimming and owning many of the…
![My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Chris Katje](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Sunset-Platte-2006-470x140.jpg)
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…
![My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Jon Katje](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Spray-Falls-hike-Pictured-Rocks-470x140.jpg)
One of the ideas Chris and I have been working on for this site is to try and get some Michigan born or based celebrities…
![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…
![Six Different Ways to View the Mighty Mackinac Bridge](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Mackinac-Bridge-Cover-Feature-470x140.jpg)
The Mackinac Bridge may very well be the most recognizable landmark in the entire state of Michigan. It’s two white towers rise 552 feet out…