![Happy Birthday Michigan: A Look at 185 Michigan Places We Love](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/11/2021-Favorite-Michigan-Photos-Bond-Falls-Upper-Peninsula-May-470x140.jpg)
On January 26, 1837, President Andrew Jackson signed a bill that made Michigan the 26th state. The Michigan Territory had pushed for statehood for a…
![Mackinac Island's Grand Hotel Nominated For 4 Awards in Latest 10Best Reader's Choice Polls](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Grand-Hotel-Mackinac-Island-View-From-Gardens-470x140.jpg)
If there’s one consistent thing with each round of Reader’s Choice polls on 10best.com, it’s that at least one Michigan attraction seems to make an…
![flag on the Mackinac Bridge Memorial Day](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/American-Flag-Mackinac-Bridge-Raising-Memorial-Day-470x140.jpg)
One of the most talked about events in Michigan on Memorial Day centered on the Mackinac Bridge. A giant American flag proudly flew on the…
![Get in Free to Michigan National Parks Throughout 2016 to Celebrate Centennial](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Pictured-Rocks-Miners-Castle-Cover-Photo-470x140.jpg)
The National Park Service is inviting visitors to Find Their Park in 2016. This coincides with the centennial anniversary of our country’s National Park Service…
![Photo Gallery Friday: GarLyn Zoo in Michigan's Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/GarLyn-Zoo-Peacock-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
The Upper Peninsula might be one of the last places you’d expect to find a zoo that features tigers, bears and more – but GarLyn…
![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…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Michigan's Lighthouses on Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Big-Sable-Point-Lighthouse-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state in the country, and more than a handful of these beacons guide vessels on Lake…
![McGulpin Point Lighthouse - Mackinaw City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/McGulpin-Point-470x140.jpg)
The efforts of the Emmett County Historical Society have returned the McGulpin Point Lighthouse to its past glory, and added another great attraction to the…
![Six Great Places To View Freighters in Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Michipicoten-at-Marquette-470x140.jpg)
With shoreline bordering four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan sees a great deal of freighter traffic during the shipping season. With ships making 10,000…
![12 Lake Michigan Lighthouses You Can Enter](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Old-Mackinac-Lighthouse-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, and some of the best-known of those lighthouses can be found along the Lake Michigan…