![Tawas Point Lighthouse Repairs Highlight First List of Building Michigan Together Plan Funding](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Tawas-Point-Lighthouse-Michigan-ARPa-Funding-Tower-Repairs-470x140.jpg)
When we visited Tawas Point State Park and the historic Tawas Point Lighthouse earlier in July, I was surprised to see that the lighthouse tower…
![Kirtland's Warbler Set To Replace Elk On Michigan Wildlife Conservation License Plates in 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Kirtlands-Warbler-License-Plate-Zoom-470x140.jpg)
The Michigan DNR recently announced an exciting change for 2022: The Kirtland’s Warbler will be replacing the Elk on the “Conserve Wildlife Habitat” license plates! From…
![The New Lower Tahquamenon Falls Bridge Will Enhance the Visitor Experience Starting in 2022](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/10/Lower-Tahquamenon-Falls-Bridge-2021-470x140.jpg)
Each year, more than half a million visitors come to Tahquamenon Falls State Park to see waterfalls, hike trails, and enjoy everything else Michigan’s second-largest…
![Michigan's Run for the Trees: Happy Little 5K Will Return in 2021](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Bob-Ross-Run-for-the-Trees-Happy-Little-5K-2021-470x140.jpg)
This year, the Michigan DNR saw overwhelming demand for the first edition of the Run for the Trees: Happy Little 5K. After announcing the event in October…
![Douglass Houghton Falls - Michigan's Tallest Waterfall (VIDEO)](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Douglass-Houghton-Falls-Michigan-Cover-Photo-470x140.jpg)
We’ve been all over the Upper Peninsula looking for waterfalls for more than 20 years now, and in the summer of 2020 we finally checked…
![The New Michigan Shipwreck Map and App Will Make You Want to Dive Into the Great Lakes](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/Kayaking-Pictured-Rocks-Shipwreck-Au-Sable-470x140.jpg)
On Monday, January 13 the Michigan DNR announced that the Michigan Shipwrecks Story Map has launched, providing information about hundreds of shipwrecks along our Great…
![Rockport State Recreation Area, Alpena](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/Rockport-State-Recreation-Area-Feature-Photo-Shoreline-470x140.jpg)
We’ve spent plenty time here at Travel the Mitten highlighting everything Alpena has to offer – a lighthouse, parks and trails, museums, and more. A…
![Cheboygan Lighthouse Ruins, Cheboygan State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Cheboygan-Lighthouse-Ruins-Feature-Photo-State-Park-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan once had more than 200 lighthouses, and roughly 120 of those structures survive today. We recently had the chance to hike to the ruins of…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Silver Lake State Park](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/05/Silver-Lake-State-Park-Sand-Dunes-Trees-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough…