Michigan’s historical marker program is one of the most impressive in the country, with more than 1,800 sites featuring the well-recognized green plaques with gold…
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…
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…
Bishop Frederic Baraga is one of Michigan’s most important historical figures of the 1800s. In other posts we’ve highlighted sites you can visit that Baraga…
Visitors to Mackinac Island are greeted with stunning views on the ferry ride over from Mackinaw City or St. Ignace: the Grand Hotel, Mission Point…
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…
Michigan Roadside Attractions is a periodic feature on Travel the Mitten that will explore the many interesting things that can be found on the highways,…
Houghton, Michigan is home to many historic and large buildings that were built during the area’s mining boom. One of the grandest and most easily…
Today’s Michigan Roadside Attraction actually covers two different spots in Eagle River that honor Douglass Houghton, our first state geologist and the namesake of Houghton,…
I was a sophomore in high school when the tragedy at Columbine high school unfolded, and still remember all of the news coverage like it…