![Menominee North Pier Lighthouse Tours: History and Stunning Views](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Menominee-North-Pier-Lighthouse-Michigan-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
Over the past few years we’ve been thrilled to see more and more Michigan lighthouse open up to the public for tours. On a recent…
![Martin Reef Light, Lake Huron](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Martin-Reef-Light-Michigan-Lake-Huron-470x140.jpg)
As ships coming down the St. Mary’s River from Lake Superior make the turn at De Tour and head west to the Straits of Mackinac…
![Michigan Lighthouse Guide and Map: Manistee County Lighthouses](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/Manistee-North-Pierhead-Lighthouse-2020-470x140.jpg)
Manistee County is home to more than 25 miles of Lake Michigan shoreline and some amazing sand dunes and beaches. Located south of the Sleeping…
![Michigan Lighthouse Guide and Map: Berrien County Lighthouses](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/St.-Joseph-Pier-Lights-Lake-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
We’ve covered 20 Michigan counties so far in our Michigan Lighthouse Guide series, and we still have 15 more to go as we try and…
![Michigan Lighthouses You Can Stay At (2023 Update)](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Big-Bay-Lighthouse-Marquette-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, so it should come as little surprise that we also lead the way in the…
![Six Mile Point Range Lights - Two Historic Beacons on the North Huron Scenic Byway](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/imgonline-com-ua-twotoone-KXpCmZtCFw-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state with more than 125 still standing today. We have been fortunate to visit many of these…
![Copper Harbor Range Lights, Lake Superior](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/Copper-Harbor-Range-Lights-Michigan-Rear-470x140.jpg)
Copper Harbor is now known as a vacation paradise on the north shore of Lake Superior, but in the mid-19th century it was a busy…
![Michigan Lighthouse Guide and Map: Benzie County Lighthouses](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Point-Betsie-Lighthouse-Sand-Dunes-Benzie-County-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
For our seventh edition of the Michigan Lighthouse Guide and Map series we head back to Michigan’s west coast to check out the Benzie County…
![St. Helena Island Lighthouse, Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/St-Helena-Island-Lighthouse-Michigan-Straits-of-Mackinac-470x140.jpg)
One of the greatest examples of lighthouse restoration and preservation in Michigan is the St. Helena Island Lighthouse in the Straits of Mackinac. While many…
![A Cheboygan Lighthouse Tour: Visit Two Historic Lights in Northern Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/07/Cheboygan-Lighthouse-Tour-20211-470x140.jpg)
In June we had the chance to head up to the Northern Lower Peninsula and visit a few lighthouses we had never been to before…