![Is Michigan's Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park the Best in the U.S.? Help It Bring Home An Award](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Manabezho-Falls1-470x140.jpg)
For years, Michigan residents have been well aware of the beautiful scenery at Porcupine Mountains Wilderness State Park. Now, the entire country is starting…
![Redridge Steel Dam - An Engineering Landmark In Houghton County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Redridge-Steel-Dam-back-470x140.jpg)
On our trip back to the stamp mill ruins at Freda in June of 2014, we also came across a historic steel dam on the…
![Central Mine Historic District - Keweenaw County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_0046-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula certainly isn’t lacking when it comes to mining ruins, but few sites can match the price (free), access and scenery of what…
![Fiborn Quarry: An Upper Peninsula "Ghost Town" and Karst Preserve](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Fiborn-Quarry-470x140.jpg)
Tucked away in the woods near Trout Lake Township in Mackinac County are the remains of what was once a thriving limestone quarry and town….