![Michigan Museums Bank of America 2020](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Motown-Museum-Detroit-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
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,…
![Point Betsie Lighthouse - Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/Point-Betsie-Lighthouse-Michigan2-470x140.jpg)
One of our favorite lighthouses on Lake Michigan is the picturesque Point Betsie Lighthouse, which marks the southern end of the Manitou Passage. The light…
![Fort Gratiot Lighthouse - Michigan's Oldest Lighthouse, Port Huron](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/01/Fort-Gratiot-Light-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
We’ve mentioned a few times before that Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state in the country, but did you know that…
![Seul Choix Point Lighthouse - Gulliver, Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/Seul-Choix-Point-Lighhouse-Feature-Photo-470x140.jpg)
The Seul Choix Point Lighthouse in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula was at one time the only light guiding mariners through a 100-mile stretch of Lake Michigan…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Historic Fort Michilimackinac State Park in Mackinaw City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/Mackinac-Traverse-City-Last-Part-UP-Trip-with-Boys-297-470x140.jpg)
Present-day Mackinaw City’s location at the confluence of Lake Michigan and Lake Huron made it an important area from the early days of the state,…
![White River Lighthouse - Lighthouse and Museum on Lake Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/White-River-Lighthouse-Michigan-White-Lake-470x140.jpg)
Summer attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to the beaches and iconic lighthouses at Holland, Grand Haven and Muskegon State Parks each year. These three…
![New Presque Isle Light Station on Lake Huron - Visit One of the Tallest Lights on the Great Lakes](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Alpena-Lighthouse-Festival-2015-248-470x140.jpg)
The stretch of Lake Huron from Cheboygan to Alpena was one of the most dangerous for mariners in the 1800s and 1900s, and several lighthouses…
![Forty Mile Point Lighthouse - A Historic Beacon on Lake Huron's Shipwreck Coast](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Forty-Mile-Point-Lighthouse-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
The 40 Mile Point Lighthouse is so named due to its distance by boat from Mackinaw City. In the late 1890s this brick building was…
![Old Mission Point Lighthouse - A Historic Beacon on the 45th Parallel](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/Mackinac-Traverse-City-Last-Part-UP-Trip-with-Boys-2253-470x140.jpg)
M-37 heads north from Traverse City for a little more than 17 miles, passing by orchards, wineries and scenic barns before it reaches its end….