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,…
We recently profiled the Bellevue Gothic Mill in one of our roadside attractions posts, and today we turn our attention back to Bellevue and two…
Frankfort is well known for being a Lake Michigan beach town with plenty of sand and a vibrant downtown. Thousands visit the area each year…
On our recent trip to the Upper Peninsula, we had the opportunity to do some exploring in the Keweenaw Peninsula. We stopped at the Bete…
Michigan’s Keweenaw Peninsula is home to a handful of scenic waterfalls, and countless sites featuring ruins of once-prosperous mines, mills and more. At Tobacco River…
The Munising/Pictured Rocks area is one that we have visited more than a handful of times, but somehow we had never stopped at the Bay…
Once a key part of the Keweenaw copper operation, all that remains of the former Champion Mill near Houghton is a few crumbling structures and…
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…
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….