![Dyer Kiln Ruins and Keehne Natural Area, Bellevue](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Dyer-Kiln-Ruins-Bellevue-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
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 Iron Works Ruins, Elberta](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/10/Frankfort-Iron-Works-Michigan-Elberta-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Tobacco Falls - A Simple Yet Scenic Waterfall in the Keweenaw Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Tobacco-Falls-Feature-Photo-Michigan-Waterfall-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Bay Furnace Historic Site and Campground - Alger County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Bay-Furnace-Feature-470x140.jpg)
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…
![Freda Stamp Mill Ruins - Houghton County](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Freda-Champion-Mill-Ruins-470x140.jpg)
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…
![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….