![Michigan Birds 2022: Photos of the Feathered Friends We Saw This Year](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Michigan-Birds-2022-Bald-Eagle-Ravine-River-470x140.jpg)
We’ve spent most of time traveling Michigan looking for waterfalls, lighthouses, historic sites, and large wildlife. This year we expanded our focus to birdwatching as…
![The Best Michigan Birdwatching Locations](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Seney-National-Wildlife-Refuge-Swans-Flight-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to five national parks, eight national wildlife refuges, and more than 3,000 miles of Great Lakes coastline. All of these factors combine…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Seney National Wildlife Refuge](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Seney-National-Wildlife-Refuge-MI-Sandhill-Cranes-470x140.jpg)
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where a few pictures just aren’t enough to…
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Michigan’s unique location surrounded by four of the five Great Lakes makes it an optimal habitat for many animal species. Black bears, moose, wolves, deer,…
![Whitefish Point Lighthouse and Great Lakes Shipwreck Museum - Paradise, MI](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Whitefish-Point-470x140.jpg)
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, and while many of these beacons guide mariners past treacherous shoals, reefs and rocky shorelines…
![5 Family Friendly Animal Attractions in Michigan's Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Oswalds-Bear-Ranch-Close-Up-470x140.jpg)
A visit to the Upper Peninsula brings some of the best chances for wildlife viewing in the entire state, as black bears, moose, foxes, whitetail…
![Michigan's Seney National Wildlife Refuge: Help It Get Named Best NWR in the U.S.](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Michigan-Wildlife-Seney-Refuge-Geese-470x140.jpg)
The honors keep on coming for Michigan cities and attractions. Over the past two weeks we’ve profiled Saugatuck’s efforts to be named Best Coastal Small…
![10 Great Places To View Wildlife in Michigan's Upper Peninsula](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/DSC_1004-470x140.jpg)
Michigan’s Upper Peninsula has long been known for its breathtaking beauty and historic sites, and it is also one of the best places in the…