![26 Things To Do In Michigan This Spring: Travel the Mitten's A To Z Guide](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Spring-in-Michigan-A-to-Z-470x140.jpg)
Spring has finally arrived here in Michigan, and each week brings more daylight and warmer temperatures. After months of being limited by snow, ice and…
![Soo Locks: 2015 Great Lakes Shipping Season Opens This Week](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Soo-Locks-Opening-2015-470x140.jpg)
The 2015 Great Lakes shipping season kicks off this week, as the first vessel passage through the Soo Locks after its yearly re-opening is expected…
![My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Jon Katje](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Spray-Falls-hike-Pictured-Rocks-470x140.jpg)
One of the ideas Chris and I have been working on for this site is to try and get some Michigan born or based celebrities…
![Photo Gallery Friday: Freighters of Michigan's Great Lakes](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Great-Lakes-Freighter-Galler-Herbert-Jackson-470x140.jpg)
Michigan borders on four of the five Great Lakes (Michigan, Erie, Huron and Superior), which makes it one of the most-visited areas in the Midwest…
![Six Great Places To View Freighters in Michigan](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Michipicoten-at-Marquette-470x140.jpg)
With shoreline bordering four of the five Great Lakes, Michigan sees a great deal of freighter traffic during the shipping season. With ships making 10,000…
![Freighter Watching - Sault. Ste. Marie](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/Canadian-Navigator1-470x140.jpg)
One of my favorite hobbies while traveling around the Great Lakes is watching and photographing the freighters that travel these waters, picking up and shipping…