![Michigan's Best Small Towns Need Your Votes in Latest 10Best.com Poll](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/11/Marquette-Harbor-Lighthouse-Stairway-470x140.jpg)
Spring is here and 10best.com is once again looking for the Best Small Towns in the country as part of their latest Reader’s Choice polls….
![Five Michigan Small Towns Are Finalists For These 10Best.com Reader's Choice Awards](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/Mackinac-Traverse-City-Last-Part-UP-Trip-with-Boys-907-470x140.jpg)
USA Today and 10best.com have launched another set of Reader’s Choice Awards, with the focus this time around being small towns. Six separate polls seek…
![Right Brain Brewery, Traverse City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/20170826_211539-470x140.jpg)
Traverse City’s Right Brain Brewery has built a reputation over the last 10 years for being one of Michigan’s most creative breweries. You’re probably familiar…
![Hop Lot Brewing Company, Suttons Bay](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/Hop-Lot-Brewing-Company-Suttons-Bay-Michigan-470x140.jpg)
We’ve visited a lot of Michigan breweries over the last year, and Hop Lot Brewing Company in Suttons Bay has what we consider to be…
![Rare Bird Brewpub, Traverse City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Rare-Bird-Brewpub-Traverse-City-Ale-Trail-470x140.jpeg)
While visiting Traverse City last month to do “research” on the Traverse City Ale Trail, one of the breweries that surprised and impressed us was…
![Traverse City Ale Trail - Visit 9 Northern Michigan Breweries](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/Jolly-Pumpkin-Artisan-Ales-Traverse-City-Ale-Trail-470x140.jpeg)
Michigan’s craft beer scene continues to explode, and cities with a handful of breweries are continuing to see the tourism opportunities these great beer producers…
![My 5 Favorite Places in Michigan: Justin Caine – Paralympic Athlete, US Olympic Hopeful, and Entrepreneur](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/justin-Caine-Saugatuck1-470x140.jpg)
Our latest my 5 Favorite Places in Michigan piece features Justin Caine. The name Justin Caine likely doesn’t ring a bell, but you’ll want to…
![Six Pure Michigan Beaches Vie for Best Freshwater Beach From USA Today](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Sand-Point-Beach-Munising-Pictured-Rocks-470x140.jpg)
We’re big fans of the reader polls put on by 10best.com, a unit of USA Today. There latest poll puts 20 amazing freshwater beaches against…
![Michigan Roadside Attractions: World's Largest Cherry Pie in Traverse City](http://travelthemitten.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Worlds-Largest-Cherry-Pie-Traverse-City-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,…