Visitors flock to Silver Lake State Park each year to see the towering sand dunes and the gorgeous Lake Michigan shoreline. The northern section of…
This beacon on Lake Huron is one of the oldest remaining in Michigan, with its history dating back to the 1840s. The white brick tower…
Photo Gallery Friday is a regular feature on Travel the Mitten that will help showcase photos from places where one post just isn’t enough to…
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state in the country, and more than a handful of these beacons guide vessels on Lake…
As the only lighthouse within the boundaries of the Pictured Rocks National Lakeshore, the Au Sable Point Light Station has a long a storied history…
It’s that time of year again where photos of ice-covered lighthouses start making their way around the internet. Crashing waves and freezing cold temperatures create…
The efforts of the Emmett County Historical Society have returned the McGulpin Point Lighthouse to its past glory, and added another great attraction to the…
This brief tour will take a look at the lighthouses of the Keweenaw Peninsula that can be seen by land. Due to the close proximity,…
Michigan is home to more lighthouses than any other state, and some of the best-known of those lighthouses can be found along the Lake Michigan…
Lake Superior can be the most treacherous of the Great Lakes for mariners, with the passage near Whitefish Point alone accounting for at least 240…