Port Austin Butterfly House and Gardens
The Butterfly Garden Project was due to an effort by the local community to utilize a seldom visited park in Port Austin and transform it into a visitor destination.
Category: Travel
Michigan Travel – While our focus is Michigan’s Thumb region, we strike out across the Great Lakes and find fun and things to do.
We look for places to see geared for families on a budget. We look for unique and one-of-a-kind spots that the tourists don’t know about.
Michigan has been a traveler’s destination for over 100 years. That is part of our Michigan history, and many great sites and stories came as a result.
We commonly take a road trip throughout Michigan to explore some out-of-the-way places that we want to know more about.
Destinations include; Michigan’s Upper Penninsula, The sunrise coast, the wine-producing areas and vineyards of Traverse and Southwest Michigan, the greater Detroit area, and even nearby Illinois and Ohio.
Here are some of our best Michigan Travel posts.
The 2020 Cheeseburger in Caseville is Cancelled – Details
Caseville is close enough to Southeast Michigan to make a great day trip to it’s Cheeseburger in Caseville Festival. Here are some hints to make your day stress free.
Play on the Shore of a Michigan Beach
Michigan Beach on Saginaw Bay A blissful day on one of the many Michigan Beach with public parks along the shoreline of the Thumb. Playing …
Caseville Shanty Days 2018 – Winter Fun in the Upper Thumb
Shanty Days – This is the event’s 26th year of mid-winter fun on the ice. It’s the largest winter carnival in Michigan’s Upper Thumb.
Tour Michigan’s Thumb to Getaway From It All
With 150 miles of shoreline the contrast between the rocky, rugged Lake Huron side is toured to the sugar sand and calm waters of Saginaw Bay. The thumb region is a great area to explore.
Things to Do in Michigan’s Upper Thumb
The Upper Thumb has been deemed the “Closer Up North” for Southeast Michigan and Detroit. Sandy beaches, great fishing, parks, and some of the friendliest proprietors around.
Huron County is a great place to steal a weekend away from the “burbs” of Detroit without busting your wallet.
2017 Caseville Shanty Days – 25 Years
The middle of winter is celebrated and imbibed in the cold of February off the shores of the frozen Saginaw Bay. The 2017 Caseville Shanty …
Turnip Rock On Cover of Pure Michigan Travel Guide
by I was at Detroit Metro airport and spied a tourist handout that I couldn’t resist picking up. It was the Upper Thumb’s own Turnip Rock on …
