Unique Day Trips in Michigan’s Thumb: Industrial Ruins and Geologic Oddities
Most travelers navigate the M-25 highway looking for a place to park a camper, yet the most significant historical sites in the region are often…
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Spooky Bruce Mansion Tours Return, Opening 150-Year-Old Thumb Landmark to Visitors
The Bruce Mansion near Brown City now offers scheduled daytime visits, overnight investigations and private events inside one of Michigan’s best-known reputedly haunted landmarks.
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Bad Axe, MI Travel Guide: History & Local Attractions
In 1861, surveyor Captain Rudolph Papst stumbled upon a discarded, rusted tool at a deserted hunting camp and decided the site needed a name. He…
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Best Live Lake Erie Webcams: Detroit & SE Michigan Views
Lake Erie is the shallowest and most volatile of the Great Lakes, where a sudden shift in wind direction can transform a calm morning into a wall of…
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Michigan Dark Sky Parks: A 2026 Guide to the State’s Best Stargazing Locations
Driving six hours to the tip of the Keweenaw Peninsula doesn’t guarantee a view of the Milky Way if you aren’t prepared for the logistical realities…
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Best Boating Lakes in Michigan: From Inland Gems to Great Lakes Harbors
A 20-foot pontoon that handles beautifully on Higgins Lake can become a dangerous liability the moment it hits the unpredictable chop of Saginaw Bay….
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Tri-City Dragway Car Show to Bring 700 Classic Vehicles to Freeland
About 700 classic cars, hot rods and vintage dragsters are expected at the Tri-City Dragway Car Show on Aug. 8 at MBS International Airport in Freeland.
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Michigan State Campgrounds: A Guide to DNR Systems and Regional Favorites
If you wait until the snow melts to book your summer stay at Michigan state campgrounds, you’ve already lost the best sites to planners who started…
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New Mid-Michigan Guidebook Gives the Thumb a Larger Place in Michigan History
A new Mid-Michigan guidebook gives the Thumb a larger role in Michigan history, with regional tours and accounts of Shay Lake, agriculture, migration, labor and environmental change.
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6 Notable Historical Events in Michigan that changed Everything
Michigan was once dismissed as a worthless swamp by early federal surveyors, a region supposedly too muddy and mosquito-ridden to support a growing…
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