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The small, quiet town of Leer is situated in a scenic location northwest of Alpena, lying in close proximity to the natural beauty of Sunken Lake Park. Leer owes its name and founding to a community of immigrants from Lier, Norway, who settled the area. This heritage remains a defining part of the town’s identity
The town of Dollarville sits a few miles west of Newberry. These old building stand along the road and go back to a time when the town was a bustling stop along the railroad. Dollarville owes its existence to the American Lumber Company. The community was established in 1882, growing up around the company’s mill
The Historic Hopkins Manor in St. Clair, MI stand on a hill overlooking the St Clair River in the town of St. Clair. The mansion was originally called “Rio Vista” and is one of two grand homes built in 1880 by the wealthy Hopkins family in St. Clair, Michigan. The family’s fortune originated from Mark
Glen Park sits off Forth Street in the northwest Lower Peninsula town of Onekama. A path over a wooden footbridge leads to the Onekama Springs in a majestic ravine. The town is a resort community welcoming vacationers to relax in the Michigan sunshine. In the late 1800s, after the local lumber industry began to decline,
The Blue Pelican Inn & Restaurant in Central Lake, on the northwest part of the Lower Peninsula. Originally built in the early 1900s, the building has gone by several names, including the Central Lake Hotel and Murphy’s Lamplight Inn, and its lengthy history seems to have attracted several permanent, spectral residents. The most famous is
This smoke stack rises into the sky next to Lake Independence near the town of Big Bay in the Upper Peninsula. It was part of the Big Bay Ford Sawmill and holds a unique place in the history of Ford Motor Company’s operations. Henry Ford, aiming for complete vertical integration and self-sufficiency in automobile manufacturing,
A truly unique piece of history—and perhaps a local haunting—stands in a park in Boyne Falls, Michigan. Right next to the playground equipment, you’ll find an old iron jail cell dating back to the village’s wild lumbering days. This small lockup was once necessary to temporarily hold the region’s notoriously rowdy lumberjacks. Today, however, it’s
Driving the back roads near Linwood, I stumbled upon a fantastic sight: a barn absolutely covered in vintage signs. It was a roadside gallery of genuine Americana, complete with old gas pumps and even a classic pay phone booth. The whole scene was a powerful jolt of nostalgia, instantly transporting me back to my childhood.
West of Newberry, the Forrest Home Cemetery holds a peculiar and poignant memorial. It is an old headstone featuring a purple glass bubble. This unique stone marks the grave of a young girl who passed away many years ago, just six years and six months old. Her grieving parents embedded a photograph of her within
Driving into downtown Clare I passed by a large gate for the Tobacco Ranch behind it was a large stone house that I took a pic of from the gate. The property is now used as an entertainment venue for weddings and events. The ranch has a famous, and dark, history tied to organized crime.
