It's time to get off the crowded expressway and throw the GPS out the window. get out and explore Michigan's back roads, towns and trails.
A guy, a camera, and a Jeep, and sometimes a black lab named Cooper
Almost a quarter century ago a rag tag group of rebel soldiers went up against the most powerful empire in the world. People said they had a snowballs chance in H E double hockey sticks chance of beating the Redcoats. Since winning our independence this country has ben through a lot. Massive flooding, nationwide protests
I saw this little old barn on Love Road near Bellevue. I don’t know anything about it but I thought it was a cute looking little barn. I am not sure where I am going sometimes but I do know you see some rather interesting things traveling the back roads. Thank you for Subscribing to
The old train depot on the outskirts of downtown Ontonagon sits alone and forgotten. The railroad tracks that trains took to the station are gone. The Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad referred to as the Milwaukee Road built the station in the late 1800s. From the map of the railroad I saw, it
The House of Seven Gables in Huron City, near the tip of the thumb, is a beautifully preserved Victorian home that sits on a bluff overlooking Lake Huron. It was named by William Lyon Phelps, for the house of the same name in the Hawthorne novel. This is the third house built on this site.
Northern Michigan Asylum was established in 1881 as a psychiatric hospital near downtown Traverse City. As treatments and care changed for patients over the decades the hospital was outdated and closed in 1989. Many of the buildings have been renovated and repurposed into office spaces and retail shopping and dining. The complex is now called
At the northernmost point of the Keweenaw Peninsula in the U.P. is the remains of an old rocket launchpad. The site was used in the 60’s to launch experimental rockets. The only thing that remains of the old site is a concrete pad and an old iron rail. A stone memorial was placed a the
This old log cabin was built south of Cassopolis with logs donated by local citizens. It was built in 1923 to honor the pioneers that settled in the area. It was meant to be a temporary structure for a Pioneer Day celebration, but it has stood next to the shores of Stony Lake for almost
I was roaming the back roads near Yuma, ( Michigan not Arizona) and I came across these old railroad passenger cars. You can’t see it in the photo but the railroad tracks end a few hundred feet from the rail cars. It seemed peculiar to seem them way out in the middle of nowhere. I
I took a pic of this old shack way back in the summer of 2013. It was before I even started my website. It was one of the places that inspired me to create Lost In Michigan. It sits northwest of Cadillac along M-115 and I took a pic when I went past it seven
Not far from downtown Flint is the ornate brick house. The historical marker standing in front of it gives some of its history. The central portion of this handsome Victorian home was built in the late 1850s. Several prominent Flint families lived in it before Robert J. Whaley purchased it in 1884. Whaley a local
