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
I saw this old windmill near Pompeii. It’s a small town in the central Lower Peninsula. I assume at one time a farm stood near the windmill when it was not so old. Most of the old windmills I see are broken. It was nice to see this one with all of its vanes still
This sandstone house sits just outside of downtown Ionia. It’s hard to miss when driving through town and the historical marker in front tells the story of the house and the man who built it. John Celsus Blanchard (1822 – 1905) epitomized the American “self-made man.” He left his home in Cayuga County, New York,
I saw this old farmhouse where the town Wildwood once stood. I am thinking nothing remains from the town although this old house might have been around back then. If it was, it’s walls are not going to share any stories but I am thinking they are enjoying watching the leaves change. P.S. Autumn is
Not far from downtown Flint is the Stockton Mansion. It was built by Colonel Thomas Stockton. Both he and his wife died in the house. After their deaths the house was used as a hospital and later a nursing home. The house is now used as a museum and undergoing renovation. Workers have said to
Hidden among the pine trees far away from any large city or even a paved road is a small chapel. It was built as a memorial in the 1960s by George Mason’s family. After his death in 1954, Mason willed his land to the State Of Michigan. His property consisted of Almost 1500 acres on
I took a trip up to the northern Lower Peninsula yesterday. The fall colors are spectacular. The weather was not the greatest but I did not let that stop me. I took this pic on a backroad somewhere between Vanderbilt and Gaylord. This is the perfect weekend ( October 19 and 20th ) if you
Saint Ann’s Cemetery on Mackinac Island in behind the fort near Skull Cave. It was not always at this location. I was originally next to Ste Anne’s Catholic Church near downtown. One of the oldest headstones in the cemetery is for Mary Biddle, She was eight years old when she fell through the ice and
I took a photo of this old schoolhouse a few years ago. It stands, or more like stood, on old M-21 between Capac and Imlay City. I was scrolling through Facebook and I happen to notice a photo of an old school. someone commented that it was recently demolished. I then realized it was the
This old building with the peeling red paint stands in the center of Eau Claire. I am not sure what it is or was but I am thinking some sort of granary. The name of the town is French for “clear water” and is named after a nearby spring. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost
The big red Lighthouse that proudly stands at the entrance to the harbor was built in 1865. It is now maintained by the Marquette Maritime Museum which also gives tours of the historic lighthouse. On different occasions, tour guides and visitors have seen a ghost of a little girl wearing a 1910s style dress. Sometimes she
