Barns and Farms Archives - Lost In Michigan

Ontonagon Poor Farm

A few miles east of Ontonagon is a massive old building covered up by trees and bushes. The dilapidated structure was part of the Ontonagon County Poor Farm. The county’s first poor farm was constructed in 1855 to help take care of lumberjacks and people in need of assistance. The building that stands today was built in 1900 on a 200 acre farm. The people who lived there and were able to work grew crops and raised livestock until the facility closed in the 1945. The old building now sits on a privately owned cattle farm.

I found an old photo of it. Sad that the trees are now covering it up. It was a beautiful building back in the day.

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Marion Springs

Posted on April 14, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms .

I was out roaming the back roads in the Marion Springs area west of Chesaning. I came across this old barn and it reminded me of the motel I stayed at in the Keweenaw. When I checked in I told the owner I was exploring Michigan for my website and he said to me. ” I bet you don’t know where the town where I grew up in called Marion Springs is located.” I laughed because I grew up in Saginaw and yes I know where Marion Springs is located. Doing Lost In Michigan for almost ten years I have been to a lot of small towns but I still have a lot more to visit.

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Another Old Barn

Posted on March 2, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms .

I saw this old barn somewhere near Standish. I don’t know its history or story but it looked rather empty with some of its walls missing.

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Michigan’s Most Famous Barn

Posted on February 8, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms .

The D H day Barn has to be Michigan’s most famous barn. If not the most famous the most photographed. It is across from the dune climb in Sleeping Bear Dunes National Lakeshore. The barn was built in the 1880s and its arched roof with coned shaped silo roofs make it unique a photogenic. The property is privately owned and as far as I know there are no tours given to the public.

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Winter Barn

Posted on January 29, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms .

I saw this old barn somewhere near Tawas. It looks like it has seen a lot of Michigan winters. I don’t have a story to go along with this old barn. I just want to say I hope you are having a good year so far and thank you for taking the time to look at my posts.

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Tank Shack

Posted on January 5, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms, Winter Wonderland .

I saw this old shack with a rusty tank next to it in an old farm field north of Mancelona. I grew up in the city and not sure what it was used for maybe a pump house or fuel for the tractor? I don’t know but it looked peaceful in the snow.

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Winter on the Farm

Posted on January 4, 2022 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms, Winter Wonderland .

I saw this old piece of farm equipment at the Hartley Nature Center Farm. I am not sure what it is but someone told be it was a silo shooter or something like that. It was use to fill silos with grain.

I want to say thank you to all of you for the kind and supportive New Year’s Comments. I don’t normally respond to comments because I get a lot and it is time consuming for me but I do enjoy reading them. I have been in Florida for the past few weeks visiting relitives. Yes I stopped at a few places along the way and took some pics. I would have done more but my family gets bored sitting in the car waiting for me. I hope yo someday start another website with the places I find while lost outside of Michigan. Maybe this summer I will have it actived and enought content to start posting.

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The Leelanau Barns

Posted on December 30, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms, Winter Wonderland .

A group of red barns stand in the Leelanau Peninsula north of Northport near the tip of the peninsula. I am not sure if is or was part of a cherry orchard but the bright red stands out the white snow of winter.

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Barn in the Woods

Posted on October 24, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in autumn, Barns and Farms .

This old barn sits among the trees at the Groen Nature Preserve near Johannesburg. I am thinking it is a rather old barn with its stone foundation. If you want a nice place to take a hike in the woods be sure to check out the preserve. It has an old ghost town, resort and lots of old vehicles to explore.

Reminder I will be at Milford Independent Cinemas on Tuesday, Oct 26th at 7:00 for my presentation on spooky places around Michigan. If you are in the area I hope you will see my presentation.

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The Windmill of Pompeii

Posted on October 22, 2021 by Mike Sonnenberg Posted in Barns and Farms .

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 intact.

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