I am happy to announce that Volume 5 is now available for purchase. You can order your copy from Amazon HERE They are also available at local retailers. You can see my list of retailers HERE

Thank you all so much for purchasing my books. They help me to continue my journey around Michigan and finding interesting and fun places to explore. If you enjoyed my other books, I am sure you will like volume 5. This past year has been crazy, and I am sure you know why, so no point in dwelling on it. Taking road trips and posting my stories helped keep my sanity. I thank you for following along and for all your support. I have met many wonderful people along the way. I miss giving presentations and meeting some of you and hope that things will get back to normal soon. In the meantime, I hope you have a great summer and continue reading my posts.

Safe travels this summer and may we cross paths soon,

Mike Sonnenberg

Thank you all so much for taking the time to read my posts. I have been blessed to have all of you follow my journey around Michigan. I would not be able to do my website without your support and kindness.

I wanted to let you know that Calendars, T-Shirts, and Jigsaw Puzzles are 50% OFF today in my Zazzle store with coupon code: CYBERMONDEAL at checkout.

You can see my online Zazzle store by clicking HERE

Once again Lost in Michigan volume 1 is part of Amazon’s special promotion. If you purchase 3 books in a special category you can get one of the books for FREE.

I know many of you already have Lost In Michigan books and I thank you very much. There are a lot of great Michigan books available to choose from. If you are looking for books to explore Michigan or gifts for your friends and family, now is a good time to get them. I am not sure how long this special offer will last.

Here is a list of affiliate links for books that qualify for the 3 for the price of 2 special offer from Amazon.

Lost In Michigan Volume 1

Michigan Ghost Towns: Of the Upper Peninsula

Company Towns of Michigan’s Upper Peninsula

Haunted Bay City, Michigan

Abandoned Southern Michigan: Skeletons of Industry

Best Tent Camping: Michigan: Your Car-Camping Guide to Scenic Beauty, the Sounds of Nature, and an Escape from Civilization

Oddball Michigan: A Guide to 450 Really Strange Places (Oddball series)

Historic Photos of University of Michigan

Little Michigan: A Nostalgic Look at Michigan’s Smallest Towns

100 Things to Do in Traverse City Before You Die (100 Things to Do Before You Die)

Spooky Michigan: Tales of Hauntings, Strange Happenings, and Other Local Lore

Off Color: The Violent History of Detroit’s Notorious Purple Gang

Paddle-to-the-Sea

Haunted Michigan: Recent Encounters with Active Spirits

Tiger Stadium: Essays and Memories of Detroit’s Historic Ballpark

Birds of Michigan Field Guide

Michigan Motivations: A Year of Inspiration with the University of Michigan Wolverines

The Ghostly Tales of Michigan’s West Coast

The Legend of Michigan (Myths, Legends, Fairy and Folktales)

Lake Superior Rocks & Minerals

Biking Northern Michigan: The Best & Safest Routes in the Lower Peninsula

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Lost In Michigan wall calendars and T-Shirts are ON SALE  at Zazzle.com HERE

Calendars are 50% OFF and T-shirts are 40% OFF with code HOLIDAYGIFTZ at checkout.

Thank you so much to all of my friends and fans who have purchases books, calendars, and shirts over the years. They help me with expenses to do this website. I hope you enjoy reading my daily posts. I have lots more interesting places to visit in Michigan and hope to continue posting about locations for you to visit and learn about.

Safe Travels and Thank you for your support,

Mike Sonnenberg

People have been asking about my next book and I am happy to announce it is finally published. You can order paperback books of Lost In Michigan Volume 4 from Amazon by clicking HERE

If you enjoyed reading my other books I am sure you will like Volume 4. Thank you all for your support. It is my book sales that help me with expenses to explore Michigan and keep looking for those interesting and often overlooked places.

If you live near Saginaw I have books at Charlin’s Book Nook in Frankenmuth and at the Antique Warehouse near Zilwaukee. I have been working on getting books into bookstores, but It has been a challenge for me as an independent publisher.

Because of Covid I don’t have any presentations or book signings planned. Hopefully, things will be back to normal sometime next year and we will be able to get together then.

Many of you have been asking about Volume 4 and I am happy to let you know it will be available soon. I just ordered my proof books and barring some unforeseen natural disaster, ( at this point what is the worst that could happen)  I hope to release it sometime around the middle of September.

Thank you all for your support over the years and all the kind comments on my books. I am looking forward to releasing Volume 4, if you liked my other books, I am sure you will enjoy this one.

This big green house with a round turret on the corner proudly stands in Dowagiac Thankfully a Michigan Historical Marker stands next to it giving a little bit of history about the home and the people who lived in it.

Businessman and farmer Charles M. Criffield (1867-1929) and his wife, Cora, (1865-1945) built this Queen-Anne style house in 1897. Fred Corber managed the construction. In 1920 the Criffields sold the house to Ethel and Harry H. Whiteley. Elected to the Michigan House of Representatives in 1914. Mr , Whiteley moved his family to Dowagiac in 1915 in order to buy into and manage the Dowagiac Daily News. The building is listed in the National Register of Historic Places

Harry H. Whiteley (1882-1957) used his successful Dowagiac newspaper and his position as a member of the Michigan Senate (1923-26) and the Michigan Conservation Commission (1927-48) to shape Michigan’s public land policy. He advocated for Warren Dunes and many other state parks. Sara Ethel (1882-1975), a founding member of the Samuel Felt Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution, led the chapter’s effort to honor veterans of World War II with a memorial highway and park.

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