This old caboose sits forgotten and decaying near the entrance to Ludington State Park. I passed by it frequently when camping at the park and I often wonder what its story is. With its faded yellow paint almost gone and bare wood showing it looks as if it has been sitting there for a long
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
I saw this old house somewhere near Hessel. I don’t know its story and unfortunately, walls don’t talk, but I am sure it could tell a good tale if they could speak. Since I don’t have a story to go with this house I figure this is a good time RT o let you know
This old stone depot is in Standish along US-23. It has been a while since trains have stopped at the old depot. It is now a visitor center for tourists and travelers. Next to the depot are old historic railroad cars that visitors can walk around and look at. If you are heading up the
Getting off U.S. 23 and heading thru Ypsilanti, there is this natural flow of traffic that takes you past the world famous historic water tower then loops around down by the river near Depot Town and past the old Fire Station and EMU, and on the loop near the river is this grand old second
I was traveling from the Two Hearted River over to Crisp Point Lighthouse along the roads in the Upper Peninsula. When I say roads I mean rough seasonal dirt roads that are used as snowmobile trails for half of the year. I had been traveling quite a bit and I looked at my gas gauge
About 15 miles east of Gaylord on M32 is the town of Johannesburg. I saw this old building painted white and had to stop and take a pic of it. I thought it looked like an old general store or something. later that day I was in the grocery store in Gaylord and they had
In my half-century of living in Saginaw, I have traveled to Bay City countless times. I can’t even tell you how many times I have passed by this old farmhouse and never even noticed it. I probably missed it because there was a large gas station that stood in front of it. Now that it
Somewhere south of Cheboygan I came across this old boarded-up building. I thought it looked like a schoolhouse so I stopped and took a pic. When I zoomed into the pic I can read BENTON 1918 on a stone in the front above the entrance. Thank you for Subscribing to Lost In Michigan, If you
A few miles north of the Upper Peninsula town of Hessel is the Rockview Cemetery. Reverend William Hainstock Law is laid to rest in the small township graveyard. In 1852 Law was born in Canada and in his late 20s he traveled to the Upper Peninsula to minister to the Lumberjacks. He settled in the
