Not far from the town of L’anse is the small town of Zeba and close by is this little church. It stands along the shoreline of Lake Superior’s L’anse Bay Lake Superior. I am sure it was a church with the cross proudly mounted to the top of the steeple. Other than that I don’t
The small town of Sidnaw in the central-western Upper Peninsula was home to one of several POW camps throughout Michigan. The camp was originally built as a CCC camp and after the capture of thousands of German soldiers in Africa, they were sent to the United States to be held as POWs. Because of the
Noah Ferry founded the city at the northwest end of White Lake across from the town of Whitehall. He named it in honor of his father, William Montague Ferry, who founded the cities of Grand Haven and Ferrysburg in neighboring Ottawa County. The town is also home to the worlds largest weathervane but that is
Want to keep track of the tall ships locations while they sail around the Great Lakes? With the Tall Ships Celebration that is happening in Bay City this weekend July 18th to the 21st, they will be traveling from Lake Erie up the Detroit River, the St Clair River and around the Thumb. You can
Driving into Ludington I passed several beautiful old houses. This Victorian painted lady really caught my eye. Built in 1889, by Dr. Frank and Fanny Allen Latimer the house is now a bed and breakfast known as The Inn at Luddington. Lost In Michigan books are ON SALE this weekend on Amazon HERE Thank you for Subscribing
By the 1740s, French Catholic missionaries had come to the area near Good Heart, known to the Odawa as Waganakising which means Middle Village, to minister to local tribes. Later, missionary work was taken up by others, including Bishop Frederic Baraga, who dedicated a church at this site on August 1, 1833. The present St.
A few miles northeast of Munising Is the Munising Falls. It is a beautiful waterfall that is fed by a spring a couple of miles upstream. The water cascades over the stone cliff as it flows into Lake Superior. A parking lot and visitor’s center is located on Sand Point Road and it is a
Starkweather Hall is a religious and educational building located on the campus of Eastern Michigan University. It was designated a Michigan State Historic Site in 1972 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1977. It is the oldest building on EMU’s campus. Philanthropist Mary Ann Starkweather bequeathed $10,000 to construct the building for
For those of us who have lived in Michigan a long time we know not to rely too much on the weather forecast, especially if they say it is gonna be nice a sunny tomorrow. Inevitably tomorrow gets here and the weather is less than ideal. When I am up north and it’s cold and
I have been in the process of moving my website to a different server. I think I have everything up and running again. It was a long and nerve-wracking process but hopefully, It’s over and I can get back to posting on a regular basis. This is my first post on the new server and
